ACtutoring NY

I grew up speaking Italian and always loved being able to switch between languages. When I was ready to learn another language, I decided learning Mandarin would be the best choice given how many people in the world speak it and the current geopolitical climate. I chose AC Tutoring due to their catered lessons and their flexibility. I get to choose the schedule that works best for me and my lessons are slowed down or sped up based on my individual performance. I live in the peninsula and my tutor and I coordinate each week to meet either at a cafe of at a library depending on the content of the lesson. Should I have spikes in work or travel, my tutor and I build this into our lesson plan. After 1 year, I took a trip to China in which I felt very comfortable navigating alone and making every day conversation with locals. Highly recommended for someone looking to learn the language but who needs more flexibility as compared to a structured, weekly class.

Angela is a patient and kind teacher who adapts each lesson to the needs of the individual student. I would work with Angela again.

Angela is a great tutor. I started not knowing a word of Chinese and now I'm approx HSK 5 level. 她是一个非常好的老师也非常帮助我提高我的中文。 Her teaching style is very effective. We started speaking only Chinese from the 4th lesson onwards, which really helped me with my tones and sentence structures. We spend 40% of the time on reading and writing and Angela helped me develop mnemonics for characters and for stroke orders. The materials she recommended were really useful and she augmented the syllabus with external media and readings. She also introduced me to different aspects of Chinese culture. We went to Chinese restaurants and Chinese shops several times to practise Chinese. Would totally recommend!