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We are truly impressed with Lydia's teaching skills. She is undoubtedly one of the best teachers we've ever come across. Lydia has been instructing our boys since last year, and we've noticed a remarkable boost in their confidence. Each session with Lydia is brimming with laughter, and our children thoroughly enjoy every moment of it. Lydia stands out as an outstanding educator, showcasing creativity, patience, interactivity, child-centered teaching, and excellent preparation. She possesses the ability to motivate children to speak more, all while keeping them engrossed with her captivating games. We feel incredibly thankful to have Lydia as our children's teacher and wholeheartedly recommend her!

I have had 23 lessons with Lydia and I am very happy with what I have accomplished thus far. Her dedication, innovative teaching methods, and unwavering support have transformed my language learning experience. Lydia's patience is a true asset that sets her apart as an outstanding educator. She takes the time to understand my learning pace and preferences, customizing each lesson to ensure it aligns perfectly with my needs. Her lessons are comprehensive and engaging. I appreciate the well-rounded approach she takes, which includes typing exercises, grammar lessons, sentence structure , and dialogue practice. Her creative strategies for memorizing Chinese characters have made learning characters both entertaining and memorable. Lydia's positive and supportive demeanor has been instrumental in boosting my confidence. She creates an environment where making mistakes is not only acceptable but an essential part of the learning process. I highly recommend Lydia. 😊

I've been studying with Lydia for over a year now, and I can easily say it was one of the best decisions I've made to improve my Chinese. From the start, Lydia has been extremely adaptable to my individual needs as a student, and has continuously made an effort to keep the material fresh, interesting, and suitable to my learning level in each lesson. When I first started learning with Lydia I could mostly just repeat fixed phrases in conversion, but after a year I've become much more comfortable speaking Chinese than I ever thought possible. Her encouragement and gentle corrections have pushed me to constantly make improvements and redouble my efforts outside of class. I can wholeheartedly recommend Lydia to anyone who would like to take their Chinese to the next level.

I've been going through HSK material with Lydia and I feel like I'm becoming more confident speaking every day! Before I started taking lessons I felt that I had trouble recalling vocabulary, but with these lessons I'm having this issue less and less. Our lessons are usually a mixture of speaking about the real world and reviewing HSK material. Our conversational practice will often introduce me to practical vocabulary that isn't necessarily in the textbook, which has been very helpful for giving me the ability to express myself more naturally. At the same time our detailed study of the HSK material has made me feel like I understand it far better than when I tried to study it on my own. I find that Lydia makes our lessons fun and it has kept me more consistent with studying than I would without these lessons. Thank you Lydia!!

Another great series of lessons with Lydia. As always she is endlessly enthusiastic and keeps the lessons interesting. She always has a novel way of explaining or demonstrating a new concept to me whilst keeping things simple and clear enough for me to understand. I really appreciate her attention and commitment to my learning, she even remembers all of my previous mistakes and areas of weakness allowing us to focus more on them as we progress. The time always flies by! Looking forward to more lessons soon!

Excellent lessons. Really well thought out and presented and a pleasure to do.