Hillary Yip 锶雅

Hillary always has prepared lessons available with lots of structure if you want that, or as in my case, I prefer having free-style conversations with occasional use of prepared materials, for example, to handle reading exercises. All in all, I really love my lessons with Hillary. She is quite awesome!

Hillary is hands-down the best teacher I've had on italki, she might even be the best teacher I've had for anything ever. Hillary's really good at keeping the conversation fun and spontaneous - even when I'm stumbling through the language - and she's helped me massively improve my comprehension, speaking and vocabulary. Hillary's fluency in English and skill at explaining concepts and meanings (in any language) is super helpful when I have more detailed questions or if I switch to English to say something. When Hillary gives homework it's always interesting, and she has great vocab and grammar write-ups for heaps of Chinese short videos - my favourite so far is about Ding Zhen's World in Tibet. Also, if I need more time, Hillary's very chill about taking an extra week or so to study and discuss the homework, which helps me get a better grasp of the vocab and structures. If you're looking for a Chinese teacher, I can't recommend Hillary enough!

I am enjoying lessons with Hilary! After a few lessons with her, I was so impressed by her teaching style and patience that I decided to enrol my 7-year-old son as well. We’re both thoroughly enjoying our lessons. Hilary has a calm, encouraging approach that makes learning feel fun and manageable. She’s great at adjusting her teaching to suit different learning styles and ages. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to learn Cantonese and Mandarin, whether for themselves or their children!

I've been learning Chinese together with Hillary for about a year. All this time she's been an absolutely great teacher, always well-prepared, easy-going, patient and understanding, with extremely helpful personalized advice and additional materials. Every time we have a lesson, we have a lot of fun, which makes learning Chinese feel like a trip to the amusement park :D I definitely recommend her to anyone who's interested in learning this, or in fact any language! :)

Hillary was fantastic. She helped me feel comfortable (something I struggle with because I am not confident in my Chinese). There was absolutely no confusion on her end. She immediately understood exactly what I was trying to say and/or trying to ask even with my very poor Chinese. She answered all my questions, she assessed my level and helped me learn in a very natural way, all while having a couple laughs along the way. She is pleasant to talk with and she took meticulous notes for me to have. Can't wait to have more lessons with her.

我跟锶雅学了三年中文。在这段时间里，她不仅专业、耐心，课堂也总是充满趣味。我的中文进步非常快，如果没有她，我绝对不会有这样的提升。现在因为搬到中国，不再继续跟她上课了，但我非常感激她的指导。我认为她是 italki 上最优秀的老师之一，十分令人敬佩！