Niki Lam

Lessons with Niki are fantastic. I've had many lessons with Niki now, and she has always put a lot of thought into her lessons and provided detailed slide decks with useful vocabulary, and many helpful examples, which she shares at the end of each class. She's very supportive in answering any spontaneous questions I have about Hokkien and provides detailed answers. She was open to trying out alternative formats such as scenarios/role play (e.g. asking for directions, or help if your car has broken down, etc.) Finally, she also makes lessons incredibly fun and engaging, giving opportunities to chat and discuss life in general in Hokkien, and offers a lot of encouragement even if you are struggling to find the right words. Would recommend anyone interested in learning Hokkien / Southern Min to try out lessons with Niki! :)

Niki is a great teacher who is willing to teach and loves teaching students. Usually our classes go over time because of her enthusiasm which is really great :) I highly recommend her to those who are learning Hokkien or Chinese (Putonghua)

She introduced me to ancient phrases, new grammar rules and new words. She also gave me examples and further explanations whenever I wanted to dig deeper.

Nikki was very motivating and encouraging throughout the lesson! She tailored the material to topics I was interested in learning more about and slowed down when I needed some extra time to understand vocabulary. Overall she was very friendly and helpful!

My son enjoyed this lesson as Niki allowed him to speak in English and she made the lesson fun (showing him her cat, squeaking a rubber duck, showing a stuffed panda, laughing) but I feel like she needs to be more firm and insist on him responding in Mandarin. I think Niki would be good for a child whose parent does not want their child to feel intimidated about learning a new language and is willing to take things slow as she is very happy and welcoming.

Niki備課充足，講解生動有趣，是一位充滿教學熱忱的好老師。誠意推介給有興趣學習閩南語的朋友！