Ni Hao! Queenie taught me Mandarin Chinese for a little over 2 months. In that time, she put great efforts into tailoring my lessons for me, so that I could use my new skills in a clinical setting as a dentist. Having now arrived in Singapore, I have found her teaching extremely useful, and I can communicate well with my patients and in social situations. Queenie taught me not only the language, but also the attitudes and habits of the people of the countries of South East Asia. She also made the lessons both educational and whole lot of fun. I would recommend her to anyone wanting to learn a language. Zai Jian!

Queenie is a wonderful teacher who I would recommend to anyone looking to gain an in-depth understanding of the Cantonese language and Asian culture. Queenie possesses an outstanding knowledge of Cantonese syntax and her lesson plans function exceedingly well to transfer the complex commands of Chinese dialects to her students. As her lessons are rather flexible, I found them a great opportunity to ask plenty of questions and I was able to learn at my own pace. Queenie also did a fantastic job of catering to my needs - her excellent interpersonal and communication skills have allowed her to be very accommodating to her students no matter their level. She is extremely passionate in her teachings and this greatly encouraged me to further my learning outside of class. After studying Cantonese with Queenie for a year I am assured I have acquired the capacity to begin a new life in Hong Kong, with both the skills to speak confidently in Cantonese, and an acquired fondness of Eastern culture.

Queenie has been my Mandarin teacher since March 2010. Over the course of the year I have acquired a sizeable vocabulary, I'm able to build sentences and converse across a decent range of topics. Queenie has really helped with my pronunciation through teaching me Pinyin. I have progress to reading and writing characters. My listening skills are really improving - late 2010 I tested my language ability in China, it was really fun, I could hear the locals talking about me, I had no problems interacting. If your wanting to learn Mandarin quickly and thoroughly I recommend Queenie

Queenie has been teaching mandarin to my partner and I for several months now. We have thoroughly enjoyed each lesson and we were very impressed by the way each lesson was tailored for our needs. We believe Queenie's methods are really practical and easy to progress.

Queenie is a great tutor and has the personalities to be an even better one. Her patience in guiding me with the many difficulties I have with learning a language and emphasing on it really helped me in learning a language, with different students have different difficulties with learning a language and she does not seem to have any problems with fixing the problems I have. Her ability to meet the needs of an individual student is great. I have been learning Mandarin and Cantonese from her for about a month and I feel a large improvement in my ability in the languages. She also teaches more than just learning a language such as culture, which is an important part of being able to understand the meanings behind a language that is not clear to non-speakers of the language. Queenie is a great tutor and would recommend her classes to any one interested in learning any of the many languages she is able to teach. As I feel that I am learning in her classes a language plus more

I would like to thank you for your support and help, since from day one I was very happy with your teaching technique, very professional, easy to understand and easy to follow and specially your patience enormous. I really appreciated your time and encouragement. I would like and I will recommend to my friends to contact you if they ready prepared to learn in Mandarin. – Fantastic work, Thank you.

I have learned Mandarin from Queenie Kawabe for around 6 months having no prior knowledge whatsoever. What I found really useful was to start with fundamentals and easy core concepts. This was important to grasp an idea of structures and basics from which to build upon. Each week was structured and saw a gradual progression of building upon core ideas. With each lesson, we would begin by recapping previous concepts and important structures which provided a great way to warm up and engage further. I also enjoyed learning about social and cultural things from Queenie about China and also other areas of Asia. This helped in providing a context to compare and understand at a greater level. Queenie provided us with a tailored approach to learning as we wanted to focus on learning language and conversation skills. Pronunciation was key to this and we practiced this a lot in the beginning stages to form good habits. Queenie was very patient and nice to us, we had a lot of fun in the process.

I began learning Cantonese with Queenie on a private tutoring basis once per week around seven months ago and since that time she has continually exceeded expectations. Her conversational and approachable teaching style ensured that within three months I was able to have a basic conversation, and now I can converse to a level that I never imagined would be possible given the short time period. I would not hesitate to recommend Queenie both as a personal language mentor and a group language mentor.

My experiences with Queenie have always been highly positive. Queenie has created a relaxed and comfortable environment in which ideas and conversation can flow freely, giving me the confidence to utilise my mandarin skills in my day to day to life.

My time with Queenie Kawabe has significantly upgraded my understanding of Mandarin and Chinese culture. The lessons were adapted to my ability and honed in on my areas of interest. I would highly recommend Queenie Kawabe to anyone looking to further their understanding of Mandarin and Chinese culture.

I have been attending Chinese Mandarin lessons with Queenie Kawabe for a few months now twice a week, I can say that my learning is practical and bespoke to the student’s learning style. I am a busy professional from Spring Hill and with my unique travel requirements being out of town for weeks at a time scheduling lessons have been difficult at times. Queenie has always been courteous & understanding in working with my work commitments, she understands my goals and tailors all lessons to directly relate to my industry, mining & IT. I look forward to every lesson with Queenie as I know I will walk away with practical Chinese that I can practice, use at restaurants, overseas and with Chinese friends. Her instruction on Chinese culture taboos & customs have also been helpful in making sense of day to day practices & basic etiquette while abroad in China or interacting with Chinese people here in Brisbane. I would recommend Queenie Kawabe for Chinese Mandarin private tuition to any busy professional who wants to further their knowledge of Chinese Language.

