Wilma

Wilma is fantastic - I've been working with her a couple years already. I am a native Cantonese speaker born to an immigrant family. I am bilingual but not biliterate. Wilma is great because not only does she know written Chinese, she knows jyutping too which is really what I was looking for in a teacher since my goal is to learn jyutping first. Next, Wilma is very adaptable and mixes up our lessons from vocab, to demo/feedback, to free flow conversation. I think she's fantastic and welcome anyone else to partner with her!

I have taken 6 classes with Wilma, and think she’s good in many ways. Her linguistic knowledge is solid and she often comes up with examples from real-life context which I can relate to. Our classes were well customized and mostly carried out in Mandarin and Cantonese. Wilma would also clarify things in English as needed. She shows an understanding of the culture differences between HK and China, as well as the culture gap between the West and the East. Wilma is an observer, for she detects your mistakes and helps you find a pattern naturally. But she can also be encouraging and keeps you going.

I had another fun lesson with Wilma! She's the kind of teacher that makes lessons relatable; I'm learning characters and asked to learn food items. Wilma went out of her way, not only to teach the characters for food, but to get different kinds of menus for me to use throughout the lesson. She has challenged me to place an order (by reading the menu) the next time we meet. I left the lesson having learned something new, I had fun, and I'm looking forward to the next.

Thanks Wilma! This was my first lesson and found it very helpful. There was a structured direction of what to expect in the lesson and we had covered different areas of my current understanding in order to explore potential approaches for my learning.

Wilma is very clear and structured in the lesson plans and time allocation. She tailors the pace according to individual's proficiency and answers questions efficiently. She is also friendly and patient, using different practices (e.g. listening or speaking tests) to enhance learning in a practical and helpful way. :)

I just had my first lesson with Wilma. I wanted her to teach me how to say some things in Cantonese (instead of going through lesson plans) and she was more than happy to oblige! She's very flexible and approachable. The lesson felt like a casual conversation more than anything (probably because we weren't going through lesson plans) and it was awesome! I loved it. I would definitely recommend her and I'll probably have lessons with her again in the future.