Learning Mandarin from FAS alumna Cikgu Zazah

(Photo was taken from Faiezah’s Facebook page - Kelas Bahasa Mandarin Cikgu Zazah)

Faiezah binti Ahmad Fauzi, also known as Cikgu Zazah, stated that she started learning the Mandarin language at the age of three.  “My parents sent me to learn the Mandarin language in the Chinese school because they wanted me to be able to communicate in the Mandarin language and become a businesswoman to assist my father with his business in the future,” said Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FAS) Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) Psychology alumna Faiezah, who hails from Johor. The Psychology major student mentioned that the learning method she adopted from UTAR helped her to build up her confidence in her teaching career in the later years.

Faiezah opened her own language centre, which only provided Chinese teaching. She first started her Mandarin class in the year 2014 with only three students. They were the parents of Malay students from a Chinese school. However, in the year 2015, she received a lot of applications requesting her to teach full-time Mandarin classes.  And, her class had grown bigger since then.

Faiezah hopes to teach as many students as possible and she hopes her students will receive a good learning experience from her. She wants her students to be able to communicate in Mandarin fluently. According to her, before the COVID-19 period, she conducted physical classes alternatively during the night after preparing the Mandarin course with her team during the day. Now, she holds basic online classes for free on live Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok simultaneously for those who want to learn Mandarin.

Faiezah received recognition as an International Certified Mandarin Teacher from the Beijing Language Culture University (BLCU), where she received the permit to teach the Mandarin language all around the world. In addition, she had also received a certificate from the International Profession Association (IPA) to become an International Certified Senior Mandarin Teacher. Currently, Faiezah is pursuing her studies in Master of Arts in Chinese Studies at Southern University College (SUC) at Skudai, Johor Bahru.

Click here for more details on Faiezah’s “Kelas Bahasa Mandarin Cikgu Zazah”.

Some of the mandarin learning programmes conducted by Faiezah

Faiezah with her students during the classes 

(Photo was taken before the pandemic period)