I had Japanese language lessons with Queenie Kawabe for around 4 months. The lessons were adapted to my learning style and refined to my areas of interest. Queenie’s teaching technique is very professional, easy to understand and she is very patient. She created a relaxed and comfortable environment for the lessons which made learning more enjoyable. Queenie is an excellent tutor and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to learn Japanese as well as interested in gaining insight into the Japanese culture. Thank you Queenie for your support and giving me the confidence to utilise my Japanese language skills in my daily working environment.

I started learning Mandarin with Queenie Kawabe last year. And what started as an attempt to impress my nieces and nephews who are studying in a Chinese school, has now become my newly found passion. I am really comfortable with Queenie's teaching method since day one. The lessons are tailored to suit my needs and I love how the exercises given are open-ended which means I can truly assess my understanding. Queenie is able to teach Mandarin and at the same time making references from my language background. Most importantly the class has taught me that I can converse in Mandarin by using only simple words. At the end of the day, I can truly say that Mandarin is an easy language to master provided that you have a really great teacher like Queenie. Xie xie.

Thank you sincerely for all of your help and advice with my Mandarin classes over the past year. I have found Mandarin very challenging but through your encouragement have persisted in my efforts to learn and to improve. I have greatly appreciated the cultural and current affairs insights which you bring to the lessons and believe that this understanding is as important as the language itself. You have a wonderful talent with languages which I admire. You manage the lessons with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm which maintains my interest and encourages me to do better. Some other aspects which I have found useful: - You assist me in those particular areas in which I am interested; - You provide positive feedback to me and this is always encouraging; - You do not offend me with negative feedback and you support progress based on my ability. Many thanks for all of your hard work for me over the past year.

Queenie is a wonderful Chinese teacher. She is friendly, caring, patient and works in with the student need & pace. She teaches by Skype which is super convenient in terms of time management. She is professional and has lots of resources to help with learnings. She creates a comfortable environment & builds a rapport to make learning fun. I would thoroughly recommend Queenie & her teaching methods – 10/10.

As someone that regularly conducts business in Asia, it was important for me to become more familiar with the language. In addition, I'd always wanted to learn a second language. I found Queenie Kawabe through Google, and have been studying with Queenie for 18 months. Her knowledge of Chinese language and culture is great, and her teaching methods are excellent. She is also incredibly patient, which has been good for me - I think I have tested it once or twice! I would not hesitate to recommend Queenie to anyone who wants to learn another language (after all, she speaks FIVE languages - incredible!). She is a wonderful teacher.

I've been learning Cantonese because my partner's family is from Hong Kong, so they often speak Cantonese at home. I've picked up Cantonese a lot faster than I was expecting with Queenie. I studied Mandarin for 3 years at high school, and never really got anywhere with it, whereas in just 10 months of Cantonese study I've progressed to a level where I can understand a lot of what native speakers say. Classes have always been very hands-on, and I was speaking and listening in Cantonese from the very first lesson. This has really accelerated my progress. I hope to surprise my partner soon with my knowledge of Cantonese. I would highly recommend Queenie for anybody seeking to learn Cantonese.

Queenie helped me translate and read my best man’s speech for my brother’s wedding in Cantonese. I can speak basic conversational cantonese and I provided Queenie with my speech in english, she captured all of the nuances and jokes I wrote and integrated everything into a perfect translation. She then taught me many of the formal idioms and new words I didn’t know and helped me to confidently read the whole speech.  Queenie took on the job with very little notice and was kind, funny, respectful, professional and very enjoyable to learn from. From the beginning she was organised and knew exactly what was necessary to achieve my goal without delay. It only took 3 lessons and it was a great success. She went above my expectation and even committed extra hours outside of paid time to make a recording of the speech so I could listen to it and practice it on my own. We did all of this via Skype and email, her methods are impeccable. I strongly suggest both teachers and students to learn from Queenie. 

Queenie Kawabe is kind, considerate and thorough in assessing my level of needs in order to learn Cantonese methodically and answering the questions that I had to help me learn. I am a beginner who needed experienced and professional advice from a native speaker. The fact that we’re on the other side of the world, in just one lesson she has provided me a better insight of the cross-cultural differences as I live in the UK and she lives is in Australia/Japan. She has the ability to introduce me to new vocabulary that I have never came across in Cantonese textbooks but in colloquial conversation and several appropriate sentence structures in saying full sentences in any given conversation whenever I go and whoever I talk to. Her enthusiasm is great; she encourages and supports others to make progress in their study. I believe one of the purposes of learning a language is effectively communicating with other people and working together to make a positive impact in our daily lives. The first step to do this is taking the initiative to make an effort to learn the language, communicate with others and learn from the mistakes we make. In other words, no matter how difficult it is, never give up. I have made many mistakes and I will always continue to learn from it. She is a hardworking person helping me correct those mistakes, guiding me by giving me constructive and appropriate feedback. If you are like me who wants to either improve Cantonese speaking skills, planning to travel, loves communicating with people and like eating delicious food, then I believe she is a perfect teacher for you. Thank you again Queenie.

Hi, I have been using Queenie's services for one month prior to myself taking it up at university to gain a basic understanding of the language and to dispel the fears of learning a language with as many rumors surrounding it as Mandarin has. I have found that she is very knowledgeable in the language and explains it in such a way that it is easy to approach and learn. Her lesson go at the pace that you desire and is constantly challenging you. If you are new the language like I was when I started, she can work to the syllabus from either Griffith, QUT or UQ. I would happily recommend her as a good and reliable tutor.