About Dennis Zhu
Chinese Language Teacher

Have you studied Mandarin Chinese with Rosetta Stone?

About - At Rosetta

If your answer is "Yes" you may recognize my voice! My voice was chosen and recorded as the male voice for the Ver.5 release of the Rosetta Stone Chinese(Mandarin) Language system.

My name is Dennis and I am originally from Beijing, China. I am currently living in San Francisco and I have been a Chinese Teacher tutoring students to speak Chinese (Mandarin) for the past 15 years. I have introduced more than a hundred students to the art of speaking conversational and formal Mandarin and would like to help you to do the same.  As I have experience in working with all ages and individuals from different backgrounds I am sure to be able to develop a lesson plan that will introduce you to the joys of learning a new language.

My background was originally in Mechanical Engineering for which I was an instructor and Director of the Physics Department at a technical school in Beijing. Thereafter I moved to Germany where I was an editor that oversaw the Chinese print version for a German government publication. It was during my time in Germany that I also became a private tutor for students at Hamburg University.

I have now been living in the United States for over 20 years and I have been a Chinese language tutor for employees at diverse companies such as Apple, Daly City Senior Center, and Guy Carpenter as well as to individuals working for companies such as Google, UCSF, IBM, and the FBI. I have also been hired by private language institutes as a freelance instructor.

Of particular enjoyment to me has been becoming the chinese language teacher for a large number of children who’s parents wanted them to learn to speak Chinese.  Many of those children I have had the privilege of teaching on an extended basis enabling them to reach very high standards of spoken and written Mandarin, and to learn a great deal about Chinese culture.

As a private Chinese language tutor, I develop individual lesson plans to meet the study needs of each new student. Depending upon their familiarity, I help students start with beginners subjects (such as introductions, greetings, telling time and destinations) all the way through to advanced Business and Daily Conversational language and etiquette.

Dennis - 节日

Of particular enjoyment to me has been becoming the chinese language teacher for a large number of children who’s parents wanted them to learn to speak Chinese.  Many of those children I have had the privilege of teaching on an extended basis enabling them to reach very high standards of spoken and written Mandarin, and to learn a great deal about Chinese culture.

Dennis - 节日

As a private Chinese language tutor, I develop individual lesson plans to meet the study needs of each new student. Depending upon their familiarity, I help students start with beginners subjects (such as introductions, greetings, telling time and destinations) all the way through to advanced Business and Daily Conversational language and etiquette.

Dennis - 节日

Of particular enjoyment to me has been becoming the chinese language teacher for a large number of children who’s parents wanted them to learn to speak Chinese.  Many of those children I have had the privilege of teaching on an extended basis enabling them to reach very high standards of spoken and written Mandarin, and to learn a great deal about Chinese culture.

As a private Chinese language tutor, I develop individual lesson plans to meet the study needs of each new student. Depending upon their familiarity, I help students start with beginners subjects (such as introductions, greetings, telling time and destinations) all the way through to advanced Business and Daily Conversational language and etiquette.

I look forward to meeting you, whether in person or on Skype, and introducing you to the world of Mandarin Chinese!