Married with two children, Teck Chuan is a Singapore-educated Singaporean with strong interest in Chinese studies. After serving in the Civil Service for more than 20 years, Teck Chuan made the decisive move in year 2000 to pursue his passion in Chinese learning. Since then Teck Chuan, known by students from various educational institutions as Mr Lee, has been living purposeful life learning and teaching his favorite subject of Chinese Language.
Academic Achievements In Chinese Studies
For more than 5 years Teck Chuan immersed himself in Chinese studies, first with Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学) on Chinese Language and Literature. Upon his graduation with Bachelor Degree in 2002, Teck Chuan further pursued Chinese Language and Literature from Nanjing University (南京大学) and obtained his Master degree in 2007. These professional achievements help to equip Teck Chuan with strong foundation in Chinese language, allowing him to be actively involved in the teaching of Chinese in Singapore.
To enhance his professional credentials on Chinese teaching, Teck Chuan further secured the teaching Diploma from Confucius Institute, Nanyang Technological University. It enables him to be a specialist in the teaching of Chinese Language.
Professional Teaching Experience
Since 2002 Teck Chuan has been engaged in teaching Chinese in schools and educational institutions, such as Anglo-Chinese School, Dunearn Secondary School, Jurong Primary School, Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School and Confucius Institute, Nanyang Technological University. Teck Chuan is familiar with the educational policies and examination requirements. He is able to identify and tackle the common problems faced by students in learning Chinese Language.
Teck Chuan is also skilled in teaching Conversational Mandarin for working adults. Conversational Mandarin equips the participants with the social skills to communicate with their friends, colleagues and business associates. Teck Chuan specialises in conducting the following Chinese Language courses:
- Chinese phonetics – Hanyu Pinyin
- Conversational Mandarin
- Primary and secondary Chinese, and
- Composition and Comprehension for Secondary students
Teaching Singaporean Students
Motivated by a personal passion for teaching, Teck Chuan aims to inculcate and imbue the relevance of the Chinese Language in the daily lives of his students. Backed by 26 years experience of using English as a working language, Teck Chuan is able to use English to explain abstract Chinese words to students, if necessary.
Teck Chuan is able to adapt his teaching methods according to the varying language capabilities of his students. For students who are weak in Chinese Language, he adopts innovative and interesting methods, such as the use of Chinese songs, games, audio and visual aids to influence students to pick up and appreciate the language. For students who already have a good foundation in Chinese, besides teaching the school syllabus to excel in exams, Teck Chuan will value-add by incorporating Chinese culture as part of the learning process.
Hobbies and Interests
Teck Chuan enjoys interacting with youths and builds easy rapport with his students. In his free time, he enjoys reading, swimming and listening to classical music.