Learning a language face-to-face with a tutor can be a fantastic experience. But if you're unable to find an affordable private Chinese tutor in Chicago, you may want to consider learning online. To learn with a Chinese tutor near you in Chicago, you'll have to either travel to the tutor's home, or pay more to cover their travel time; the average cost of receiving private Chinese lessons in Chicago is over $20 per hour. Not only does learning online save travel costs, but you gain access to the best tutors from all over the world.
Whilst students sometimes prefer learning in person, the vast majority of students report being pleasantly surprised by the experience of learning with a tutor online. On LanguaTalk, lessons are taught 1-on-1 so that you receive your tutor’s full attention and can progress quickly. Lessons are taught via video call, allowing you to communicate with your tutor and share learning materials. You'll feel like you're in the same room with your tutor. Book a trial session and see if you agree!
Below you can watch Chinese tutor's intro videos, check their availability and read reviews from their students. When you open a profile, you'll also see which learning needs, ages and levels the tutor is comfortable with.
New to LanguaTalk? When you create an account, you'll be given a token for a free, 30-minute trial session. Use this to get to know your chosen tutor and to decide whether you wish to take lessons with them or to instead try to find a Chinese tutor in Chicago. (Please note: not all tutors offer a trial session for free - some charge 30% of their standard full lesson price.)
Jane Z
Jane Z
· Obtained an official certificate for teachers of Chinese to speakers of other languages issued by the most authoritative institute, Confucius Institute Headquarters. With a high degree
· Over 5 years of experience in teaching Chinese. Gave demonstration lessons in a professional training institution. Native speaker with clear accent
· Be easy-going but professional, with rich experience and communication skills to help you break through bottleneck of your study
· Focus on stimulating students' interest in learning with substantial teaching content
· Teaching process is patient and meticulous, which helps you improve comprehension and presentation skills rapidly
· Customize a lesson plan for each student and tailor the lessons to your goals and pacing
· Be outgoing and like to interact with students. Create a delightful class atmosphere for students to explore the fun of learning
· Obtained a certificate of TESOL from Arizona State University
See Reviews From StudentsAnita L
Anita L
Hi, this is Anita. Nice to meet you here...!
#What kind of Teacher am I ? #
I love travelling and have been to 10 different countries and understand the West & East Culture very well. I am a Student-Oriented tutor, adjustable & flexible with the teaching method according to your need .Also I am a language lover, I can speak fluently English, good Turkish and learning Korean,so I definitly know how you feel and what you face when learning a new language. I will help you to build your career and dream life by increasing your confidence and fluency in Chinese!
# What's my strength? #
One of my Strengths is the HSK/HSKK/YCT Exam Preparation! If you follow our study plans and complete the exercise well,
I'm sure you will pass the exam with a satisfactory result!
The other Strengthen of mine is teaching Business Chinese, Professional Interview Preparation, Business Negotiation & Presentation, Contract Preparation. I have more than 10 years in International Trading Management, Customer Service & HR Management! I can help Business Employers or Employees Expand their Business in China by Improving their Chinese Communication Efficiency with their Business Partners, Suppliers etc.
# What kind of lesson can I provide? #
My lessons are fully tailored to your specific goals with a fun and relaxing atmosphere. Here are the things that I can support with:
- Passing your HSK, HSKK, YCT & BCT Exam
- Preparing for your job interview, work-related events and topics
- Business Chinese: Bank, International Trading, Hotel, Fashion Design & Manufacturing
- Daily life conversations and different topics for your specific needs
- Travelling emergency conversations
- I will prepare all the Books, Materials and Worksheet in PDF for you & equivalent level audio listening and videos for practice.
- Share the Culture and Tradition such as Chinese Calligraphy, Ink painting, Emboidery, Paper Cut Art etc,
I also teach Cantonese for beginner and Conversation practice with Jyutping System!
# What do I care about the most ? #
I always take my student's objectives very seriously and I truly believe that the fastest results are achieved when the learning experience is enjoyable and practical.
