Local Chinese lessons in London and online. Mandarin is one of the most widely used language in the world. From night market in Taipei, to Great Wall in Beijing, your language skills will enable you to have a conversation with a huge population. With 10+ years of teaching experience, we provide the most academically sound Chinese language courses in London, from beginner to very advanced.
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Mandarin is one of the most widely used language in the world. From night market in Taipei, to Great Wall in Beijing, your language skills will enable you to have a conversation with a huge population. With 10+ years of teaching experience, we provide the most academically sound Chinese language courses in London, from beginner to very advanced.
New to Chinese?
This lesson is designed for complete beginners find out if learning Chinese is for you. In this single lesson, you will learn about Mandarin Pinyin and tones (the phonetic system) and simple Hanzi (the written system). You can also learn to greet and have a small conversation to ask for names. You can even learn to count from 1 to 100 in Chinese!
At the end of the lesson, you will have a better understanding how to approach learning this language, and how Dear Asia's Chinese team will teach you from beginner to fluency.
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a
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Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多,几,左, how to connect sentences etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
Our Chinese Elementary 3 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summary of direction and location, summary of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of
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Our Chinese Elementary 3 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summary of direction and location, summary of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise
Lesson 2 – What’s your type?
Lesson 3 – Let me introduce you a friend
Lesson 4 – Welcome, come in!
Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise
Lesson 6 – You got a nice place!
Lesson 7 – Convenient take aways!
Lesson 8 – Speak Chinese more!
Lesson 9 – You sing better than me!
Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a
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Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多,几,左, how to connect sentences etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
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Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes
Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 100 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions including 怎么,怎么样,how to indicate directions and locations, and two forms of verb aspects (past and progressive).
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Daily Routine
Lesson 2 – Commute
Lesson 3 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 4 – Directions
Lesson 5 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 6
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Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 100 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions including 怎么,怎么样,how to indicate directions and locations, and two forms of verb aspects (past and progressive).
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Daily Routine
Lesson 2 – Commute
Lesson 3 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 4 – Directions
Lesson 5 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 6 – Eating Out
Lesson 7 – Hobbies
Lesson 8 – Weekend
Lesson 9 – Phone Call
Lesson 10 – Confident Banter
Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc.
If you have learnt all
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Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 4.
Story Topics
我最不喜欢的餐厅
我喜欢的工作
说说我的客厅
我最喜欢的运动员
现在的我和两年前的我
我最自豪的遇见是
说说我的老同事
如果我不需要工作
我学会了做饭
比一比两个城市
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a
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Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多,几,左, how to connect sentences etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a
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Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Chinese website, and to read authentic Chinese writings.
Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson
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Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes
Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc.
If you have learnt all
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Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 4.
Story Topics
我最不喜欢的餐厅
我喜欢的工作
说说我的客厅
我最喜欢的运动员
现在的我和两年前的我
我最自豪的遇见是
说说我的老同事
如果我不需要工作
我学会了做饭
比一比两个城市
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 100 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions including 怎么,怎么样,how to indicate directions and locations, and two forms of verb aspects (past and progressive).
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Daily Routine
Lesson 2 – Commute
Lesson 3 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 4 – Directions
Lesson 5 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 6
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Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 100 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions including 怎么,怎么样,how to indicate directions and locations, and two forms of verb aspects (past and progressive).
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Daily Routine
Lesson 2 – Commute
Lesson 3 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 4 – Directions
Lesson 5 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 6 – Eating Out
Lesson 7 – Hobbies
Lesson 8 – Weekend
Lesson 9 – Phone Call
Lesson 10 – Confident Banter
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 1 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 800 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 200-400 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 爱情,友谊,工作,赚钱,购物。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions
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Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 1 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 800 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 200-400 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 爱情,友谊,工作,赚钱,购物。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
There are 4 courses at this level, we recommend students to always start from lower level of the courses, or to pick a class where your level is most aligned with the classmates.
Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a
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Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Chinese website, and to read authentic Chinese writings.
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a
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Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
Can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多,几,左, how to connect sentences etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
生活点滴
不甘平庸
多彩社会
走遍天下
美丽家园
趣味世界
经典阅读
人体探秘
古今博览
热点追踪
You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese
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Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
生活点滴
不甘平庸
多彩社会
走遍天下
美丽家园
趣味世界
经典阅读
人体探秘
古今博览
热点追踪
You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese, to achieve further reading skills of authentic Chinese writings, magazines, website and newspaper articles.
Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has finished Elementary Level 2 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 600 or more vocabularies.
