Private Mandarin Chinese Course

£30.00

Each session is £30/hour.

Did you know?
  • HSBC UK runs a weekly Mandarin Chinese club for their staff, to promote more effective communication between British and Chinese departments and investors.
  • 5000 more pupils attending UK state-funded primary schools will be learning Mandarin Chinese by 2020.
  • In the UK, there are Confucius Institutes (a Chinese Government institute for teaching Mandarin Chinese across the world) at universities in Manchester, Cardiff, Lampeter, Nottingham, Sheffield, Edinburgh and London.
Have you ever considered?
  • Traveling through China, interacting with locals with confidence and becoming immersed in the culture.
  • Attracting new Chinese business partners and customers, with smoother and more sensitive communication skills.
  • Pursuing a worthwhile intellectual challenge such as learning a new language.

If your answer is yes, then perhaps it is time to start learning Mandarin Chinese! The good news is, Mandarin is easier than you might have thought—but of course, the right approach is key. If you are unsure and would like to try before you buy, we offer a free trial class for new clients.

To book a 1-hour private Mandarin Chinese course session, please use the booking form below to select a time first, and then the date.

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Description

Based in London, this private Mandarin Chinese course is designed for you to learn the core principles of the Chinese language, and receive one-to-one guidance from our professional tutor and native speaker, Olive Yanli Hou. Starting from any level, we can improve your Chinese speaking and listening, reading and writing skills all the way up to advanced level. Tutor and lecturer, Olive has successfully delivered Mandarin courses to professionals for Louis Vuitton UK, Facebook UK and Deloitte UK. To learn more about existing and past clients, please take a look at our portfolio.

What you will learn:
  • Use standard Putonghua to ask and respond to questions about personal details
  • Form sentences using Chinese vocabulary and grammar rules
  • Pronounce words properly using the 4 tones
  • Write useful words and phrases with Pinyin, and simplified Chinese characters
  • Recognise radicals and understand how they combine to form characters
What you will need:
  • Pen and paper
  • The textbook
The Lecturer:

With valuable experience in the Chinese business media, Olive Yanli Hou is knowledgeable of Chinese markets in the global context, with a special interest in cross-cultural management. Olive was a freelance Mandarin Chinese Lecturer at Morley College, and the Chinese Independent School of Tower Hamlets. She holds an MA in Management in the Creative Industries, from the University of St. Andrews, as well as an MA in Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature, from Shang Dong University, China.

If you have any specific requirements or questions about the course, please do not hesitate to get in touch

*When placing orders, please be aware of we are using UK local time.

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