Ms. Heeyeon Kim has been named Mandarin teacher beginning August 1, 2019. Originally from Northeast of China, Ms. Heeyeon has been living in South Korea for nearly 10 years where she started teaching Mandarin and then moved to Vietnam in 2018. She likes to inspire students of learning Mandarin by exploring the similarities and differences between the different languages. She is also good at teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and developing positive teacher-student relationships to raise students’ confidence in using and speaking Mandarin.

Ms. Heeyeon holds the following certifications and degrees:

• PGCE Education, University of Sunderland, UK
• CTCSOL: Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, (Confucius Institute Headquarters, China)
• Mandarin Proficiency Test Certificates, (Confucius Institute Headquarters, China)
• MSc Finance Management, University of Surrey, UK
• BA Accounting, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China