Testimonials

I joined Dr. Tiff's English conversation discussion group. I love her approachable style, the topics that connect to student life, and her clear, easy-to-follow spoken English. Every session gave us the confidence to open up and express our own views in English, and taught us something about how learning itself works. I have seen how she marks students' essays — extremely careful, thorough and exacting, with feedback aimed not just at the essay in front of her but at the craft of writing itself. Her talks are concise and go straight to the point, and her rich travel experience gives students genuinely practical material to draw on.

Dr. Tiff has taught me for a semester and I could not thank her enough! She is professional at work in her own discipline, and guides me step-by-step in organizing and structuring my essays. She is gifted with the ability to look into different students' needs and individualize learning methods. Dr. Tiff’s bright personality motivates me and gets me through hard times.

I took Dr. Tiff's English class in my third year at university and learned how to organise content systematically and write an academic paper methodically. My final-year thesis earned an A. Thank you Dr. Tiff!

I was lucky to have met Dr. Tiff who taught me both linguistics and literature at the university. I enjoyed all of her lessons because of many reasons. Her English pronunciation is clear and pleasant. She is able to use lots of different simple and easy-to-understand daily life examples to explain complicated and abstract concepts. Due to her knowledge of Cantonese, Mandarin, and English, among many other languages, Dr. Tiff helps me understand how English works and how I can better my grammar in a way I can fully relate to. She perfectly understands student needs and difficulties. I wasn’t that motivated in learning English before but thanks to Dr. Tiff, I started to find English interesting!

I joined Dr. Tiff's discussion group and took her course while doing my taught postgraduate degree at HKU. I love her classes — there is a warm, relaxed atmosphere. Every topic she prepares is meaningful and closely connected to our own experiences, so I always have something I can say and something I want to say. After every discussion I come away feeling I have gained a great deal, both in the language itself and in how I think about questions in life.

I am so glad to meet Dr. Tiff! Thank you very much for her patient and warm teaching. Her confidence, elegance in teaching and personal experience inspire me a lot. Also, Dr. Tiff gives us a positive role model that how to teach and communicate with students. That encourages me to be a better teacher in the future. What’s more, with her writing instruction, I am more willing as well as confident to write although sometimes I feel confused about how to organize the paragraph. But everything gets better and better.

From my very first English discussion class with Dr. Tiff, her presence and fluent English held our attention for the whole session. She always picks topics we are interested in, which drew even a quiet person like me into the discussion. Every class I pick up authentic, useful words and phrases, and she corrects my pronunciation. I once asked her about writing a CV and she gave me a lot of professional advice. Whenever you have a question, Dr. Tiff answers seriously and patiently. She is warm, cheerful and approachable — not just a fine teacher but a good friend.

As a past student of hers, I felt Dr. Tiff’s passion in teaching with the time she spends preparing to ensure that her classes will be enjoyable throughout the semester. She used different engaging methods and examples to arouse and maintain interests while teaching and discussing the relevant topics. If I had any queries, she would patiently answer and clarify any uncertainties I may have after class until I fully grasped the concepts. She is an awesome teacher and I am grateful to have been taught by her.

Dr. Tiff is so fantastic! I was thrilled that she could teach me. She is very caring, passionate and experienced. I really like the way she speaks English (very articulate :)). Many difficult theories were explained by her in simple and understandable languages. Also, each course she delivered was very well-organised. Although the content of some classes might seem to be quite boring, she just made them interesting. Love Dr. Tiff!

I take this opportunity to thank Dr. Tiff for the time and patience she has taken to groom me into more confident English learner. This class is coming to an end, but my gratitude for her as my English teacher would not end. Throughout the lessons, she has served well as my guide not just in academics, but in life in general. She has helped us to respond to others and express ourselves better. In particular, I want to thank her for the time she spent with us discussing grammar and pronunciation. Both of the speaking practice and the mock speaking test are very helpful and effective which provided us with insightful, constructive criticism of speaking test preparation. With Dr. Tiff’s immense support and patient understanding, I have been able to come out of the shell as well as respond better towards different subjects which used to be really hard for me due to the lack of confidence. Once again, thank you Dr. Tiff for her effort!