Learn Mandarin Chinese? It's easy with Shiuan Laoshi!

Learning Mandarin Chinese is easy with Shiuan Laoshi.

Nihao! My name is Shiuan Laoshi and I have been teaching Chinese since 2010. I am from Taipei Taiwan R.O.C. I have lived in Rotterdam since 1998.

shiuanwenchu@hotmail.com
06-18560329 WhatsApp

About the lessons:
Keywords for my teaching philosophy:
- MAKE MANDARIN CHINESE LANGUAGE YOUR OWN!
- SELF CONFIDENCE
- INCLUDING and OPEN-MINDED. I teach both traditional (Taiwan, Hong Kong) and Simplified (China) Chinese.
- PRAGMATIC and HANDS-ON. I use textbooks as well as multi-media, smartphone, tablets and computers in my class.
- POSITIVE ENERGY. To inspire and take you on a journey as you discover and learn Mandarin Chinese.
- APPLIED and INDIVIDUAL. It is always only about your goal, your talent and your qualities. The lessons are in Dutch or English. Traditional and/or simplified. Speaking, comprehension, reading, writing and typing pinyin. All round skills. Applied to your situation: life, work, travel, study, internet and media, art, culture and literature. The classes are for individuals, in groups, at school or in a company.

https://chineserotterdam.blogspot.com
# traditional Chinese
# simplified Chinese
# comprehension
# fluency
# reading
# writing

# typing
# Chinese calligraphy
# lessons in Dutch, English or Chinese
# application to your situation: life, work, travel, study, internet and media, art, culture and literature consideration.
# individually, in groups, at school or in a company.

About Shiuan Laoshi
My name is Shiuan and I am from Taipei Taiwan R.O.C. I have lived in Rotterdam since 1998. I am a certified Mandarin Chinese teacher with certificate from Leiden University ICLON. My parents and my grandfather are all professors of traditional Chinese literature in Taipei, so I have been immersed in Chinese language, literature and culture since a young age. Originally I was trained as an architect. So I have a masters degree in architecture (2000). Besides teaching, I am also a writer. I have a column in a design magazine in Taiwan- Interior Magazine Taiwan, and 30,000 copies are sold per month. I write about architecture in the Netherlands and Western Europe. So you know that I am also a public intellectual who applies her language skills and professional knowledge.

 
Educations:
Mandarin Chinese Teacher training certificate, Leiden University ICLON
Master of Architecture, Berlage Institute, the Netherlands
Bachelor of Architecture (Hons), University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Bachelor of Architecture Studies, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

About my students:
I already have over one hundred students. My youngest student started at the age of 3 and my oldest student is 79 years old in 2024. The professional backgrounds of my students: teachers and academic staff, civil servants, IT, entrepreneurs, biologists, civil engineers, electrical engineers, company managers, doctors, therapists, artists, architects, designers, lawyers, bankers, university, high school and elementary school students. I have guided many students from A1 to C2 results for Tocfl or HSK exams. You learn to speak, understand, read, type and write. Results every hour! At home my 3 children were raised fully trilingual: Mandarin Chinese, Dutch and English. In terms of Mandarin Chinese, they read, write, speak and communicate with modern media fluently.

 
More information on my web blog Shiuan Laoshi Mandarin Chinese Classroom:

http://chineserotterdam.blogspot.com

Teaching materials:
I use many different textbooks published in Taiwan, China and the Netherlands.

Fee: 

Per person per hour. For groups and short course, there is a different hour rate.