Profile
I'm Jessica (徐萍), an English teacher in Changzhou, China. But wish to improve, esp. my spoken English. I ever taught Chinese in a college of Seoul for one year. So if you really want to improve your Chinese, I think maybe we can try to help each other.
Learning
English
Language Skills
Chinese (Mandarin)Native
Lesson Feedback
Lesson history
| Last month | Last 3 months | All time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completed lessons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attendance rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Teacher reviews
No record
Activities
- How serious are we Chinese about numbers and their meanings? It's a tricky question. Generally speaking, it depends. Take myself as an example, I don't care much about the numbers. But for some, different numbers do mean a bit. For instance, some of my friends would frown if people say 4 or similar pronunciation on a happy occasion, such as wedding parties or housewarming party. And basically, Chinese prefer 6 and 8, since 6 is believed to mean "things would go smoothly" and 8 stands for prosperity. As for the other numbers, I don't think Chinese care a lot.0 votedDecember 23, 20140
- my dearest daughter Connie is my dearest daughter, who is now 16 years old, taller, bigger, smarter and more beautiful than me. Watching her developing from my little girl into a young lady, I'm filled with some kind of complicated feeling, a clear sense of pride and a vague feeling of loss. Compared with other girls of her age in China, she's rather independent and always a all-A student in school, which saved me a lot of trouble. Now she almost does all the shopping for herself but it's a bit funny I can't remember clearly when she began shopping for herself, maybe 2 years ago. She is the only child, so my husband and I always satisfy her as long as her requirements are reasonable. Growing in a rich and comfortable environment, she is confident, smart and knowledgeable. I envy her and proud of her. She used to have a lot to talk with me. But now she seems more like to chat with her friends. When I was in other country or other cities, I eagerly called her expecting to tell her a lot, but she sometimes just cut me short, which really made me feel lost. Where is my darling girl? I comfort myself that she's grown up and a teenager's always rebellious. Somehow from the bottom of my heart I still have a nameless feeling of loss.February 17, 201421
- Fantastic italki Suggested by a friend I began to try italki a few days ago. What did I want? Practicing English? Out of curiosity? Trying something new?... I don’t know. Maybe all of them. But I’ s really incredible. I did met people and talk with them, which really made me excited. Yesterday I talked with Josua on QQ, who was not the first responding to me but the first talking with me. Surprisingly we had a very nice talk, which lasted almost 2 hours. Although he only studies Chinese for 6 month, his spoken Chinese is really good, as good as the junior I taught in a seoul college (Chinese Majors), and he isn’t majoring in Chinese, minor instead. It’s really incredible. I think there must be a lot of reasons: his motivations, his language talent, his hardworking,…etc. But one thing I’d like to point out is that italki helped him a lot, since he told me he had found other language partners and practice with them. Therefore, some credits must go to fantastic italki. Do you agree with me, friends?February 14, 201431
- 总的来说,您的中文水平很不错了,属于中高级水平了。有些小问题,如“单纯 – 这个女孩很单纯,真的不明白世界”,前半句完全正确,后半句补充说明的比较含糊,不够具体。可改成:“单纯 – 这个女孩很单纯,真的不明白世界是怎么回事儿”,或“单纯 – 这个女孩很单纯,她一点也不了解世界的黑暗面儿”...I'm an English teacher in China. But wish to improve, esp. my spoken English. I ever taught Chinese in a college of Seoul for one year. So if you really want to improve your Chinese, I think maybe we can try to help each other. 如果您感兴趣,我们可以Skype上聊,jessica9407000 votedFebruary 9, 20140
- My friend Paul Last semester, I was assigned to work together with our foreign teacher, Paul, who is an English, but grew up and now lives in Australia. He is a very special person. He had a young Russian wife, who I called Anna, and he is very proud of his wife mainly because she is 26 years younger than he and very beautiful. I admire the romance and love between them and sometimes find it funny watching them quarrelling with each other, which I teased as lovers' arguments. I can vividly remember one day tough Paul made Anna sad, with tears in eyes, just because she unconsciously cut off his talk, which irritated Paul a bit. Paul immediately ironically criticized her being rude... But luckily, Anna, a darling girl, quickly dried up her tears and came out of her study and joined our talk again after a few words of comfort from me. Paul has very rich facial expression and can be very talktive if he likes. That explains why I like talking with him. You know, with him I myself had some new records last year, in 2013. He ever wrote 14 emails to me in one day, and before him, my personal email, I mean with friends, never more than 14 in a year. Moreover, in my mobile phone, he also made two new records for me, that is the conversation time, which exceeded30 minutes a time and 200 minutes a month. He is kind of short tempered, which resulted into some misunderstands between him and the school we worked in, according to my understanding. He prefers everyting is pre-arranged, every teaching task is specified clearly at the beginning of a semester, preferrably in a pack. Yes, indeed I agree with his opinion and I myself can try to do it, but for the others I can't assure. So when the director of the English department changed its requiement now and then, he flared up and even worsely he ironically criticized them being disorganized. For me, his reaction is reasonable, but for others, it seems a fussy. In fact, I ever reminded him that he should get used to the working mechanism here, that is, nothing is for sure until the last minute. He has got business mind and very skilled at computer. Although he knows only a little Chinese, but while working in China, he can go anywhere, since he knows how to get information on line. He even ordered some things on line including his fishing equippments. He likes negotiates with the school's management layer, such as teaching hours, airfares, payment, ...etc. Some negotiation turned out successful, but still some broke. Paul is a smart...February 9, 201420

00:00
00:00