Learning Mandarin with a Chinese Tutor

Learning Mandarin Chinese with a tutor is one way to quickly improve your skills, but you need to know what to expect before you start.

A tutor of Mandarin Chinese can help with pronunciation and listening comprehension in a way that a classroom teacher may not be able to. The dedicated one-on-one time spent with a tutor allows you to ask questions and clarify things that might have flown by during class time. Another advantage of a tutor is the ability to schedule classes whenever and wherever you want.

However, a Chinese tutor will typically cost more than group classes, and may be more difficult to find. You may not be able to progress as well as you like if you’re only speaking to someone for one hour a week in your target language.

Perhaps the best way to utilize a Mandarin Chinese tutor is to hire one in conjunction with regular Mandarin classes. That way you can have the best of both worlds and use the tutor for the things you really need help with instead of the basic vocabulary and grammar that you could learn in a cheaper classroom setting.