Hi, I’m eszter edl.
I started learning Chinese in 1999. Since then, I completed two Masters degrees and lived in China and Taiwan for an extended time. I have been teaching for over two decades, and I enjoy working with all ages and backgrounds.
My mission is to make every learner successful, and to dispel myths about the “difficulty” of Chinese. I believe that with the right methods and sufficient time, everyone can learn Mandarin.
My Approach
When I work with a school, or a private student with specific requests, I’m ready to accommodate and use whatever method or material is preferred. When I’m free to decide on the approach, I select activities and materials that support natural acquisition of the language.
comprehensible input
When our brain is given information we understand, and we see it enough times, we can’t help but learn it. That’s how we got our first language, and that’s the most natural way to acquire a foreign language as well.
practical language
Even with complete beginners, we build and use complete sentences from day one, that can be used in real-life conversations. The goal of learning a language is to be able to communicate, and we focus on that skill from the get-go.