Foundations
Build Zhuyin, character recognition and sentences, starting with the child’s current reading and expression.
Chinese language & expression · Chinese and essay writing in Taiwan · Mandarin, Zhuyin and reading overseas
Read with understanding. Say it clearly. Put it into writing.
For students in Taiwan, lessons cover Chinese, reading and essay writing. For children overseas, we can start with Zhuyin, reading and spoken expression. The starting point depends on the child’s current skills.
This may fit your child if…
- Does not know how to start an essay or writes a lot without a clear point.
- Struggles with longer passages or classical Chinese.
- Lives overseas and needs support with Chinese listening, speaking, reading or writing, including preparation for returning to Taiwan.
What we look for
- An essay without a clear scene
- Having ideas but writing them as a list of events.
- Classical Chinese feels inaccessible
- Recognising individual characters but losing the meaning of the passage.
- Similar Zhuyin sounds
- Confusing sounds such as ㄣ and ㄥ when listening or reading.
- Ideas that are hard to express
- Knowing what to say but getting stuck when speaking or writing it down.
What a lesson involves
- Each lesson is 50 minutes, one-to-one on Google Meet, taught in Chinese.
- Props, stories and film-style storyboards make a topic easier to picture.
- Your child talks through an idea before shaping it into a paragraph.
- Lessons mainly use Traditional characters and Zhuyin. Children with a Simplified-character or Pinyin background can discuss a transition.
Choose the starting point together.
Keeping pace with school
Work with school Chinese and essay topics, practising paragraphs, language choices and reading comprehension.
Further challenge
Explore longer reading, classical Chinese and argument writing with a clear point and supporting reasons.
A closer look at the teaching
Selected earlier teaching and classroom videos, in Chinese. They illustrate activities and explanations; the current service is online one-to-one tutoring.
An essay has been revised many times. What is still missing?
The publisher describes a before-and-after essay discussion focused on structure and paragraph order.
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Fees and getting started
For families in Taiwan, foundations plans are: Single lesson NT$1,200; 4-lesson monthly plan NT$4,500; 16-lesson term plan NT$16,800. Materials are included. Other levels and special needs are quoted after the free consultation.
Families overseas use US-dollar plans. Compare the full plan details.
Common questions
Is this suitable for a child with beginner Chinese?
Start with the free consultation. Max considers listening, speaking, reading and writing separately before recommending a starting point.
Are lessons taught in English?
Lessons are taught in Chinese. Parents are welcome to communicate with Max in English or Chinese.
Does the consultation commit us to lessons?
No. The consultation is free, lasts about 20 minutes and helps us understand the child’s needs. It is not a subject lesson or an enrolment.