Vera has been teaching Chinese for nearly 8 years. She has a Bachelor's degree in Chinese as a Foreign Language from Guangxi Normal University and a Master's degree in Chinese International Education from Jinan University. She has a "Certificate for Teaching Chinese in High School". As a volunteer Chinese teacher, she went to schools in South Korea and Thailand to carry out Chinese teaching. She also organized teachers and students to carry out various traditional Chinese cultural activities. What's more, she also taught comprehensive courses of elementary Chinese classes at South China Agricultural University and worked as a head teacher.
She has been an ISA Tianhe teacher since 2018. She actively took part in studies on the IB Early Childhood Programme. She also got the relevant certificates by completing classroom implementation PYP courses and training.
Vera also continuously improves her professional knowledge and skills through attending various kinds of learning workshops. She encourages students to think actively, inquire and practice through diversified classes.
Camille Huang
Chinese Language Associate Coordinator
Camille has over 7 years of experience in teaching Chinese in Thailand, Spain, the UK, and China. She received her undergraduate degree in Chinese as a Foreign Language and her master's degree in Chinese International Education from Jinan University. During her master's degree, she went on internships at Surat pitaya middle school in Thailand and Salamanca University in Spain, and after her master's degree, she went to the Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield as a public Chinese teacher at the National Center for Chinese foreign language exchange and cooperation and was rated as the outstanding public Chinese teacher of 2020.
Camille has a professional foundation and has successively obtained the Mandarin certificate (grade II), a senior middle school Chinese teacher qualification certificate, an international Chinese teacher qualification certificate, and IELTS 7.0; her rich teaching experience at home and abroad has enabled her to continuously improve her teaching enthusiasm and efficiency. Camille insists on the teaching concept of diversity and openness, respects individual differences, guides them patiently, and strives to help them grow into happy lifelong learners with autonomous learning abilities.
Amy Li
Chinese Language Teacher
Amy is a well-experienced teacher who has been engaged in education for 27 years, and she joined ISA Tianhe in 2015. Amy majored in Chinese Language and Literature Education at University. In her career, she used to be a Level I Chinese teacher in Chinese public schools.
Amy has dialectical thinking and an understanding of the development of Chinese Language subjects and interdisciplinary curriculum areas. She is very good at creating real-life situations that are relevant to children. In her class, students can easily make connections between knowledge and life to understand the world they live in.
Amy's classroom is dynamic and diverse. Her current teaching focuses on the early years, and her teaching strategies include using stories, picture books, children's songs, and performances to foster good learning skills and naturally develop students' language skills.
Yuki Yu
Chinese Language Teacher
Yuki graduated from Guangzhou University with a master’s degree in Chinese International Education. She has the Teacher Certificate and International Chinese Teacher Certificate. She has over 10 years of experience in education, and she became a classical Sinology instructor and in 2013, guiding parents and students to learn The Book of Changes, Laozi, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, Military Science Of Sun Tzu and so on. She has extensive experience in family education guidance. She joined ISA Tianhe in 2018 as a Chinese teacher.
She has a passion for IB education and she is committed to lifelong learning. She keeps learning educational psychology, her teaching style is friendly and easy with kinds of teaching forms. Yuki creates a mutually respectful and inclusive learning environment for students. She is good at inspiring students' interest in learning and letting students enjoy their studies.
Angel Jiang
Chinese Language Teacher
Angel, a Level I teacher, is certified as a senior secondary school language teacher, a junior secondary school English teacher and an elementary school language teacher. She graduated from South China Normal University with a Bachelor's degree in Chinese Language and Literature. She has taught in public and international schools for many years and has rich experience in teaching; she has been an excellent teacher loved by children and assured by parents.
She has a wide range of interests and professional knowledge and won awards in various competitions. She is very patient with children, and the children in her classes have good character, excellent academic performance and good writing skills. Her students have also won many awards in significant essays, poetry recitation, and calligraphy contests. She believes in education with heart, warming children's hearts with love, leading children to bathe in the sunshine and guiding them to immerse in books.
Brown Xiong
Chinese Language Teacher
Brown has worked in education for over 30 years and has rich experience in teaching. Before joining ISA Tianhe in 2015, he had been in charge of language teaching in middle and upper grades in domestic schools. He has a Bachelor's degree Chinese Language and Literature Education in college.
Brown focuses on student-centered teaching on the base of mutual respect. His classes are flexible and diverse with various forms. He is rigorous and interesting, and he is good at quickly bringing students into the context and using different teaching strategies to allow them to learn and master the relevant knowledge and skills, developing their Chinese language skills in an effective way.
Brown is good at guiding and stimulating children's expressiveness and creativity. His students have won awards in the First International HANDING Cup Chinese Language Arts Competition and the Second International Chinese Festival Chinese Language Competition. He has also coached students to participate in essay competitions in China with receiving fruitful results.
Olivia Hu
Chinese Language Teacher
Olivia joined ISA Tianhe in 2021 as a Chinese teacher. She was once assigned by the Chinese foreign language exchange cooperation centre of the Ministry of education to the Confucius Institute of Baku State University in Azerbaijan to teach Chinese. She has taught students from children to adults. She has a systematic understanding of Chinese learning for students of different ages with different Chinese levels.
She graduated from Anhui University and received the Chinese International Education Master. She also has the Teacher Certificate and International Chinese teacher certificate. To have a deeper understanding of Chinese traditional culture, she also obtained the "Senior Tea Specialist Certificate".
Olivia has participated in the training about the IB PYP stage and inquiry-based teaching. She respects the individuality of students, teaches students through play and has been committed to creating a relaxed, lively and efficient learning environment for students.
Jessie He
Chinese Language Teacher
Jessie is passionate about teaching. She worked in the international department of bilingual schools in China and has rich experience in teaching mother tongue and teaching Chinese as a foreign language. She has won awards in the Excellent Teaching Case Competition, the International Chinese Course Competition for Primary and Secondary Schools, and the High-quality Course Competition for Young Teachers. She has also published educational papers in national journals and holds certificates such as the International Chinese Language Teacher Certificate and the Positive Discipline Educator Certificate.
In order to better understand the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), she participated in the training of IB PYP courses in East China Normal University. In addition, Jessie also follows a rigorous and scientific teaching philosophy, and her teaching style is also loved by children. She believes that sincerity is the key to unlocking students, and teaching according to their aptitude can achieve good results.
