Chinese Language Consultant, Word Party season 4 and season 5 on Netflix

Former Executive at Warner Bros. | Former CLO_DOS in Central Asia and North America | International working experience on four continents

Guiding Families to Experience the Joy of Raising Bilingual Children

Certified 5/5, the highest possible score in Mandarin Chinese by the prestigious Foreign Service Institute (FSI) in D.C. 

Author of “Little Bun: A Bilingual Storybook About Feelings“, “First Mandarin Sounds an awesome Chinese word book“

Producer of “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” streaming album

Teaching experience includes early-year learners, K-12 students, business professionals and executives, and American Diplomats

Intercultural Language Consultant and World Language Teacher Trainer

Academically trained in Mass Communications and Bilingual Education • Taiwanese American with Mainland Chinese heritage

What Parents and Teachers Say…

Amanda is an incredible teacher! Her creativity and enthusiasm is wonderful and our children absolutely love learning Chinese with her. Her teaching methods and materials are excellent and I would highly recommend her!

-Darah F., Parent| Counsel, Google

 

Starting from zero, the prospect of learning Chinese can seem daunting. Not with Amanda! She makes the language accessible and fun. From the very first class, she instils a feeling of capability in her students which only grows each session and for me has made this one of the best language learning experiences I have ever had.

-Manon F., Adult student| Student advisor & researcher, SOAS University of London (FS)

 

“Miss Panda” is an incredible teacher! She makes learning Chinese fun and accessible! My daughter LOVES her classes and even looks forward to doing her homework assignments!! I can’t recommend her highly enough!

-Emily H., Parent | Educator (FS)

 

I have been fortunate to have a lot of energetic, creative and professionally driven Chinese teachers, but Amanda/Miss Panda has skills and resources that were totally beyond all compare. Each session was unique and her follow-up with recordings, transcripts and supplemental resources added indescribable value to my language learning. Hers is not cookie-cutter classroom instruction. Rather, she is a pro’s pro! I would recommend her to anyone interested in investing in and advancing their language skills beyond off-the-shelf language curriculum in favor of nuanced and true self-expression.

-Anita, Advanced adult student | Business Executive  (FS)

I found out that learning Chinese was soo much fun! And that it is so cool! I love the teacher! She makes sure you understand all the words, and we laugh and make up stories. And in only a few lessons we could talk in Chinese almost the entire time! I love the class it is amazing and I’m looking forward to continuing! 

–Claire H.,  High School Student (FS)

I feel like I have learned a lot even though it has been only 1 year. Regardless of the fact that we have been online, you have been such an amazing teacher who is always pushing me to do my best and believing in me. You have made learning Mandarin so fun and interactive and because of you I will be taking Mandarin in high school. Thank you so much!

-Zoe D., Grade 8 | MCA Academy

 

I enjoyed the whole year!!! I learned more than I thought I could! You made it so easy and fun to learn online. I enjoyed it because I got to practice writing charters and writing stories with my learning partners! I also enjoyed when we got to go on the video platform and edit Mandarin videos! 谢谢 Miss Panda!!!

-Pheobe W., Grade 7 | MCA Academy

 

We’ve only been in China for one day, but our kids are already so excited about the amount of Chinese that they’ve been able to put to use. Miss Panda’s style of teaching was great and I’m amazed at how she was able to handle teaching to our three kids’ different levels.

-Alix B., Parent | Enterpreneur (FS)

 

Amanda Miss Panda is a Chinese Language teacher in a league of her own. Always warm; and her love of teaching evident in every single lesson and enthusiastic interaction with my daughter! Her teaching, praise, songs, and consistent Chinese language reinforcement was always sound and developmentally appropriate for our five year old daughter. She genuinely epitomizes her phrase of “Lets always keep learning fun,” and ultimately because of this, her lessons were always so very meaningful.

-Bianca L. | Nationally Board Certified Teacher

 

I love my lessons with Miss Panda because she teaches me how to speak about the things that I’m interested in, like my hobbies and the kinds of food I like to eat.

-Juliet, age 13 (FS Family)

 

Miss Panda makes learning Chinese pretty fun, even though it’s supposed to be really hard.

-Asher, age 10 (FS Family)

 

“She’s the best Chinese teacher ever!” (parent noted She has had multiple Chinese language teachers through the years”

-Alyssa, age 5 

It was such a joy to see the children having so much fun while “learning”! I especially loved hearing Evan sing his songs at home, and teach his siblings (and me). What’s more, is that I had the hardest time remembering 1-10. Evan was the one who’d tell me the answers AND correct my pronunciation. I love this program!

-Kristin S., Parent | RN

 

Excellent class and the kids really look forward to you coming. They are always asking for you and I hope you continue to teach throughout the year. Thank you!!!!

-Elston F., Elementary School Teacher | Nationally Board Certified Teacher

 

Thank you so much! The children really learned a lot from you this semester. I find them singing the songs and doing the movements in class. Your teaching style engages the students and your positive energy gets them excited for class each time! Your lessons are also very relevant to children this age. I hear them using social greetings to each other! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!

– Allison K., Elementary School Teacher | Nationally Board Certified Teacher

I want to let you know that the students and I have enjoyed your Mandarin classes immensely. Your teaching techniques, content, management and level of expertise are all OUTSTANDING!! If I had to change anything about the program, I would want to increase the number of sessions or expose this program to other students in other grade levels.

-Lenora G, Elementary School Teacher | Department Head, Nationally Board Certified Teacher

I see many teachers, but none as good as you. You really have the right formula for teaching Chinese – repetitive, fast-paced and fun…Even I will retain some of the Chinese languages.”

-Shirley F., Preschool Teacher | ECE Educator

My son enjoyed Miss Panda’s class tremendously, so did each one of his classmates. Before Ms. Panda arrived our weekly drive of over an hour, from San Antonio to the Austin Chinese School, was a struggle for the family. It was very difficult to inspire my son to attend the weekly class until we met Miss Panda. She understands how to work with children and makes learning the language interesting. She is patient, creative and energetic. Her classroom always had the happiest atmosphere and the kids came out with a positive attitude. My son was looking forward to his Chinese lesson every week and his progress in speaking, reading, and writing within the year was priceless to us. I would like to wish Miss Panda the best upon the completion of her degree in U.T. Austin. and wish she could stay so that my son could continue studying Chinese with her. She is clearly a gifted teacher and I would recommend Miss Panda without any reservation.

-Mei Yu L., Parent | Physician, M.D.

 

You are such a wonderful teacher. It is obvious how much the students are learning and how excited they are about the process because of the way you present all the lessons. You make learning interesting and fun. They are using Mandarin Chinese often, and I hear them singing Mandarin songs and speaking to you and each other throughout the week. All of our kindergarten team often talk about how enriching this experience has been for the children……

-Vickie H, Elementary School Teacher | Nationally Board Certified Teacher

 

My children loved learning Chinese from you! They were proud of their accomplishments and they especially loved singing your songs.

-Brandy R., Parent | Preschool Board of Directors

Your program was wonderful! I wish my daughter could continue class with you after her preschool. Thank you!”

-Michael S, Parent 

 

My daughter has really enjoyed her time with Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett “Miss Panda”! She re-teaches what she has learned to her mei-mei (little sister). I have even picked up on some. Thank you, Miss Panda!

-Tom L., Parent 

Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett “Miss Panda”

“Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda” Streaming Album iTunes Spotify | First Mandarin Sounds | Youtube Channel | PLAYFUL CHINESE podcast