Hillary Yip 锶雅

Hillary always has prepared lessons available with lots of structure if you want that, or as in my case, I prefer having free-style conversations with occasional use of prepared materials, for example, to handle reading exercises. All in all, I really love my lessons with Hillary. She is quite awesome!

Hillary is hands-down the best teacher I've had on italki, she might even be the best teacher I've had for anything ever. Hillary's really good at keeping the conversation fun and spontaneous - even when I'm stumbling through the language - and she's helped me massively improve my comprehension, speaking and vocabulary. Hillary's fluency in English and skill at explaining concepts and meanings (in any language) is super helpful when I have more detailed questions or if I switch to English to say something. When Hillary gives homework it's always interesting, and she has great vocab and grammar write-ups for heaps of Chinese short videos - my favourite so far is about Ding Zhen's World in Tibet. Also, if I need more time, Hillary's very chill about taking an extra week or so to study and discuss the homework, which helps me get a better grasp of the vocab and structures. If you're looking for a Chinese teacher, I can't recommend Hillary enough!

I had a great time with Hillary! She's funny and patient, she makes the mandarin learning more enjoyable!

I've been learning Chinese together with Hillary for about a year. All this time she's been an absolutely great teacher, always well-prepared, easy-going, patient and understanding, with extremely helpful personalized advice and additional materials. Every time we have a lesson, we have a lot of fun, which makes learning Chinese feel like a trip to the amusement park :D I definitely recommend her to anyone who's interested in learning this, or in fact any language! :)

Hi, i'm the student who is learning cantonese and knows english. My teacher is fluent with english and is definitely one of the higher teachers up on the Italki board. She is patient with a good teaching strategy, and on the rare times she ever cancels a lesson, she always makes it up and never wastes your money. If you are looking for a good teacher who teaches Cantonese either a kid or adult, she's the one of the first teachers you ever take a look at. Also, she literally speaks in Cantonese to you. She doesn't say, "Ok, you say 'Hello' like 'Nei Hou'" in Cantonese, but every time I get into the classroom, I hear "Nei Hou!" And throughout the lesson, she talks in Cantonese and if you don't understand, she'll tell you th word and let you communicate with her in the language you're learning. So if you are ever looking for a teacher, she's one of the best picks.

A really nice first lesson with Hillary! I've long been amazed by her sheer teaching stats on Italki - it's been great meeting the rockstar Chinese teacher at last. Hillary's classes are fun, enjoyable and very relaxed. Absolutely worth the money paid.