Xiaoyi

I am currently a second year Mathematics student in Imperial College London. I grew up in Shanghai, graduated from SFLS and left China for Westminster for 16+. I have an IELTs score of 8.0 with 9s in reading and listening and 8.5 in speaking, so there is no need to worry about my English skills.

I did Mathematics, Further mathematics, Physics and Economics in my time in Westminster, graduated with 4 A*s. My MAT(Maths Admissions Test for Oxford, Imperial and Warwick) score was 82 (out of 100). STEP II score was 1.

After Westminster I came to Imperial for further studies in Mathematics, going decently well so far.

Tutoring Experience

I have done volunteering in Westminster tutoring primary school children for two terms, so I have experience with children. I am currently tutoring one A-level mathematics, receiving decent feedback. I have also been a paid assistant tutor in a tutoring agency, Weixun, for two weeks.

Tutoring Approach

For mathematics I believe that understanding the fundaments is the most important part of the course. Practice of questions allows students to know what to do for a question in a very short time and acknowledge different types of questions, but understanding of the basics allows them to know what to do when they come across a problem they have never met before.
Both are very important but I believe the first students are capable of doing on their own, but the understanding is when the importance of a tutor shows. I tend to use a teacher-centred approach in the first half of the lesson to give students a better understanding of the topic, then return to the child-centred format so students can give me feedback and do some questions.

For English and Mandarin, I teach them as a foreign language. I will accommodate to the students' level to decide the contents of the lessons.