About Meridian

We are Meridian Chinese Studies

Meridian was founded by David Su Liqun the creator of the pioneering TDR teaching method, author of Chinese for Everyone and TDR Zoom In Mandarin Books, and lead writer on the BBC TV program Real Chinese. David Su spent twenty years teaching Chinese to English speakers at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London) and other institutions.

We’ve taught everyone include government departments, financial institutions, taught talented toddlers, moody teenagers and savvy students. We’ve taught bankers, lawyers, marketing managers and artists. We also teach lots of British born Chinese people who are reconnecting with their Chinese roots.

All of our teachers are highly qualified and have a teaching related Masters degree. They are fully trained and vastly experienced teaching professionals - not just Chinese speakers. Our core team includes a mix of native speaking senior teachers and teaching assistants all of whom speak good English and have taught in the UK for many years in schools, colleges, universities and private tuition.

Our staff

• David Su Liqun—Founder, Meridian Chinese Studies

  

  David Su Liqun is a recognized innovator in the field of Chinese language teaching. As well as writing plays, novels and biographies, David has lectured extensively in the UK and China on TDR, Chinese classics and Chinese culture at universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and the London School of Economics as well as the British Museum. David Su leads the language and culture teaching and the teacher training at Meridian Chinese Studies as well as developing new methods and materials to make learning Chinese easier.

• The most known specialist for Chinese language & culture in the U.K
• Recognised innovator in Chinese grammar and teaching method.
• Over 20 years teaching experience at various levels of Chinese faculty at  SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)..

• Students include FCO, MOD, British Council and financial institutions throughout the U.K.

• Author of Chinese for Everyone (the text book of the diploma course in SOAS) and TDR: The Dao of Chinese Grammar, Zoom In Mandarin 1-4.

• Lead writer of the BBC programme “Real Chinese”.
• Writer of Contemporary Chinese Fiction and Vermilion Ink

• Weisan Hu

  

  TDR™ Trainer and Senior Teacher at Meridian Chinese Studies. Senior language teacher, at the University of London. Former TV News anchor at Phoenix TV station from 1997-2004 in the UK.

• Emily Wang

  

  TDR Trainer and Senior Teacher at Meridian Chinese Studies. MA Tourism management, Westminster University UK. BA in Accounting Heilongjiang Institute of Commerce, China. PGCE in the UK.

• Ching-Ju Hsiao

  

  TDR certificate for Chinese Teacher Training Course, UKMSc in Teaching English (TESOL) University of Bristol, UKA certificate for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (TCSL), National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Bachelor’s Degree in Education in National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, A qualification in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).

• Jianling Shen

  

  TDR Certificate for Chinese Teacher Training Course. TDR Certificate of Achievement in the Teaching of Children. UKMA in Marketing and Management. BA in English (Hons). Prior to coming to England worked as an English teacher in China for three years.