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Melanie Parsons-Gao
From my first lesson with that's Mandarin they had me hooked with their stories. It was like 1,001 Arabian Nights - I had to keep going back to class to find out what happened to the old lady and the famous doctor, or the beautiful girl and that guy in the sports car...!
Studying Chinese with That's Mandarin is like that, they'll keep you entertained while they teach you. They'll listen patiently in the early days as you massacre their mother tongue, but before you know it you'll be putting together decent sentences and even intelligible stories. And thanks to the fact that they are incredibly patient and picky about your pronunciation, people will actually understand you when you go outside of the classroom and try to communicate. Interesting and interested, That's Mandarin is, by far, the best language training institution I've ever had. Highly recommended.Read more testimonials...
Evaluation and Guidance
Students’ language proficiency levels are evaluated by the That’s Mandarin Placement and Exit Test at the beginning and end of your Chinese language program. Your school supervisor will, on occasion, sit in on your class to monitor your overall progress then report back to you on how best to improve. Students will receive a language progress evaluation report with detailed suggestions for improvement, including comments on pronunciation, tones, vocabulary, grammar, classroom interaction, etc. You will also receive a plan for how best to progress from your current level.
After you have studied Mandarin with us for a few weeks, we will email you your progress report. You can review this to see how we feel you are progressing, and we can then discuss any points that you are unclear about. The progress report will indicate the time frame within which we believe you can achieve the goals we have set out.
At the end of the Chinese course you will receive a final progress report. This will show exactly what you have achieved in the course, and what would be important for you to focus on to improve further. On request we can also provide a certificate as evidence of the level of Mandarin fluency that you have attained.