Wilma

Wilma is fantastic - I've been working with her a couple years already. I am a native Cantonese speaker born to an immigrant family. I am bilingual but not biliterate. Wilma is great because not only does she know written Chinese, she knows jyutping too which is really what I was looking for in a teacher since my goal is to learn jyutping first. Next, Wilma is very adaptable and mixes up our lessons from vocab, to demo/feedback, to free flow conversation. I think she's fantastic and welcome anyone else to partner with her!

I have taken 6 classes with Wilma, and think she’s good in many ways. Her linguistic knowledge is solid and she often comes up with examples from real-life context which I can relate to. Our classes were well customized and mostly carried out in Mandarin and Cantonese. Wilma would also clarify things in English as needed. She shows an understanding of the culture differences between HK and China, as well as the culture gap between the West and the East. Wilma is an observer, for she detects your mistakes and helps you find a pattern naturally. But she can also be encouraging and keeps you going.

I've had quite a few Cantonese lessons with Wilma now so feel like I've got enough experience to write a review...I really enjoyed my initial trial lesson with Wilma and went through many many profiles before going ahead with her. Right after I had my trial session I bought a pack of classes because I was confident that I would enjoy continuing my classes. My Cantonese is at upper beginner/intermediate and I sought iTalki to improve my conversational skills. Wilma has been very accommodating to my needs (what and how I want to learn) and creates a great environment for me to speak, ask questions, and learn. I've committed to taking lessons on a weekly basis for 45 min and hope that I can reach my goal of speaking very comfortably with my family when I go to HK next year :)

Wilma is an amazing cantonese teacher. It is especially helpful that she has an amazing mastery of both English and Mandarin as well, which helps when there are vocab words or grammar structures that are hard to translate. She is very patient and makes the lesson super fun! Moreover, she has been very flexible with scheduling! Lastly, we spent about half of our lessons translating popular Cantopop songs, which I found so helpful and was something I don't think I would be able to do on my own. Thank you so much Wilma!

It was just a trial so I can't provide a full review, but so far Wilma seemed very helpful, structured and organised; it is clear she has a lot of experience in teaching!

Thanks for an enjoyable lesson ☺️