Ideally has knowledge of 150-300 Hanzi
can hold a conversation with a native Chinese speaker about common daily topics for 5 minutes or more
have knowledge of important grammatical structures like verb complements of result, degree and direction
In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about asking for favour, provide solutions to issues, getting sick and seeing a doctor etc.
The key grammar points in this course include conditional sentences using 如果,…的话, gradual changes using
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Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has finished Elementary Level 2 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 600 or more vocabularies.
Ideally has knowledge of 150-300 Hanzi
can hold a conversation with a native Chinese speaker about common daily topics for 5 minutes or more
have knowledge of important grammatical structures like verb complements of result, degree and direction
In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about asking for favour, provide solutions to issues, getting sick and seeing a doctor etc.
The key grammar points in this course include conditional sentences using 如果,…的话, gradual changes using 越,accompanied actions, and contextual uses of tone adverbs like 才 and 就。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 2.
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 300-500 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 消费,身体健康,精神健康,成功,幸福。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions
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Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 300-500 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 消费,身体健康,精神健康,成功,幸福。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
There are 4 courses at this level, we recommend students to always start from lower level of the courses, or to pick a class where your level is most aligned with the classmates.
Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a
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Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Chinese website, and to read authentic Chinese writings.
Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has finished Elementary Level 2 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 600 or more vocabularies.
Ideally has knowledge of 150-300 Hanzi
can hold a conversation with a native Chinese speaker about common daily topics for 5 minutes or more
have knowledge of important grammatical structures like verb complements of result, degree and direction
In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about asking for favour, provide solutions to issues, getting sick and seeing a doctor etc.
The key grammar points in this course include conditional sentences using 如果,…的话, gradual changes using
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Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has finished Elementary Level 2 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 600 or more vocabularies.
Ideally has knowledge of 150-300 Hanzi
can hold a conversation with a native Chinese speaker about common daily topics for 5 minutes or more
have knowledge of important grammatical structures like verb complements of result, degree and direction
In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about asking for favour, provide solutions to issues, getting sick and seeing a doctor etc.
The key grammar points in this course include conditional sentences using 如果,…的话, gradual changes using 越,accompanied actions, and contextual uses of tone adverbs like 才 and 就。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 2.
Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc.
If you have learnt all
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Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 4.
Story Topics
我最不喜欢的餐厅
我喜欢的工作
说说我的客厅
我最喜欢的运动员
现在的我和两年前的我
我最自豪的遇见是
说说我的老同事
如果我不需要工作
我学会了做饭
比一比两个城市
Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a
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Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Chinese website, and to read authentic Chinese writings.
Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
生活点滴
不甘平庸
多彩社会
走遍天下
美丽家园
趣味世界
经典阅读
人体探秘
古今博览
热点追踪
You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese
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Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
生活点滴
不甘平庸
多彩社会
走遍天下
美丽家园
趣味世界
经典阅读
人体探秘
古今博览
热点追踪
You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese, to achieve further reading skills of authentic Chinese writings, magazines, website and newspaper articles.
Our Chinese Elementary 3 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of
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Our Chinese Elementary 3 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise
Lesson 2 – What’s your type?
Lesson 3 – Let me introduce you a friend
Lesson 4 – Welcome, come in!
Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise
Lesson 6 – You got a nice place!
Lesson 7 – Convenient take aways!
Lesson 8 – Speak Chinese more!
Lesson 9 – You sing better than me!
Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations
Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson
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Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes
Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 600 or more words, who ideally has knowledge of 100-300 Hanzi.
In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about hometown, festival celebrations, online shopping and studying abroad etc.
The key grammar points in this course include adjective complement using得, asking about frequency, describing things about to happen, or things happening in sequence using 先,在,然后, numbers and percentages, more use of 就 in conditional sentences.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 3.
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 300-500 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 消费,身体健康,精神健康,成功,幸福。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions
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Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 300-500 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 消费,身体健康,精神健康,成功,幸福。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
There are 4 courses at this level, we recommend students to always start from lower level of the courses, or to pick a class where your level is most aligned with the classmates.
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 100 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions including 怎么,怎么样,how to indicate directions and locations, and two forms of verb aspects (past and progressive).
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Daily Routine
Lesson 2 – Commute
Lesson 3 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 4 – Directions
Lesson 5 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 6
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Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 100 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions including 怎么,怎么样,how to indicate directions and locations, and two forms of verb aspects (past and progressive).
