Mandarin Tutors: 1-1 Mandarin Preparation

Hello, my name is Serena Sze and I am from Hong Kong and have studied in Singapore before and am currently in the UK. Hence, I am quite familiar with different type of learning methods which I have observed throughout my studies in different places. I am currently a second year medical student in King’s College London and has just finished my A-levels. I scored a 2920 B1 in my UCAT and received offers from KCL and University of Glasgow. I did a research project on the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine for stroke rehabilitation. I am very interested in helping different students to find the best way to study as there are a lot of different studying methods currently, such as Pomodoro. However, I do very much understand the difficulty in finding the best way to do it and I would love to use my experiences to guide them to the right direction.

Esther holds a BA in Classics from Oxford, attained with lots of prayer, guidance, and trial and error. She is a tutor with years of experience, beginning tutoring IB subjects Theory of Knowledge and Higher Level English Literature part-time in 2021 upon starting her undergraduate degree. She has since accrued over 200 hours of tutoring experience and many more subjects, including Mandarin language for all abilities, Latin language to A-level, and Oxbridge admissions preparation.

She provides guided one-on-one essay feedback on formative classroom work, mock written and oral examination practice, and works with her students to create their own personalised revision and learning plans. Where possible, she emphasises thorough understanding over simple rote-learning and regurgitation. In terms of language teaching, having learned Latin from scratch herself at university, she is fully acquainted with the challenges of language acquisition on the full spectrum of abilities. She formats her language lessons to achieve the individual goals and needs of the student, whether that is simple conversational fluency—no reading of abstruse philosophical scholarship required—or success in standardised school language exams.

Esther’s general teaching approach is that of exercising flexibility and patience. She communicates with her students to tailor her lesson plans around their individual needs and goals, as well as to subject-specific areas of focus as stipulated by the syllabus of the examination board. She strives to create a comfortable and open atmosphere during lessons and beyond, where students are unafraid to challenge themselves and make mistakes, by empowering her students with confidence in their own abilities to learn and succeed.

As best put by her own Latin tutor at university, “in errando discimus!” (by making mistakes, we learn!”)

I am a first-year BSc Pharmaceutical Sciences student at Queen’s University Belfast with a strong passion for teaching and helping others succeed academically. As an online tutor, I focus on making complex subjects like Maths and Science understandable by breaking them down into clear, manageable steps. My experience as a Peer Mentor and Founder of notes.gramm has allowed me to develop strong communication and problem-solving skills, making learning more accessible and engaging for students.

I aim to create a supportive and interactive learning environment, where students feel comfortable asking questions and actively participating in their learning journey. I’m dedicated to fostering student growth by tailoring my teaching methods to meet individual needs and ensuring that every student leaves with a stronger understanding of the subject matter.

Hello, my name is Serena Sze and I am from Hong Kong and have studied in Singapore before and am currently in the UK. Hence, I am quite familiar with different type of learning methods which I have observed throughout my studies in different places. I am currently a second year medical student in King’s College London and has just finished my A-levels. I scored a 2920 B1 in my UCAT and received offers from KCL and University of Glasgow. I did a research project on the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine for stroke rehabilitation. I am very interested in helping different students to find the best way to study as there are a lot of different studying methods currently, such as Pomodoro. However, I do very much understand the difficulty in finding the best way to do it and I would love to use my experiences to guide them to the right direction.

Esther holds a BA in Classics from Oxford, attained with lots of prayer, guidance, and trial and error. She is a tutor with years of experience, beginning tutoring IB subjects Theory of Knowledge and Higher Level English Literature part-time in 2021 upon starting her undergraduate degree. She has since accrued over 200 hours of tutoring experience and many more subjects, including Mandarin language for all abilities, Latin language to A-level, and Oxbridge admissions preparation.

She provides guided one-on-one essay feedback on formative classroom work, mock written and oral examination practice, and works with her students to create their own personalised revision and learning plans. Where possible, she emphasises thorough understanding over simple rote-learning and regurgitation. In terms of language teaching, having learned Latin from scratch herself at university, she is fully acquainted with the challenges of language acquisition on the full spectrum of abilities. She formats her language lessons to achieve the individual goals and needs of the student, whether that is simple conversational fluency—no reading of abstruse philosophical scholarship required—or success in standardised school language exams.

Esther’s general teaching approach is that of exercising flexibility and patience. She communicates with her students to tailor her lesson plans around their individual needs and goals, as well as to subject-specific areas of focus as stipulated by the syllabus of the examination board. She strives to create a comfortable and open atmosphere during lessons and beyond, where students are unafraid to challenge themselves and make mistakes, by empowering her students with confidence in their own abilities to learn and succeed.

As best put by her own Latin tutor at university, “in errando discimus!” (by making mistakes, we learn!”)

I am a first-year BSc Pharmaceutical Sciences student at Queen’s University Belfast with a strong passion for teaching and helping others succeed academically. As an online tutor, I focus on making complex subjects like Maths and Science understandable by breaking them down into clear, manageable steps. My experience as a Peer Mentor and Founder of notes.gramm has allowed me to develop strong communication and problem-solving skills, making learning more accessible and engaging for students.

I aim to create a supportive and interactive learning environment, where students feel comfortable asking questions and actively participating in their learning journey. I’m dedicated to fostering student growth by tailoring my teaching methods to meet individual needs and ensuring that every student leaves with a stronger understanding of the subject matter.