Adelaide Mandarin Tuition / Class (Learn Chinese language with the best Chinese tutor)

You have one thousand reasons to learn Mandarin: expanding business with Chinese, traveling in China, making new friends, exploring the 5000-year's Chinese culture, or simply for fun? Whether you are fresh beginner or intermediate Chinese speaker, we are the best choice for you.     We are specialized in private tuition and small group class (4ppl or less per class), with creative, flexible, productive and systematic teaching methods. When it comes to learning a new language, traditional large classes simply don’t work because you will need a lot of support on pronunciation, grammar and understanding of the different culture. We believe in quality more than quantity, and our goal is to provide the most desirable Chinese language course in Adelaide.   Private Chinese Tuition   The one to one Chinese class is $40/hr at flexible hours on weekdays & weekends including evening. The venue is Adelaide and surroundings of CBD. Please email me at  for an appointment.   Mandarin Group Lesson (2-4 ppl perclass) @ Adelaide   Quality is more than quantity! It is so important to learn a new language with a lot of help on pronunciation and explanation -- a large class doesn't work! The advantage of studying in a pair is that you will get strategies and methods, as well as support and encouragement from each other. Each Chinese group class will consist 2-4 students plus the tutor. Venue: Adelaide Fee: $20 per hours Term: 5 weeks each term Please contact me for the start date/time for your term.   Before and after each class:   We believe in adult-learning: efficient and intensive study on class and self-preparation/revision at home. You'll get the handouts for the each class a week before. After each class, I'll email you the list of 'things to prepare for the next class', which is a small amount of exercise to reinforce what you have learned from the class. Learning Chinese is not that difficult, as long as you have a good tutor who can study with you creatively and productively :-) I'm trying my best to improve my service to all my students, so you'll never regret to choose me as your Mandarin tutor.  

What my students say about the classes:  

9 years ago I started doing business in Chinese speaking countries and visiting suppliers in these countries. I thought after the 3rd year I was pretty smart when I said 'knee how show ger' to a young lady. I was told in no certain terms that I should learn Mandarin because I spoke terribly. Returning to Sydney I enrolled in night school. This was difficult to get to classes in the city at 7pm but I persevered for the 8 weeks course. At the end of the course I had a slightly larger vocabulary and could say a few sentences but with no confidence. I still travel to Asia and get a few laughs every time I open my mouth.I saw Shiyun's advertisement and have now had 8 classes. I learned more after 2 classes than I did in a complete night school course. Shiyun doesn't laugh at my mistakes which are numerous. She simply corrects me and makes me repeat it until I get it right. She tests me to ensure I remember what I have been taught, and prepares exciting classes to broaden my understanding. Additionally she is very pleasant to spend time with and I look forward to my weekly lesson. My only regret is that I do not have the available time to take a lesson every night.I highly recommend Shiyun's classes for anyone wanting to learn Mandarin. ------------------------------------------------- Bob  

Shiyun is a great Mandarin teacher, positive, encouraging and organised. She genuinely seems to enjoy teaching and, although she is very patient, she also makes sure to challenge you. For instance, no matter how much difficulty I would sometimes have understanding Mandarin, Shiyun would only speak English to me when she was sure I couldn't understand the various versions of what she was saying in Mandarin. Although I insisted on making the lessons relatively informal by not having a textbook, she very deftly found ways to get me speaking, listening, reading and writing Mandarin, all in the context of highly sociable conversations. I would definitely recommend Shiyun as a terrific Mandarin teacher for students at a wide variety of levels.

--------------------------------------------- Richard  

Shiyun is an excellent teacher. She's highly organised, friendly and encouraging. Her lessons are always interesting and she conducts them in a friendly and informal manner. I love going to her class and she always makes me tea which is so sweet! She's always prepared for the lessons and if I make mistakes she is encouraging and patient. I hope to continue studying with her and count her as a friend as well as a teacher! ............................................................Sarah  

I'm impressed by the style and quality of your teaching. Creative, motivating and you provide me pratical and useful tips. Thank you for the emails and sound clips! They really help my practice and I have no doubt to recommend you to anyone now and in the future. ----------------------------------------------Anthony  

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