Modern Mandarin - Mandarin Courses

Professional Mandarin School in Shanghai

Recommended as a professional Mandarin school by <Biz Shanghai> magazine cover story. Modern Mandarin helped over thousands of expatriates in Shanghai to achieve their learning targets.

Modern Mandarin teacher is invited as the official Mandarin trainer for all the visa officers at Consulate General of America.

Mandarin Courses Offered:

1. Beginner Level Communication Skills
2. Intermediate Level Communication Skills
3. Pre-advanced Level Communication Skills
4. Advanced Level Communication Skills
5. Professional Level Communication Skills

We have:

Highly qualified Teachers
Flexible Times and Locations

Modern teaching methods
Comfortable Environment
Tailor-Made Course Materials

We specialize in:

Creating solutions for corporate training requirements
Customizing personal learning programs to achieve individual goals.
Incorporating cultural and business customs and etiquette in lesson plan
Using songs, dramas, games, and other unique forms of materials for an experiential learning experience
Learning materials include custom made books and VCD’s, created to accommodate each individual

Our Teachers :

Avoid quenching students’ learning desire by reading straight from the textbook or by having students recite without understanding.
Strive to Use various approaches, including translation, short conversation, short real-life stories, role play and songs to familiarize students with the vocabulary used in every-day life. We will provide the necessary materials, tapes, flashcards and pictures for students to practice with.
Tailor Mandarin learning to your language needs. Our teachers not only teach in English, but also are fluent in Japanese, French or Cantonese to teach Mandarin.

MATERIALS
Designed for your needs so that you can immediately apply what you have learnt. Material contains text, glossary, listening comprehension, notes, drills and copy characters for those learning to write. Other material includes flash cards, tapes, VCDs and other supplementary materials. All these materials will be individually customized to suite your needs.

METHODOLOGY
Instead of a difficult academic application, the class is structured to be comprehensive and practical. Teachers provide the appropriate cultural guidance along with the language training. The conversation and reading comprehension training places an emphasis on daily practical tasks, such as greeting people, order food and drink, go shopping, transportation, office talks, etc. The situational instruction allows you to accurately grasp the language efficiently.

BEGINNER LEVEL
Objective: To learn Chinese phonetics, conversational words, and basic sentence structures. Upon completion of this level, students should have a command of about 1,000 basic words, 200 sentence patterns. The course concentrates on developing key language and practical skills in situations, enabling students to function more effectively in a wide variety of daily life and work situations.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Objective: Suitable for those who possess a vocabulary of approximately 1,000 words, this level focuses on topics concerning the overseas experience in China, whether it be living, working or traveling within China. The course is both practical and interesting. Upon completion of this level, students will be able to speak fluent Chinese in daily life and office talk, know about 1500 daily expressions&sentence patterns and grasp about 2000 words, and to be able to read simple Chinese texts and write characters.

PRE-ADVANCED LEVEL
Objective: To communicate with Chinese people on various topics and express their opinions clearly using correct intonation as well as around a 3000 word vocabulary in Chinese. Students will have a better understanding of Chinese TV and newspapers.Will also improve their Chinese communication competence at work. To learn some business-related topics including economy, finance and law, to improve communication skills in business circles.

ADVANCED LEVEL
Objective: Tailored to specific student needs.

Specialized Courses:

Shanghai Dialect
HSK Test Training

Mandarin for Cantonese
Doing Business in China

GROUP COURSE SCHEDULE (3 to 6 students / class)
PART TIME	Monday & Wednesday morning or afternoon or evening Tuesday & Thursday morning or afternoon or evening Saturday & Sunday morning or afternoon
SEMI INTENSIVE	Morning or afternoon or evening from Monday to Friday
INTENSIVE	Morning & afternoon from Monday to Friday
Morning Class:10-12am	Afternoon Class:2-4pm	Evening Class:7:00-9:00pm

PRIVATE TUTOR (1 on 1)

Flexible location: at your home, office or our locations;

Flexible schedule: in the morning, afternoon or evening; Based on individual learning progress, tailor made sessions for different levels and specific requirements.