Reach your Chinese goals faster with me and Book a trial Lesson today!
Looking forward to seeing you!
See Reviews From StudentsJing Q
Jing Q
Hi, I'm Jing.👩 I was born and raised in China, and currently I hold a Master's degree in English Interpretation. So, I am very clear about the differences between Chinese and English, helping you switch from English thinking to Chinese thinking.
In the past 5 years, I've taught hundreds of students from a wide range of backgrounds, needs, and goals, giving them a relaxed and happy environment to accommodate their learning pace.
What I can offer:
Customized lessons focusing on your current needs and learning style.
Relaxed and happy environment to make your learning experience fun and engaging.
After-class handouts and assignments, allowing you to review what you learned.
WHAT I TEACH:
Children's mandarin
Recognize physical words, such as animals, colors, fruits and so on.
Learn simple dialogue and let students speak Chinese as early as possible as they sing Children's songs and play games, while giving students a relaxed and happy atmosphere.
Mandarin for Teenagers:
Learning Pinyin and Chinese characters according to their needs and interests.
Using known textbooks such as "Easy Steps to Learn Chinese", YCT, and others.
Further improve the ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, focusing on the strengths of each student.
Adult Mandarin:
Learning how to communicate in a business and formal setting, having daily conversations, and interpreting information at a corporate level.
All courses can be customized according to the student demands and pace.
See Reviews From StudentsYi-Cheng L
Yi-Cheng L
• Going through different conversational topics depending on what YOU want to learn and what we lead to & flow into during each lesson.
• Through the process, I bring up & explain grammar points, vocabulary, sentence patterns for you based on what we talk about.
• With so, you are learning the content which is closer to what you truly want to express and what is helpful to you for the speaking ability.
• Topics can be: day to day conversation, things you want to complain together with your coworkers or things you guys want to discuss about, weekend friend-making ice breaking ideas, things when one goes through different relationship phases, or even deep person thoughts about life topics.
• Topics are not limited from above!
• I AM NOT your best fit if you want to learn textbook based, formal business usages, etc.
• I AM YOUR BEST FIT if you like learning from really chatting about all kinds of topics!
• I AM YOUR BEST FIT if if you like lifting weights, cats, content-creating, crafting, coffee, budgeting, investing, too.
See Reviews From StudentsBenjamin W
Benjamin W
🦁Are you a beginner? Don't know how to start?
🌟Are you at an intermediate level, but you are finding it hard to make any progress?
🌼Are you preparing for the HSK examination?
💫I'm here to help you!🥰
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【Why Teacher Benjamin🐝】
🌟I'm a native Chinese speaker 🗣 who will help you achieve a standard Mandarin accent.
🌟I'm a California🇺🇸-trained university professor👨🏻🏫 with over 8 years of teaching experience.🤸🏻♂️
🌟I have over 6 years of experience as an online tutor, I use a multi-sensory teaching approach to engage adults and even the youngest learner.
🌟I'm a certified teacher of English🇬🇧 and Chinese🇨🇳.
🌟I am enthusiastic, cheerful, lively, open-minded and patient. I am very creative and I will tailor our lessons to how you learn best.🤸🏻♂️
🌟I am based in Turkey🇹🇷 so I have a flexible schedule for students living in America, Europe and Asia🌎.
🌟I'm fluent in English🇬🇧 and Chinese🇨🇳 but I also speak Turkish🇹🇷 and Spanish🇪🇸!
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👨🏼🏫All courses are available in simplified 🇨🇳and traditional🇹🇼 versions
💟Personalize learning content and provide learning materials materials
1. 🕵🏻♂️Basic Chinese (Primary)
📗 Start with basic pronunciation
📗 Thinking and Learning Chinese from the Perspective
📗 Fundamentals of Learning Chinese Grammar
📗 Suitable for all ages
2.✍️HSK/YCT Preparation
📕 Study Chinese grammar correctly.
