WANG Yuqing
- Position
- Chinese Instructor
- y.wang14@leeds.ac.uk
- Location
- 22 Clarendon Building
Hometown in China:
DALIAN大连
Favourite food:
All kinds of fruits
Hobbies:
Chinese folk dance and read
Favourite thing about teaching Chinese:
People from other countries are able to break the language barrier and get to know the real China by learning Chinese.
Top tip for beginner learners of Chinese:
Listen more, speak more, Chinese is not as hard as you think.
Top tip for more advanced learners of Chinese:
Chinese civilization is a great treasure, and you now have the key to open the door.
Favourite Chinese saying or chengyu:
见素抱朴，少私寡欲。The phrase is taken from the Tao Te Ching by the Chinese thinker Lao Tzu and means to maintain a pure and simple nature and to reduce selfishness and distractions.
A Chinese TV show I recommend to students:
《家有儿女》The story is about the daily life of a reconstituted family living in Beijing, with real life scenes and everyday spoken language that is ideal for learners to use as learning material.
Chinese teaching background and experience:
I worked as volunteer teacher in China for years and have years of teaching practices during my undergraduate studies. Now I'm taking advantages of my past experience to work for a master degree Teaching Mandarin as the Second Language.