Language background I need to specify my language and other languages I am familiar with. My first language is Mandarin Chinese and my second language is English. What is my background? I am a Mandarin tutor. What am I working on currently? I am teaching Mandarin remotely. Why am I interested in this job? I really enjoy education. I am looking to find a role that will let me get involved in guiding learners of the language. I took a look at the job description. It seems like this role involves a lot of creating, which is something I am good at. I was excited because that is a strength of mine. I think that not only would this position fit what I am targeting but it would also allow me to come in and have an immediate impact and make the best use of my skills in Chinese education. Do I have experience with any websites or apps or tools that I think would be relevant to this work? What are they? I have experience with AI tools. Do I have any experience working remotely? I teach Mandarin remotely. From the job description what skills am I strong at? What skills am I weak at. Do not have yet if any? I am strong at Foreign Language Skills, in Mandarin Chinese. In the context what do I enjoy doing? I enjoy creating especially when it comes to education. In the context what do I dislike doing? I do not have anything that I dislike doing. Am I looking for this to be or become my full-time work or do I want to keep my work and or clients? I am looking for this to be my full-time work.

my computer suddenly stopped working. I went to fix it. It still didn't work. So my dad bought another used one. Yesterday my dad bought it. Today it didn't work. I need to restart it. Also I have a MacBook. It had a Windows system. The system was installed on Windows. I think the MacBook works better. I've used it for years. It was a few years ago. about six years ago. It's warm in my city. The temperature is 32 degrees now. It's global warming. most people in my country don't think about global warming. they don't care about the environment and global warming. It was crazy in my country during the COVID time. Some people were protesting. It's like, in Russia.

a learner shared his experience of learning Chinese through an immersion program connected to the Confucius Institute. he mentioned being mistakenly placed at a higher language level than appropriate (HSK 4 when he feel his comprehension is around HSK 2 or 3), which causes significant difficulty in keeping up with lessons and conversations. The rapid speech from teachers and classmates contributes to his feeling of being “out of the conversation.” Despite these challenges, he remained motivated, reflecting on their progress, the importance of starting from the beginning, and his pride in his achievements so far. I noted the mixture of cultural materials—Chinese—and seemed to navigate between languages and cultural regions. he asked me what kind of tea that i was drinking, i said it was Yunnan tea - Puerh. We also discussed geographical locations related to China and neighboring countries—mentioned of provinces like Jiangsu, cities like Shanghai, and places near Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal, Hong Kong, and Qingdao. The conversation touched on dialects, regional differences, and cultural perspectives.

I'm trying to read more in English. When we were at school, we learnt a lot of vocabulary that we never use in our daily lives. It's a real waste of time. At university, you try to learn it to pass the exams. And also, the English teaching is not good. The way it's done is not good. They don't introduce any background Of English. You can't feel The beauty of the language. You don't teach any background information. You never get interested in the culture. You only do exercises. Like multiple choice questions / choose the correct grammar. I was never interested in the English language. parents pay a lot of money, not only at school. At weekends or in the evening. but Most children won't learn it because they are not interested in it. Of course, rich parents send their children to private schools. Everything is taught in English, which is not a problem. But most people can't afford.

probably the best way to learn a foreign language is if you're not even aware that you're learning it, like when you're using it to learn something else. For example, people who want to understand Korean dramas in Korean are not necessarily motivated by learning the language; their real goal is to watch the dramas. They want to learn the language to access what they really want. I think that often seems to be the case in life, that many valuable things you get in life are things that you can't pursue directly. They kind of come to you indirectly. I think my speaking improved. Almost unconsciously, when I was forced to.

My own reading skills are poor. At school, we learnt a lot of English. We tried to use the correct grammar, but we never really used English. Some people never read any books their whole life. We only read the textbooks that the school gave us, not real stories. children's books are difficult for us. Any books are hard. because we've never been encouraged to read properly. We listen and choose the correct answer. And when we read, we find that everything is like choosing the correct answer, A, B, C or D. That doesn't really help. So it's a waste of time. If you study a language as a subject, it's not very successful. It's not like studying literature or history. This relates to our lives. But you can't study a foreign language like a subject.