📕 speak Chinese with confidence
📕 Preparation for examinations at all levels
3. ✈️Travel Chinese
📘 Conversations at airports, restaurants and hotels
📘 Emergency
📘 Sign a travel itinerary with a travel agent
📘 Direction and Information Consultation
📍We can discuss future travel plans and past travel experiences. (practising grammar)
4. 🥟Daily Chinese
📗 Simple greetings and new friends
📗 Family and Social Relations
📗 Concerns, businesses, education, etc.
🐉 Chinese Culture
🥮 Chinese Cuisine
5. 📈Business Chinese
👩🏻💼Mainly for business people
🧑🏼💼Meet your own work needs
👨🏻💼Super practical business terms
See Reviews From Students
Lilian S
Lilian S
I teach tailored Conversational Chinese & Business Chinese lessons to beginner, intermediate and advanced-level students. All my lessons are planned based on students' desired learning outcomes. Please feel free to communicate what you expect to achieve with me.
You are also very welcome if you would like to learn more about Chinese culture, Chinese traditions, as well as the difference between Chinese culture and Western culture.
I am a very encouraging and patient teacher that creates a very supportive and positive learning environment for all my students. Please never feel nervous about making mistakes. Let's correct them and learn from them!
About me:
🇨🇳 Born and raised in Beijing, China.
🇬🇧 Live in London, UK.
🎏 Native Chinese Mandarin speaker with no dialect accent.
🎏 Enjoy making friends with people from different cultural backgrounds.
🎏 7 years of work experience in Human Resources.
👩🏻🎓 Master's Degree in HR and Consulting - Lancaster University Management School.
⛵️ Coastal sailing lover 🤿 Scuba diving beginner
See Reviews From StudentsRachel W
Rachel W
Hello, this is Rachel from Hong Kong!
[WHAT will you get?]
I've always wanted to give my students enjoyable moments apart from a language lesson.
[WHY?]
Effective learning happens only if they enjoy the process.
[WHO am I?] (In brief)
1) I am a certified Yoga and Pilates instructor who has a degree in Translation and Interpretation.
2) I gave numerous private lessons to students of Mandarin, Cantonese and English when I was at university to support my living.
3) I am cheerful and patient and I treasure the interaction of 1-1 lesson with my students.
[HOW did I help my students in the past?]
CANTONESE/ MANDARIN
- Elementary basics (vocabulary reinforced with activities)
- Intermediate (moving to simple conversation)
- Advanced (conversation-based learning)
- Others: Pinyin (Chinese character pronunciation system), recognising Chinese characters, cultural learning, proverbs, slangs etc.
ENGLISH
- Phonics (toddlers)
- Phonetics (professional pronunciation for college students and adults)
- Grammar (all ages)
- Conversation (all ages)
- Academic writing (college students)
- Business writing (adults)
SPANISH (especially for second language learner)
- Elementary basics (vocabulary reinforced with activities)
- Intermediate (moving to simple conversation)
- Spanish pronunciation
- Verb conjugation explained
[WHEN is a good time to start our lesson?]
Anytime ;-)
[WHERE?]
Where you have a stable wifi connection!
Please also check out my profile video. See you soon!
Christine H
Christine H
你好! Hello! I’m Christine, a Certified Chinese Teacher from Taiwan. I have 8+ years of teaching experience in foreign language, and 5+ years of teaching Chinese at universities in the United States to students around the world. I clearly understand what frustrates you when it comes to to learning Chinese. Teaching Chinese language is my career as well as my passion!
If you plan to study, live, or travel in Taiwan/China, or if you’re fond of learning Chinese language and culture, but have no clue where to start. You are at the right place! Whether you're a complete beginner or have learned Chinese for some years, I’m here to help you improve your Chinese skills and share my knowledge and advice with you as best I can. My goal is to build up your confidence and fluency in speaking Chinese. I hope you enjoy learning Chinese language and culture, and that it opens a new door for you to see the world in a new perspective!
