TUTORING PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Flagship tutoring is different from the one-on-one teaching sessions of your Chinese language courses. It is not homework help or review of what you’ve done in class. Those things are each student’s responsibility and students should talk to their class teachers if they are struggling. Flagship tutoring will be personalized to your language needs. For students from lower levels, it will be a chance to hone their language skills, grammar, vocabulary fluency and pronunciation through practice with expert and native speakers of the language for students from higher levels, they may also develop their professional Chinese in their second field study for students in their precapstone year, they may get instructions based on their individual needs, such as summer program interviews, capstone application, proficiency tests, scholarship applications etc. Each Flagship student receives approximately 8 hours tutoring a week. The tutoring schedule is established at the beginning of the semester based on both student and tutor availabilityI Tutors are usually graduate students in various fields at UHM. Some are experts in language education while others specialize in Asian Studies, Communications, Etymology, or other fields.

TUTORING SESSION REGULATIONS

Canceling or Rescheduling

When the tutor sessions are scheduled, it is not allowed to cancel or change without reasons. If you need to reschedule or cancel a specific session, you must notify both the tutor and the coordinator via email at least 48 hours in advance. Otherwise, it will be considered as an unexcused absence. In any emergency and you cannot attend, please inform us as soon as you can.

Language Provisions

During tutor sessions, we will ask students to only speak in Chinese. English will not be encouraged. Students should try to communicate meanings via circuito, pictures, or gestures instead of speaking English. The tutors are also trained to do so. For tutoring sessions, we encourage appropriate and professional discussions. Please follow the following simple guidelines:

• Treat each other with respect in all types of communication
• No swearing or personal/insulting remarks
• Be careful when using humor or sarcasm as much can be lost in
  translation and give offense in an online or face-to-face environment

For online tutoring sessions:

• Please keep your camera on whenever possible. If you need to turn it
  off simply give the staff a simple head’s up
• Mute your microphone when appropriate, this is at your discretion
• Change your Zoom name to include your Chinese name

Developing Professional Communication
Pre-Capstone

Students develop professional, academic, and formal language skills while expanding their knowledge of Chinese culture. Students continue to participate in the tutoring program, but focus on reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities related to their own fields of study. During this level, students apply to the Overseas or Domestic Capstone Year.

TUTORING SESSION DEMO

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