Self-introducton
I am a Chinese born New York acupuncturist. I have many customers who are interesting in learning Chinese. As their acupuncturist, I teach them Chinese words and phrases when they want to learn. People like to show out their Chinese language capability in some situation. On the other hand, as a mother of two kids, I enjoy communicating with them in Chinese. This is an excellent time for kids to practice their Chinese speaking and listening ability. At their age of 8, I started to teach them Chinese in reading and writing personally. It was fun even it was challenged for all of us. For these two reasons, I participated in TCSOL program in Columbia University in fall 2014. TCSOL is a wonderful program I have ever had. The most important task I learned is how to teach people second language efficiently and successfully. I had chances to teach students who takes Chinese class in Columbia University. From the intense study and practice, not only my understanding of second language teaching was deepened, but also the skills of second language teaching was improved.