🚀 My Course Features
✅ Chinese pronunciation, Pinyin phonetic system
✅ Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters
✅ 日常會話Daily Chinese conversations
✅ 初/中/高級中文課 Comprehensive Chinese courses for complete beginners/intermediate/advanced learners
✅ Chinese grammar, sentence structure practice
✅ 看YouTube 學中文 Watch Chinese videos and learn Chinese
✅ Structured & systematic lesson plans
* Other learning materials tailored to your learning needs/goals
🔑 My Teaching Methods
💎 Comprehensible Input
💎 Communicative Approach
💎 TPR (Total Physical Response)
☀️ About me
🦋 My students described me as a kind and patient teacher, who is caring for them in learning.
✍️ M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Texas Tech University. Certificate in Teaching Chinese as a foreign language from Washington University in St. Louis.
👩🏻🏫 5+ years of teaching Chinese at universities (TTU/TCU/Rice) in the USA
❤️ Teaching, learning languages, yoga and travel. I can speak Chinese, English, Taiwanese and a little Spanish. I’m learning Spanish now.
📍 Currently based in Taiwan 🇹🇼 or Spain 🇪🇸
Book a 30-minute trial lesson with me to discuss your learning needs/goals. I'll provide other course-related information in detail to start your Chinese learning with me and answer any questions you may have.
Looking forward to seeing you in my class soon. Let’s make learning Chinese fun and enjoyable!
讓我們一起享受學習中文的樂趣吧!/ 让我们一起享受学习中文的乐趣吧!:)
See Reviews From StudentsChristine Y
Christine Y
I am a native Chinese speaker from Taiwan, currently working as a Mandarin Chinese tutor for beginning to advanced students in the U.S. I am a patient teacher who understands the need for repetition and explanation of terms unfamiliar to the student.
I love to learn different languages, so I can understand the struggle to learn a new language. I enjoy knowing different cultures, when I have the opportunity, I will travel to as many places as possible.
I have been teaching Chinese to native English speakers online for about three years.
My experience includes:
1. Specializing in teaching Mandarin Chinese to non-native speakers.
2. Experience teaching beginner to advanced students.
3. Proficient with pinyin and Zhuyin phonetics.
4. Excels at teaching students without previous experience in Chinese.
5. Can assess students' level and discuss learning goals to best meet their needs.
6. Uses visual aids such as videos, photos, and/or PowerPoint presentations.
7. Experience teaching students of all ages (5 to 70 years of age).
Today is the best day to begin your Chinese learning with a caring and patient teacher. Sign up for a trial lesson today and let's begin the fun and exciting process of learning to use the Chinese language to open the door to communicating and sharing with over 1 billion people.
See Reviews From StudentsMingxin L
Mingxin L
⭐My teaching style⭐
✅Customized lessons to help you achieve your language goals
✅Simple and effective learning materials
✅Fun, creative, dynamic & inspirational
✅Detailed feedback after each lesson to review improvements
⭐Courses available⭐
📘Basic Chinese
📘Daily Chinese conversations
📘Chinese lessons for kids
📘Travel Chinese
📘Chinese listening, speaking, reading and writing
📘HSK tutoring class
⭐Course Features⭐
📌Learn how to communicate fluently and effectively in real-life situations
📌Suitable for zero foundation, beginners
📌 All lessons are completely tailored to your needs
📌Amplify your strengths and identify your weakness
📌Help you become a confident speaker
📌 Exspand your vocabularies
🎈Book a trial lesson with me now!🎈
✨Let's discuss your goals and how I can help you achieve them.✨
See Reviews From StudentsWhether you live in the city centre or the suburbs of Chicago, there are many options for learning Chinese. You could use an app or a software program if you're looking to pick up basic vocabulary and learn some grammar rules. Alternatively, you could attend group lessons with Chinese tutors in Chicago if you're keen for a social experience. Or, you could take 1-on-1 lessons with a private tutor. This isn't the cheapest way to learn a language but it's possibly the most effective, assuming you have a good tutor. Learning online rather than face-to-face may make private tutors a more affordable option. Check the tutor profiles above to see how much it's likely to cost. Prices vary a lot depending on the tutor, but will usually be cheaper than learning with a Chinese tutor in Chicago, face-to-face.
