IB/IGCSE/AP Chinese Tutor Serena Liu
Serena Liu is a full-time professional Chinese tutor at New Concept Mandarin, specializing in IB, IGCSE and AP Chinese instruction and exam preparation. She holds a Master of Education and an Honors Bachelor of Psychology from Hong Kong Baptist University, with her counselling expertise focused on adolescent development. Since 2019, she has dedicated herself to adolescent counselling and Chinese language education, amassing extensive practical experience in guiding students through the academic and exam challenges of international Chinese curricula.
With an in-depth research of IB Chinese syllabi, core textbooks and past papers, Serena has developed a set of highly efficient learning and answering strategies tailored to the exam requirements. She excels at dissecting the pedagogical logic and competency development core of IB, IGCSE and AP curricula, and uniquely integrates Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) teaching techniques with her professional adolescent psychology knowledge. This fusion not only cultivates students’ enthusiasm for Chinese learning and builds their confidence in language mastery, but also shapes an interactive and high-efficiency teaching model that caters to the cognitive and emotional needs of teen learners.
Serena adheres to student-centered personalized instruction, designing tailored learning plans for students of different aptitudes and proficiency levels. She maintains a relaxed and engaging classroom atmosphere while delivering targeted skill drills, and uses structured answering templates to help students master key exam techniques for IB Chinese. For oral and writing modules—core components of international Chinese exams—she adopts vocabulary accumulation exercises and guided discussion activities to stimulate students’ linguistic expression ability and creative thinking, encouraging them to apply advanced vocabulary and complex sentence structures to stand out in assessments.
Moreover, Serena is acutely attuned to the academic pressure and curriculum adaptation difficulties faced by international students. She provides personalized learning guidance to alleviate exam stress, and designs interactive teaching activities for key exam areas such as language expression and knowledge application, guiding students to think actively and master core knowledge effectively. Committed to the educational philosophy of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, she tracks every student’s progress and growth closely, supporting learners of all levels to achieve outstanding results in both coursework and final examinations.