Courses for:
Kickoff Chinese
The best way to start your Mandarin journey is to join our 4 Workshops.
Course overview
Four Workshops
The best way to start your Mandarin journey is to join our 4 Workshops. They have been designed to make you familiar with the basics of Mandarin while at the same time presenting to you the heart of Mandarin in all its beauty. And all of this in less than 8 hours! Indeed your first sweet taste of Mandarin.
Lessons
4 workshops
Prices
From € 18 / class
Where
Shanghai, Suzhou and Online
When
Starting date 1st Monday of every month
Group
Small classes (4 – 8 students)
Workshop 1
Game of Tones
In this workshop we make you familiar with the pronunciation of Mandarin in all its aspects. We first introduce Pinyin to you, then we explain how to pronounce the different categories of letters and syllables, and last but not least we gonna practice Mandarin’s infamous tones!
Watch the video to see an example.
Watch how Game of Tones works
Workshop 2
Hack Hanzi
Chinese characters (Hanzi) are formed according to a logical and beautiful system.In this workshop our teacher will show you various ways to learn and memorise Chinese characters. She will show you that learning characters is not only not as hard as you might think but, moreover, also good fun!
Workshop 3
Slow Motion Technique
Now that you can understand and utter some words, read some Hanzi, it is time to combine words into a proper sentence and express yourself like a native Chinese. In this workshop we will introduce to you our groundbreaking Slow Motion Technique. It indeed teaches you Chinese grammar with just ONE rule instead of dozens, and which student wouldn’t love that?
Learn more about our slow motion technique, by watching the video:
Watch how Game of Tones works
Workshop 4
Culture Check
Chinese characters (Hanzi) are formed according to a logical and beautiful system.In this workshop our teacher will show you various ways to learn and memorise Chinese characters. She will show you that learning characters is not only not as hard as you might think but, moreover, also good fun!