Quotes from Happy Parents and Participants
“Excellent tutoring by an organized and helpful team.”
— K. King
“A great opportunity to have access to a native Mandarin speaker in order to learn the language. The tutors seem very positive, friendly and encouraging.”
— S. Chiew
“The tutors talk you through new phrases and focus more on pronunciation than what we've had in school.”
— A. Chiew
“This program has been a really nice resource for my bilingual children to have to practice speaking in Chinese. ”
— G. Cooke
“When school was cancelled, I was worried of my daughter’s Mandarin skills that she may forget or lose confidence. Both the parents and my daughter’s confidence has been placed.”
— J. Wong
“This is a great way for my kids to practice speaking in Mandarin even when they are at different levels (grade 5 and 10). After only two sessions my younger son is already more willing to engage in conversation.”
— K. Chan
“We appreciate the opportunity for our child to have regular conversation with a native Chinese speaker who is able to help with pronunciation and work on basic conversation.”
— M. Hui
In the summer of 2020, Jingyi and her team of tutors have helped more than 30 families across Alberta with over 350 conversations, and has also received recognition from the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
Read the Lieutenant Governor’s Recognition Here.
“This program is an excellent opportunity for students to hone in and epand their Mandarin language skills. It’s a great opportunity for my kids to get one on one attention working on exact pronounciation of Mandarin that is lacking from their classroom environment. The instructor is punctual and organized. They do a great job getting the kids to work until they get their pronounciation exactly correct.”
— C. Riek
“Excellent program that has stepped in during the pandemic to support our children in the Mandarin Billingual Program. We are a family that does not speak Mandarin at home and this is their only opportunity to practice speaking with somebody who is fluent. The tutor has been excellent, organized and professional in their approach to meeting with our children and supporting day-to-day conversation.”
— G. Wong
“We are so thankful for this initiative to keep our children practising speaking the Chinese basic fundamentals and daily language. We were concerned they would lose all of the progress they have made in classrooom without any opportunity to speak, but thanks to this initiative we are able to keep it up. It has been great and I strongly recommend all students in the Mandarin Billingual Program to take advantage of these well trained tutors to keep speaking Mandarin.”
— L. Chan