Yue Min's Profile
你们好！我是岳老师，欢迎来到岳老师的中文课堂
Hello, my name is Yue Min 岳敏. I am a highly experienced Mandarin language teacher, with more than 15 years teaching experience. I am a full-time mandarin teacher who currently is working at the University of Edinburgh.
I hope my website can inspire you and give you some support for learning Chinese. 千里之行，始于足下：A thousand miles begins with a single step.
From:《老子》六十四章：「九层之台，起于累土；千里之行，始于足下。」意思是一千里的行程，必须从迈第一步开始。比喻实现远大目标，要从眼前的小事情做起。
From Laozi, Chapter 64: "A tower of nine stories begins with a heap of earth; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." This means that a journey of a thousand miles must start with the first step. It serves as a metaphor, emphasizing that achieving great goals requires starting with small, immediate actions.
Let's start your journey here...
Students have achieved great scores at the University of East London
My Experience & Teaching Levels:
Teaching has always been a part of me, since I graduated from a teacher-training university in China in 2003, I have been teaching for more than 15 years. I enjoy talking and sharing ideas with my students, I am interested in learning new technology to use in my teaching and help my students learn better and more efficiently.
I am a qualified language teacher who has considerable experience of teaching H.E Chinese across different levels and age groups. My students are from absolute beginners right up to advanced level students. I also have considerable experience in tutoring students for many major Mandarin exams: HSK, A Level, GCSE. All of my students have achieved excellent scores (90% above)! As a university teacher, I am very experienced in preparing students for mandarin degree exams: my existing students achieve distinction every year.
Students work in groups
My Teaching Methods:
I use a range of pedagogical materials and methods to help make learning fast, effective and fun! During my lessons, you are not only learning language, but also experiencing the Chinese culture. I give my beginner students a very good foundation of learning Chinese Pinyin (great pronunciation) and using my own strategy to teach Chinese characters. I can explain tricky grammar points and other aspects of language for my advanced level students, as well as provide suitable activities to consolidate and practice this language. I have a particular interest in Online Learning/teaching and the pedagogical applications of technology, such as using Quizlet for students to learn vocabulary; creating quizzes via Socrative for students to practise reading skills; and using and designing quizzes via Goggle Form to help students review grammar points as well as listening skills.
At Grand Canal Venice
My hobbies and interests:
I enjoy reading, crafting (knitting and sewing), hiking with family in woodlands and countryside, cooking and baking, traveling, gardening and being with my family and friends ...
Reading is the hobby which i can do everyday. I like reading in the mornings, it is quiet and i can concentrate better. I read different types of books, mainly non-fiction. When I have free time I usually do some knitting or sewing or gardening or going for a walk in the afternoon depending on weather. I love going out for walks with my family as well as chatting and drinking tea with my friends. I cook a lot of East Asian food, and share them with my family, friends and neighbors and their enjoyment of the food makes me happy. I love traveling with my family whenever we have time and money, we have been to dozens of cities and countries in the world. Traveling makes me understand the world better, and have more empathy with people. It can also help you find yourself. In Chinese, we have an idiom saying: 行千里路，读万卷书 which shows reading and traveling are indispensable for one to achieve true wisdom.
