That’s Mandarin Learning Methodology

That’s Mandarin Learning Methodology

Effective Teaching Methods

We’ve developed our own teaching methods to make Chinese learning easier.

Course Curriculum

COURSE TOPICS & CONTENT

All of our courses focus on building your speaking and listening skills, with an option to include lessons on reading and writing Chinese characters.

Survival Chinese

You will be taught everything you need to know to survive living in China and get by easily, such as communicating with taxi drivers, shopkeepers, restaurant staff, etc.

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HSK Preparation

No matter which level of HSK exam or other Chinese exams you are preparing for, our exam preparation class will ensure you pass your exam with flying colors.

Daily Chinese

You will learn survival Chinese plus additional vocabulary that will allow you to communicate more effectively and have meaningful conversations with the locals.

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Business Chinese

Conduct business more productively in China with our Business Chinese course and learn essential vocabulary that is tailored to your industry or field of work.

Tailor-made

If you have a specific interest or need, tailor-made Chinese is the right choice for you. Your teacher will customize the lesson content to help you achieve your goal.

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Reading & Writing

Learn to not only speak but also to read and write Chinese characters. Elevate your Chinese skills and create more advantages for yourself in life, in school or in the job market.

That’s Mandarin Textbook Series

8 TEXTBOOKS FOR THAT’S MANDARIN LEVEL 1-4

Chinese for Beginners

Illustrated Chinese Textbook Series

 
Our in-house textbook series is designed to supplement your learning.

The content of the books is fully aligned with NihaoCafe platform including the dialogues, vocabulary and grammar from NihaoCafe video lessons.

It also features unique exercises and ‘Did you know?’ sections.

Lesson Delivery Tools

FOCUS ON 4 LANGUAGE SKILLS

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Speaking & Listening

Your speaking and listening skills will be trained using various methods, including: role-playing, watching and describing scenes from a video, telling a story based on a picture, Q&A with fellow students or your teacher, etc.

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Reading & Writing

To improve your reading and writing skills, a variety of tools will be used as practice, such as reading articles, creating sentences using specific words, short essay writing, spelling tests, dictation, etc.

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Speaking & Listening

Your speaking and listening skills will be trained using various methods, including: role-playing, watching and describing scenes from a video, telling a story based on a picture, Q&A with fellow students or your teacher, etc.

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Reading & Writing

To improve your reading and writing skills, a variety of tools will be used as practice, such as reading articles, creating sentences using specific words, short essay writing, spelling tests, dictation, etc.

Educators’ Testimonials

It’s been a great experience from language learning to workshops to getting out into the city. They’ve obviously learned a great deal. And so have I.

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Edward B.

Teacher of a British school group

The students seem to enjoy all the activities and especially the field trips. It’s a very different experience than just learning Chinese in the classroom.

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Zoe S.

Teacher of an American school group

Our trip program was personalized so that the students could learn similar curriculum as they did back home. And everyone definitely enjoyed the field trips and food.

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Andy T.

Leader of a British school group

Educators’ Testimonials

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