Adult Chinese Mandarin Class for Business and Travel
Group Class
1. Beginner group
If you are an absolute beginner and always wanted to learn Mandarin, the economical Group Mandarin lessons are a great place to start. You will have many people to practice with in a bigger group.
2. Speaking group: The speaking class for a beginner who first learn Mandarin and want to start practice simply talking.
3. Advanced Conversation group: If you want to learn more, you maybe try the conversation course.The conversation class is an advance course for students who want to improve their language skill.This course will help learners understand how to correct their pronunciation, improve their listening skill, how to speak authentic Chinese directly, skip complicated translation processes in their minds and cultivate Chinese thinking.
If you are an absolute beginner and always wanted to learn Mandarin, the economical Group Mandarin lessons are a great place to start. You will have many people to practice with in a bigger group.
2. Speaking group: The speaking class for a beginner who first learn Mandarin and want to start practice simply talking.
3. Advanced Conversation group: If you want to learn more, you maybe try the conversation course.The conversation class is an advance course for students who want to improve their language skill.This course will help learners understand how to correct their pronunciation, improve their listening skill, how to speak authentic Chinese directly, skip complicated translation processes in their minds and cultivate Chinese thinking.
Private (One on One Class)Whether it is for business or for travel. We can customize your learning experience. Our instructors are specialized in teaching non-native speakers. You will learn so much in very short time.
Quick Introduction to Beginners
- Introduction to China and its culture - Pinyin system -20 Chinese characters - Daily conversational languages (Self Introduction, numbers, date, time, asking for help) (Speaking course now open) Mandarin Beginners' Class - 100 Chinese characters - Simple Paragraph Reading and Writing - Learn how to use Chinese-Chinese dictionaries - Travel or Business focused topics Mandarin Intermediate Class - 500 Chinese character - Express Opinions, Essay Writing within 300 characters - Reading narrative and opinion orientated stories (Conversation course) Advance Class - Learn Chinese from studying classic literature - Learn idioms, stories and poems - Learn contemporary Chinese languages and issues (read a news paper, watch some show) (Conduct deeper language learning, talk about Chinese cultural history, read novel , news and so on) |
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Corporate Chinese
Corporate Package 1 - Culture
Corporate Package 2- Language
- 4 lessons with your company executives (up to 10 people)
- Each lesson at 2 hours, can be taken as two day seminar or a weekly class for one month.
- Learn pinyin system ( Mandarin spelling system)
- Learn 100 most common used business sentences
- Learn Chinese culture (Chinese festivals, customs, business behaviours)
- Experience Chinese calligraphy, Chinese painting, Chinese traditional board game (weiqi), Chinese ancient instrument
- Explains the Chinese business mindset
Corporate Package 2- Language
- 10 lessons with your company employees
- Once per week or twice per week
- Each lesson at 1.5 hours
- Learn Pinyin System
- Learn how to search up characters
- Learn daily working languages
Some FAQs
1. Should I learn Mandarin or Cantonese?
This depends on your goal of study, where are you traveling to and who do you want to talk to. Mandarin is the language everyone speaks in Mainland China. Cantonese is used in Hong Kong and Guangzhou Province. There are many dialects in China, but Mandarin is the official language in China. The majority of Taiwanese also speaks Mandarin.
2. How difficult is Mandarin for someone who is an absolute beginner like me?
Different people has different learning habits and speed. If you are a fast-learner, you can learn the language very fast. Mandarin may be hard to non-native speakers because:
We have a system for non-native adult speakers. We will study the language in Pinyin first and build the vocabulary, then we will slowly learn characters.
3. How long does it take for me to be able to have a basic conversation skill?
The absolute Beginner level has 10 classes (each at 1.5 hour). So after 15 hours of learning, you should be able to have a general understanding of the language structure, describe your daily activities and talk about weather.
4. What should I do outside the classroom?
After each lesson, you will receive homework. You will practice the vocabulary and grammar we learned in each lesson. If you want to do more, you can go to our blog and use the flashcards functions to study. If you have the opportunity to speak to some Mandarin-speaking friends to practice, that's even better.
5. Should I buy some additional study materials? Where should I buy them?
You should buy a beginner's Chinese to English dictionary. You should install the Chinese typing system on your computer to practice pinyin and characters. Some people have success following self-language learning software, some students prefer face-to-face communication. So it all depends on your learning skill and what you prefer.
This depends on your goal of study, where are you traveling to and who do you want to talk to. Mandarin is the language everyone speaks in Mainland China. Cantonese is used in Hong Kong and Guangzhou Province. There are many dialects in China, but Mandarin is the official language in China. The majority of Taiwanese also speaks Mandarin.
2. How difficult is Mandarin for someone who is an absolute beginner like me?
Different people has different learning habits and speed. If you are a fast-learner, you can learn the language very fast. Mandarin may be hard to non-native speakers because:
- It is a tonal language, which means that each word has a tone.
- It has a completely different writing system (Chinese Characters). You cannot look at a character and figure out the reading by spelling it out like French or Spanish. So it is relatively harder, but there is something called Pinyin system, which is how each character sounds like using English alphabets.
- Asian culture is very different from the West, so to learn the language, you also need to know something about the way people think.
We have a system for non-native adult speakers. We will study the language in Pinyin first and build the vocabulary, then we will slowly learn characters.
3. How long does it take for me to be able to have a basic conversation skill?
The absolute Beginner level has 10 classes (each at 1.5 hour). So after 15 hours of learning, you should be able to have a general understanding of the language structure, describe your daily activities and talk about weather.
4. What should I do outside the classroom?
After each lesson, you will receive homework. You will practice the vocabulary and grammar we learned in each lesson. If you want to do more, you can go to our blog and use the flashcards functions to study. If you have the opportunity to speak to some Mandarin-speaking friends to practice, that's even better.
5. Should I buy some additional study materials? Where should I buy them?
You should buy a beginner's Chinese to English dictionary. You should install the Chinese typing system on your computer to practice pinyin and characters. Some people have success following self-language learning software, some students prefer face-to-face communication. So it all depends on your learning skill and what you prefer.