Dedication
Experience
Results
We have abundant experience teaching employees working for corporations in different fields, such as finance, banking, technology, fashion, art, education, and government services. Professionals from a wide range of companies and students from different education institutes(listed below) have taken classes from our dedicated teachers.
Our Experience
We have worked with professionals from different companies, including:
Corporate (Private/Group Classes)
Renaissance Technologies Corp.
Google Inc.
Christie’s Auctions & Private Sales
Sotheby’s
Michael Kors
Banco de la Nación Argentina
ITC Holding Company
Rent the Runway
Bloomberg
Department of Homeland Security
Capital One
Factset
Figma
Microsoft
etc…
Universities
Chazen Language Program, Columbia Business School, New York, NY
Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures at Columbia University, New York, NY
Fordham University, New York, NY
Community Language Program at TeachersCollege, Columbia University, New York, NY
Barnard College, New York, NY
Hunter College, New York, NY
K-12 schools
The Calhoun School, New York
The Spence School, New York
Xavier High School, New York
Elisabeth Morrow School, NJ
Our People
Unlike many other language schools where the threshold for hiring teachers is usually low, we don’t think anyone who can speak a language can teach that language. The quality of our teachers is our biggest pride.
Our teachers are professionally trained in prestigious universities, and have rich experience in teaching. We teach mindfully, always reflecting and adjusting our curriculum according to students’ progress.
Founder/Featured Teacher
Yutong Chen
Yutong has been teaching Chinese for seven years. She teaches both Mandarin and Cantonese. Yutong has always been a language lover, not surprisingly, she is also a polyglot—she can speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, and a bit Spanish. Growing up in Guangdong, China, she loved English but wasn’t completely happy with the way it’s taught in school, where it was taught in an outdated and rigid way. She was always in the search for more authentic learning materials outside of school. Yutong felt the needs for a revolutionary way to teach and learn a foreign language, one that is interactive, up-to-date, relevant, and real. Having taught foreign languages for a long time, Yutong sees the frustrations coming from following a textbook that is not personally meaningful, and following a curriculum that’s pure lecturing. Therefore, Yutong joined Unlock Chinese, a modern Chinese school in New York City, a real way to learn Chinese, aspiring to aspire students one class at a time.
Education
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
M.A., Applied Linguistics, 2014
SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, GUANGZHOU
B.A., Business English, 2012
UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN, GERMANY
Linguistics, 2011
Featured Teacher
Ting Bell
Ting has been teaching Mandarin at Manhattan College for eight years and a heritage Chinese school (Chinesetime, NYC), with the prior experiences of teaching ESL and Chinese in the DOE system in New York City. Her training in Literature Writing and Teaching Chinese as well as ESL enables her to compare the linguistic structures of English and Chinese as well as creative, literary applications of both languages. Adhering to student-centered, culture-based instruction, her teaching caters to the goals, interests, and learning styles of each individual student of all ages and levels. Growing up in Harbin (Manchuria), China, she is passionate about sharing her first-hand cultural experiences with all her students.
Education
STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (2010)
M.A. in Teaching ESL & Chinese
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (1995)
B.A. in Literature Writing
Featured Teacher
Mia Kaiji Liang
This is Mia, and I'm thrilled to invite you into the realm of language and cultural exploration. My world revolves around the art of language teaching, where I find immense joy in employing interactive and immersive methodologies to bring languages to life. My journey began at the University of Florida, and my fervent love for language led me to dive deeper into the realm of teaching. Currently, I'm on an enriching path dedicated to exploring innovative language teaching approaches. If you share a passion for languages or seek engaging teaching strategies, I'm here to collaborate and exchange insights. Let's embark on this wonderful language-learning journey together! Thank you for joining me on this adventure!
Education
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
M.A., Applied Linguistics, 2023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
B.A. Education Sciences, 2021
Featured Teacher
Shantan Wang
Shantan is a Mandarin language teacher and a former ESL/EFL teacher with years of experience teaching various age groups and nationalities. Her unique capability of teaching both English and Chinese allows for deep insights into both languages, helping students really connect with the cultural aspects as well as the subtle nuances of the languages. Adhering to student-centered teaching, she believes that the starting point of any given course should come from the goals and interests of each individual student. Growing up in Taiwan and coming from a language educational background right here in NYC at Teachers College, she is committed to creating optimal learning conditions in the classroom or online, where students are provided with ample input, quality feedback, and interactive activities in which they are given plenty of opportunities to practice using the language. She is also adept at creating lessons catering to students’ preferred learning styles, incorporating textbooks, original materials, videos, songs, and more! Always friendly and encouraging, she is able to engage students in a safe learning environment where they can freely speak their minds while developing language fluency as well as accuracy.
Education
TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
One-year Certificate Program, Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL), 2020
M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), 2018
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures, 2016
Chinese-English Translation and Interpretation Program, 2016
Featured Teacher
Luo Wang
Coming from years of a solid academic background of studying linguistics, Luo not only has abundant experience in teaching Mandarin Chinese to students of different ages, nationalities and levels, but had a particular research interest in the field of language acquisition in graduate school. In addition, Luo is an experienced Chinese-English interpreter and translator, which also contributes to his insights into linguistic and cultural diversities.
Education