Teaching Chinese

ABOUT MY LESSONS

*** RECRUITING STUDENTS***

CONTACT

1. Email: jieyinfeng0505@gmail.com
2. WeChat: Jieyin_TeachLanguage

FOCUS

(1) General Chinese (listening, reading, speaking, writing)
(2) conversational Chinese

METHODOLOGY

- student-centred approach, need-based
- communicative approach, guided discovery, effective task design
- interactive with multi-media
- combination of coursebook materials and authentic materials
- homework and feedback
- monthly review on study process and lessons approach/direction

TEACHING PLATFORMS: Skype, Zoom, Teams, Voov, Feishu, Lark, Wecom

LANGUAGE SKILLS

- English: advanced C1, IELTS overall 7.5 (updated 07/2023); I have used English as my primary work language for 5 years.
- Spanish: pre-intermediate; I used basic Spanish in Latin America for 2 years and I am currently studying it.
- Chinese/Mandarin: native, Putonghua Proficiency Test: 2nd Level A.
- Cantonese: native.
- Japanese: advanced JLPT N2 level; I can read and speak Japanese, and I used Japanese to travel in Japan.
- Chinese Sign Language: basic communication.
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TEACHING CERTIFICATE

Certified with CTCSOL, CERTIFICATE FOR TEACHERS OF CHINESE TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES

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EDUCATION

2019 - 2021 Graduate Coursework in Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, USA

Research focus: Neuromechanism of flexibility and resilience in Dyslexia (PI: Prof. Fumiko Hoeft)
(GPA 3.81, 52 credits finished)

2016 - 2019 Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience, East China Normal University, China

Research topic: Neuromechanism of learning Chinese as a second language (PI: Prof. Qing Cai)
(GPA 3.69, 35 credits, Graduated with Honors, Recommended Postgraduate)

2012 - 2016 Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology, University of Jinan, China

Research topic: Neuromechanism of facial expression recognition (PI: AP. Sutao Song)
(GPA 4.08, Graduated with Honors, National Scholarship Recipient with Honors)
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WORKING & LIVING ABROAD

1. 2021 - 2023 in Latin America, Psychotherapist work, Teaching work, Help Exchange, Travelling
2. 2019 - 2021 in USA，R1 Cognitive Neuroscience Researcher
3. 2019 2 months in Finland，Help exchange
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