Let’s give a big welcome to our latest Mentor of the Month! Megan, from Bristol but studying Education at Durham University, joined our online tutoring program in March 2020. With her enthusiastic personality and passion for teaching, she has quickly become one of our most popular tutors – teaching over 10 students in the past […]
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Our online tutors learning Chinese online! While we offer free online Zoom classes for our online and incoming homestay tutors, we’ve also curated this great list of free self-paced online Chinese courses for anyone to enjoy! Can I learn Chinese myself for free?! Chinese has a reputation for being a difficult language to learn, and
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Homestay Tutors painting peking opera masks in Shenzhen! Today, we are going to learn about Peking opera – a famous theatrical art form which originated in Beijing! Combining music, singing, acrobatics, dance and spectacular costumes, it is recognised as one of the most exciting performance arts in China. First, we will learn about the history and
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Let’s give a big welcome to our latest Mentor of the Month! Athina, studying Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, joined our online tutoring program in April 2020. She has quickly become one of our top tutors, particularly specialising in teaching fun science themed classes! As well as teaching students one-on-one, Athina has also taken
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Let’s give a huge congratulations to our September 2020 Mentor of the Month! Meg first joined us on the summer camp program in Beijing in 2019, before joining our online tutoring program this year. She has taught over 40 students and almost 1000 class sessions to date, while also taking on additional responsibilities such as
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Homestay tutors enjoying a Chinese tea ceremony in Shanghai One of the most famous aspects of Chinese culture is tea drinking, as tea itself is thought to originate in China. Visitors to China can enjoy a traditional tea ceremony at one of the many ancient tea houses, experiencing a tradition spanning almost 3000 years. Tea
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