Our research suggests that the average cost for private Chinese lessons in Chicago is somewhere between $25-$35 per hour. As online tutors do not need to travel to you and they often live in countries with a lower cost of living, the hourly cost tends to be significantly lower.
If you're really not keen on learning with a teacher via video call, LanguaTalk isn't going to be the right choice for you. You can instead search for a tutor on a local service listing website, or put up an advert in your local area. We do encourage you to give it a try learning online though - you've got nothing to lose as you can book a free trial session. Most people find the experience is as good as learning face-to-face, but with the benefit of having access to better tutors at a lower cost.
Tutors on LanguaTalk sometimes provide lessons locally, but most only provide online lessons as it is more convenient and allows them to work from home. In addition, most tutors are not teaching Chinese in Chicago because they're living elsewhere in the world. If you decide to book with a tutor, you should assume that they can only teach you online.
Sometimes students tell us that they're not sure about learning Chinese online because they think it’ll be completely different to learning face-to-face. But usually when they try it, they find that the experience is almost the same and they often build a solid relationship with their tutor.
Once you start a video call with your chosen tutor, you’ll be able to communicate with them as if you were in the same room. The tutor will typically also share learning resources with you (newspaper articles, YouTube, etc.) and you’ll be able to collaborate in real-time using a tool like Google Docs or Dropbox Paper.
The beauty of taking lessons online is that you can learn anytime, anywhere. When you choose a tutor, just check their calendar to make sure that they have available times that fit your schedule. Some tutors have limited availability as they already have a lot of students.
The vast majority of students take 55-minute lessons. But some tutors also provide the option of 30-minute lessons. If they do, you’ll see this noted on their profile (below their pricing and above the ‘Buy Lessons’ button).
55-minute lessons are recommended for most students. In general, we only suggest considering 30-minute lessons if they’re for your child, or you have an intermediate level and only want conversation practice.
Lessons are taught 1-on-1 so that you receive your tutor’s full attention and can make fast progress. Communicating via video call, you’ll be able to talk to your tutor and share learning materials as if you were in the same room.
The tutors vary in terms of their teaching methods, resources, experiences, and personalities. So we suggest you look at several profiles to choose the best tutor for you. Whichever Chinese tutor you pick, they'll aim to tailor the lessons to your individual needs.
On LanguaTalk, you can find exceptional tutors for 1-on-1 Chinese lessons tailored to your goals and learning preferences. Here’s how to try it for yourself:
1 - Find your ideal tutor by browsing videos, reviews, pricing and availability.
2 - Book a trial. Many tutors offer a 30-minute trial for free; others charge a discounted price.
3 - Take personalised lessons with your new tutor via video call. Or try someone else.
No card is required to book a free trial session. Please only book if you're considering taking lessons. Pricing varies by tutor and you can use the filter to find someone who fits your budget. You can pay one lesson at a time, or buy in bulk for a discount (open a tutor's profile to see their pricing options).
We’re confident you’ll love learning via LanguaTalk. We're trusted by students all over the world because we're transparent. We ask students to rate each lesson, and we display reviews on tutors’ profiles.
99.8% of lesson ratings are 5 stars. Why? Because unlike other platforms, we accept only the top 10% of tutor applications.
To see our full FAQs or get help from our friendly team, click the 'Help' button in the bottom-right. You can also watch students talking about their experiences learning via LanguaTalk below.
New to LanguaTalk? We'll give you a credit for a free trial session. Many, but not all, tutors offer these for free. If they do not, the price will be just 30 percent of their full lesson price, so you can still try a session at minimal cost.
Trial sessions last 30 minutes. They allow you to assess whether the tutor is a good fit for you, and get a feel for learning online. The tutor will assess your level and aim to understand your needs and interests so that they can customise any lessons you decide to take. You'll be encouraged to speak in Chinese as much as possible, but of course you can speak in English too!
If, after your trial session, you don't feel that the tutor is quite right for you, you can book a trial with another tutor for just 30 percent of their full lesson price.