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Mandarine(basic,intermediate or Advanced)&practical Chinese for business and travel
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With a background as a novelist and over 20 years of teaching experience, Lingjie brings both her passion and her expertise to the classroom, helping you to achieve fluency in reading, speaking and writing Mandarin Chinese.

course Contain:
A, basic classes, Pinyin and its system elements, methods and rules, Character structure and source, vocabulary, grammar, basic reading and writing, Beginner Conversational 。
B, intermediate conversational ,listening and talking training,reading and writing,
C, Advanced Business and Tourism Chinese conversational ,Business Letters writing 。

Promise to my students that as long as I give you two hours lesson every day, after three months,you could speak and listen in daily life。

Lingjie moved to Belgium in 2009. Before that she grew up in China in the south-west province of Guangxi. As a young girl, she lived her life during the cultural revolution, as a young woman she witnessed the incredible pace at which China became the world power that it is today. She has currently published four books in Chinese, the last one being a long novel called "Brigantine" that received overwhelmingly positive reactions in China. The fifth one is underway.

Attention: languages used during lessons are English and Chinese.
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  • Van Montfortstraat, Borgerhout 2140 Antwerp, Belgium
About Me
Volgens mij ligt de sleutel tot het leren van een taal in het verbinden van klanken en geschreven woorden met het dagelijks leven. Kinderen leren hun moedertaal aanvankelijk niet via abstracte regels, maar door gesprekken waarin anderen op hen reageren, situaties die ze begrijpen en hun eigen behoefte om zich uit te drukken. Vanuit die gedachte combineer ik een stevige basis in pinyin, uitspraak en tonen met betekenisvolle oefeningen, afgestemd op iedere leerling.

Ik geef les aan kinderen en jongeren, maar het merendeel van mijn leerlingen bestaat uit zakenmensen die met de Chinese markt werken en reizigers die China willen bezoeken. Voor volwassenen kies ik een andere aanpak dan voor kinderen: praktisch, doelgericht en gericht op de situaties waarin zij het Chinees daadwerkelijk nodig hebben. Zakelijke contacten, gesprekken op reis en dagelijkse communicatie vormen het uitgangspunt. Met gerichte woordenschat, bruikbare zinnen en realistische gespreksoefeningen help ik hen hun beschikbare leertijd efficiënt te benutten en het geleerde zo snel mogelijk in de praktijk toe te passen.

Bij kinderen combineer ik spelletjes, verhalen, lezen en dagelijkse gesprekjes. Als schrijfster hecht ik bijzonder veel waarde aan literatuur in mijn lessen. Een verhaal, een gedicht of een kort dagboekstukje helpt leerlingen niet alleen hun woordenschat en uitdrukkingsvaardigheid te ontwikkelen, maar stimuleert ook hun verbeelding, hun persoonlijke beleving en hun creativiteit. Daarbij heb ik vaak het gevoel dat ik meer doe dan een taal onderwijzen: ik laat leerlingen kennismaken met de rijke, eeuwenoude culturele tradities achter de Chinese schrifttekens.

Zowel Chinese schrifttekens als Egyptische hiërogliefen bewaren sporen van het vastleggen van de wereld in herkenbare beelden. Ze laten ons zien hoe mensen in het verre verleden de natuur waarnamen en het leven begrepen. Van de beeldende elementen in Chinese karakters tot natuurbeelden in poëzie en de manieren waarop verhalen betekenis geven aan het leven: taal leren kan ook een culturele ontdekkingstocht zijn, gevoed door nieuwsgierigheid.

Mijn lessen sluiten aan bij de leeftijd, het niveau en de doelen van iedere leerling. Voor de een betekent dit zelfstandig communiceren tijdens een zakenreis; voor de ander het plezier ontdekken van een Chinees verhaal of een eigen tekst schrijven. Wanneer leren verbonden is met persoonlijke behoeften, interesses en ervaringen, groeit de motivatie om ermee door te gaan. Ik denk dat dit ook verklaart waarom veel leerlingen jarenlang bij mij Chinees blijven leren.

English——

In my view, the key to learning a language is to connect its sounds and written words with real life. Children’s first encounters with their mother tongue are not with abstract rules, but with responsive conversations, situations they can understand, and their own need to express themselves. This inspires me to combine a solid foundation in pinyin, pronunciation and tones with meaningful practice tailored to each learner.

My students include children and teenagers, but the majority are businesspeople working with the Chinese market and travellers planning to visit China. For adults, I use a different approach from that used with children: practical, focused and built around the situations in which they need Chinese. Business interactions, travel conversations and everyday communication provide the starting point. Through targeted vocabulary, useful phrases and realistic conversation practice, I help them make effective use of their available study time and begin applying what they learn as soon as possible.

For children, I combine games, stories, reading and everyday conversation. As a writer, I particularly value the role of literature in my teaching. A story, a poem or a short diary entry not only helps students build vocabulary and develop their ability to express themselves, but also encourages imagination, personal responses and creativity. In this process, I often feel that I am doing more than teaching a language: I am introducing students to the rich cultural traditions behind Chinese characters.

Both Chinese characters and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs preserve traces of representing the world through recognisable images. They offer glimpses into how people in the distant past observed nature and understood life. From the pictorial elements in Chinese characters to natural imagery in poetry and the ways stories make sense of human experience, language learning can also become a cultural exploration driven by curiosity.

My lessons reflect each student’s age, level and goals. For one learner, success may mean communicating independently on a business trip; for another, discovering the pleasure of a Chinese story or writing something of their own. When learning connects with personal needs, interests and experiences, motivation grows. I believe this also helps explain why many of my students continue learning Chinese with me for years.
Education
I graduated from Guangxi University in China. I also attended two training programmes for writers at the Lu Xun Literary Institute in Beijing. I write novels, poetry and essays and have published several books.
Experience / Qualifications
Ik ben schrijfster van romans, poëzie en essays en heb meerdere boeken gepubliceerd. Mijn literaire werk heeft mij een grondige beheersing van de Chinese taal en een brede kennis van de Chinese literatuur en cultuur gegeven.

Daarnaast heb ik jarenlange ervaring met het geven van privélessen Chinees aan kinderen, jongeren en volwassenen. Het merendeel van mijn volwassen leerlingen bestaat uit zakenmensen die met de Chinese markt werken en reizigers die zich op een verblijf in China voorbereiden. Ik begeleid beginners bij pinyin, uitspraak en tonen en help leerlingen hun spreek-, lees- en schrijfvaardigheid verder te ontwikkelen. Mijn lessen stem ik af op hun niveau, interesses en praktische doelen.
Age
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
90 minutes
120 minutes
The class is taught in
English
Chinese
Dutch
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With a background as a novelist and over 20 years of teaching experience, I bring both my passion and my expertise to the classroom, helping you to achieve fluency in reading, speaking and writing Mandarin Chinese.

I moved to Belgium in 2009. Before that I grew up in China in the south-west province of Guangxi. As a young girl, I lived my life during the cultural revolution, as a young womani I witnessed the incredible pace at which China became the world power that it is today. I have currently published four books in Chinese, the last one being a long novel called "Brigantine" that received overwhelmingly positive reactions in China. The fifth one is underway.

My students prove that everyone can read and write smoothly after 3 years courses (about 200 hours per year).
My teaching method:The first two years, students will mainly focus on the alphabet ,vocabulary,grammar, basic reading and writing skills, Later,they will focus on advanced reading and writing skills, for children and young people,we will pay particular attention to listening and speaking,literary reading and writing.
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