Founder 

YEH Fang-Wen （葉芳妏 Ye4 Fang1wen2）

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"Yeh Laoshi is a highly experienced, patient and excellent teacher of Mandarin Chinese. She keeps the lessons varied and interesting. All the best teachers know what misunderstandings are at the root of student mistakes. Yeh Laoshi is brilliant at this, meaning I learn a lot even when I make mistakes. I recommend her to everyone wishing to make huge progress in Chinese.

--Olly Wells (Student from Feb. 2018~Oct. 2018, International School Principal, China)

葉老師是優秀、很有經驗的老師。我兒子為了申請臺灣的大學要準備參加華語文能力考試，因為在日本學習中文環境不太好，只能靠暑假期間才能接受中文指導，葉老師根據我們的情況，精心策劃學習方案，並提供很多建議和信息，通過暑假集中特訓並結合平時葉老師給的複習資料，反覆練習，短期內通過了華測會的聽力、閱讀能力測驗。我們非常感謝葉老師！ - -Kiko Akatsuka (Student’s mom, Summer 2017, Japan)

https://www.sc-top.org.tw/english/eng_index.php

PS He has not only passed the Band C, TOCFL Listening & Reading Exam at the end of 2017, but also has been accepted by two departments at National Taiwan University in April 2019.

“I have studied Chinese with YEH Laoshi for over a year and my speaking, writing especially reading have improved significantly. YEH Laoshi uses as engaging approach that complements the textbook very well. She is a conscientious teacher who really cares about the progress of her students. I highly recommend her courses."

--Jameson Hsu (徐旭明，U.S.A., Student from Feb. 2016 to May. 2017)

"YEH Laoshi is a very competent and skillful teacher. Her classes are well structured and provide a good balance of all essential skills: speaking, listening, writing and reading. I appreciate that YEH Laoshi adapts to the learning needs of the student, without losing sight of the planned curriculum. She is patient, yet sets a high-quality standard for her classes. Last but not least, the classes are fun!".

--Michael Richter (Student from Nov. 2015 to Mar. 2017, Taiwan/ Germany)

"She’s probably one of the best Chinese teachers from one of the best Chinese Language programs in the world, so if you want to see your Chinese level jump up a few notches here’s a good place to start.”  

                  -- Patrick Biggs (former ICLP student, Ireland)

"You were a wonderful teacher - a stand out among a group of some of the best teachers I've ever had!"

--Ryan Flynn (former ICLP student, U.S.A)

YEH Fang-Wen

  • Master degree in Linguistics

  • Certificate of Proficiency in Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language by Ministry of Education, Taiwan R.O.C.

  • 16+ years in education and teaching, more than 7 years teaching Chinese as a Second Language, including instruction at International Chinese Language Program, National Taiwan University (ICLP, NTU).

Additional training/ experience

  • Teacher training programs at the The College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University; The Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University; Beijing Language and Culture University; and Mandarin Training Center, National Taiwan Normal University.

  • Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) workshop hosted at National Taiwan Normal University

  • The TOCFL Argumentative Writing Exam (Band C), and The TOCFL Speaking test (Band B) workshop, TOCFL, SC-TOP for Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL), Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu, R.O.C

Research and thesis presentation

Topics include:

  • Master Thesis: “A diachronic study of Code Mixing in Taiwan Newspapers: from 1988-2012”

  • “Acquiring Mandarin Chinese tones by second language learners”,

  • “Second language acquisition of Mandarin Chinese tones by non-native language speakers”,

  • “運用符號學中皮爾斯Perice 的相關理論談對外華語教學短篇小說教學，以袁瓊瓊．滄桑 為例”,

  • “從語意、句法功能及華語教學語法,探索對外華語「成語教學」的方法,以《思想與社會．閒話文字和語言》為例”, “

  • 從語意、句法功能及華語教學語法，探索對外華語近義詞教學的方法，以《思想與社會．閒話文字和語言》為例”

My teaching philosophy

As a Chinese teacher, I always hold the idea of that the students I teach like flocks of migratory birds. I cherish the chance with them by doing my best for them to receive multi learning and attention in the time we together. Because no matter how good of teacher is, there always a day that the students will leave you. The more important things during this period time are that if you improve their language skill, so when they ready to take off-- they gain the strong confidence and enough ability for their own goal.

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