Hotaru N.

👩🏻‍🏫 Cantonese Lessons with a Native Tutor 🩷

✨ Learn easily, without stress or pressure, while having fun 🌟

🇭🇰 Discover Hong Kong culture through a vibrant and captivating language 🎉

📚 Lessons tailored to your level, whether you are a beginner or advanced 🪄

💬 Speak, listen, and improve through practical and personalized interactions ☀️

Haa1 lou3😊✨Cantonese is my mother tongue. Since I lived in Taiwan for two years, I can also speak decent Mandarin Chinese. Currently, I am living overseas and tutoring various languages. I am a passionate and patient tutor🌻

🗣️Hotaru's Cantonese Conversation Class🗣️

💬 If you…

- have been learning Cantonese for quite some time now

- are an upper beginner or above

- can carry simple conversations but want to further enhance your skills

- have a basic understanding of Cantonese but need help with advancing further

- lack vocabulary or grammar for daily conversation

- want to improve your pronunciation / tones

- have family or friends whose native language is Cantonese, and your ultimate goal is to hold smooth, natural conversations with them

- live in Hong Kong or Cantonese-speaking areas

- wish to improve your Cantonese through practical conversations

- are an upper intermediate-level student looking to reach a native-like fluency of Hong Kong Cantonese

With my rich experience, I can definitely help you! 😊

💬 Method: I prepare a variety of topics and interesting questions to encourage students to actively express themselves in Cantonese. Each lesson, I open a new slides for new vocabulary/grammar, and after class, I record my voice and upload the audios onto the slides to ensure students can review and hear the correct pronunciation even without a teacher 🎙️

🧶Hotaru's Cantonese Slang Class🧶

Slangs are the key to fluency! This class's content is specifically designed for intermediate to advanced level students. In each session, we learn various slang expressions alongside the examples I prepared. We will practice making sentences using these slang terms.

🍼Hotaru's Cantonese Absolute Beginner Class🍼

Are you an absolute beginner who wants to learn Cantonese from ZERO? I offer a beginner curriculum fully designed by me to support you all the way to achieving a conversational level in Cantonese! Let's build your Cantonese skills from the ground up!

※ 25-minute lesson available:

🤓For children aged 5 or above

➞ A 25-minute lesson each time is recommended to ensure optimal learning effectiveness!

🤓For students who would like to practice DAILY!!!

➞ To speak the language comfortably, it is best to practice with a native speaker daily. A 25-minute session is highly recommended, perfect for students who want to practice and build their skills little by little every day. Let’s see your progress after a month, you will be amazed at how far you have come! Grab a coffee and let’s chat about your day in Cantonese ☕🌟

👩🏻‍🏫 My Tutoring Experience 🧮

I have 5 years of tutoring experience in regularly guiding students in multiple languages, mainly teaching Cantonese and Japanese. Until now, I have taught Cantonese to people around the world (Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, UK, US...), I also have taught Japanese to Hongkongers, Canadians and Southeast Asians. My students range from 5 to 60 years old.

✏️ Summary - Why Choose Hotaru?

🌍 Polyglot Tutor: I also speak fluent English, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, as well as some Thai and Tagalog. With my multicultural experiences, I can provide interesting insights to enrich our discussions on various topics.

💡 Your Opinion Matters: Don’t hesitate to share in detail what drives you to learn Cantonese. YOUR personal ideas and feedback help guide and shape the lessons to suit YOUR goals.

⏳ Flexible Hours: I am generally available EVERY DAY. Whether you prefer 1 lesson or 3 lessons per week, you can learn with me at YOUR own pace and according to YOUR schedule.

🔏 Unlimited Access to Learning Materials: You will have UNLIMITED access to all materials used during our lessons. This means you will always have the resources at hand to review and practise with the audios at your convenience.

📖 Homework: Homework for every lesson is to REVIEW my slides! If you are at an intermediate level or above and want to strengthen your skills and progress faster, I can provide writing exercises from time to time.

🇭🇰 100% Hong Kong Cantonese: Immerse yourself fully in standard Hong Kong Cantonese! Cantonese is a dynamic and evolving language. Learning with a young tutor like me ensures you get up-to-date insights into its usage and nuances.

🟢100% Dedication: Unlike other tutors who treat tutoring as a part-time job, tutoring is my full-time profession. I genuinely enjoy the job I am doing and I dedicate my time to continuously refining my methods and materials to ensure the best learning experience for my students.

✉️ Responsive Communication: I am always here to support your learning. I reply to your private messages as soon as possible!

✨ BONUS Materials: I am always thinking of ways to provide the best for my students! I create Cantonese cheatsheets to enhance your learning experience. Currently, I am working on "HTR Cantonese Top 100 Everyday Phrases" and it will be shared with all my students once it is complete!