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Daily Routine
Lesson 2 – Commute
Lesson 3 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 4 – Directions
Lesson 5 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 6 – Eating Out
Lesson 7 – Hobbies
Lesson 8 – Weekend
Lesson 9 – Phone Call
Lesson 10 – Confident Banter
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 compound Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, daily routines, and hobbies etc. Our key grammar points covered include all forms of verb aspects, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要,会,能,and multiple use of the modal particle 了。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Past Travel
Lesson 2 – Holiday
Lesson 3 – Languages
Lesson 4 – Travel Plan
Lesson 5 – Compare
Lesson 6 – Difference
Lesson 7 – Sick Leave
Lesson 8 – Describing
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Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 compound Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, daily routines, and hobbies etc. Our key grammar points covered include all forms of verb aspects, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要,会,能,and multiple use of the modal particle 了。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Past Travel
Lesson 2 – Holiday
Lesson 3 – Languages
Lesson 4 – Travel Plan
Lesson 5 – Compare
Lesson 6 – Difference
Lesson 7 – Sick Leave
Lesson 8 – Describing People
Lesson 9 – Introducing People
Lesson 10 – My Story
Our Chinese Elementary 3 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of
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Our Chinese Elementary 3 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise
Lesson 2 – What’s your type?
Lesson 3 – Let me introduce you a friend
Lesson 4 – Welcome, come in!
Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise
Lesson 6 – You got a nice place!
Lesson 7 – Convenient take aways!
Lesson 8 – Speak Chinese more!
Lesson 9 – You sing better than me!
Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations
Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson
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Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes
Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 compound Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, daily routines, and hobbies etc. Our key grammar points covered include all forms of verb aspects, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要,会,能,and multiple use of the modal particle 了。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Past Travel
Lesson 2 – Holiday
Lesson 3 – Languages
Lesson 4 – Travel Plan
Lesson 5 – Compare
Lesson 6 – Difference
Lesson 7 – Sick Leave
Lesson 8 – Describing
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Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 compound Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, daily routines, and hobbies etc. Our key grammar points covered include all forms of verb aspects, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要,会,能,and multiple use of the modal particle 了。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Past Travel
Lesson 2 – Holiday
Lesson 3 – Languages
Lesson 4 – Travel Plan
Lesson 5 – Compare
Lesson 6 – Difference
Lesson 7 – Sick Leave
Lesson 8 – Describing People
Lesson 9 – Introducing People
Lesson 10 – My Story
Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson
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Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes
Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 compound Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, daily routines, and hobbies etc. Our key grammar points covered include all forms of verb aspects, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要,会,能,and multiple use of the modal particle 了。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Past Travel
Lesson 2 – Holiday
Lesson 3 – Languages
Lesson 4 – Travel Plan
Lesson 5 – Compare
Lesson 6 – Difference
Lesson 7 – Sick Leave
Lesson 8 – Describing
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Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 compound Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, daily routines, and hobbies etc. Our key grammar points covered include all forms of verb aspects, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要,会,能,and multiple use of the modal particle 了。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Past Travel
Lesson 2 – Holiday
Lesson 3 – Languages
Lesson 4 – Travel Plan
Lesson 5 – Compare
Lesson 6 – Difference
Lesson 7 – Sick Leave
Lesson 8 – Describing People
Lesson 9 – Introducing People
Lesson 10 – My Story
Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
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Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes
Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson
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Your first step to speak Chinese
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Greeting
Lesson 2 – Nationality
Lesson 3 – Numbers
Lesson 4 – Family
Lesson 5 – Job
Lesson 6 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 7 – Birthday
Lesson 8 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 9 – Likes and Dislikes
Lesson 10 – Self Introduction
For Novice Beginner, we have new classes starting every month.
For higher levels, you can join an ongoing class during its term time, you will only need to pay for the remaining lessons of the term.
We don’t accept pay-as-you-go. Joining a new class requires full upfront payment. Our classes are first-come-first-serve, you won’t be able to book sold-out classes online. Contact us to ask for advice.
A group class trial lesson is to try out a lesson with our ongoing classes, it is priced at £30.
For your peace of mind, we provide a Satisfaction Guarantee, ensuring the quality of our lessons.
Our Chinese lessons in London typically have 4-8 students, offering an optimal amount of speaking practice time. The group dynamic ensures great interactions and a fun learning experience for all.
native Chinese Teachers
Full Learning Support
Rest assured, our full-time learning support team and dedicated teachers are here to support you not only during class but throughout your entire learning journey. Should you need make-up lessons or private catch-up sessions, we are committed to being there for you every step of the way!
Best Chinese Lessons in London
Graduation Certificates
Join us in celebrating your learning success! Upon completing the course, you’ll be awarded graduation certificates and treated to small presents and celebratory moments with your teacher. Your achievements truly matter to all of us!
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Free Cultural Events
Immerse yourself in our cultural events to explore the rich tapestry of Chinese traditions and customs. Connect with like-minded individuals, socialize, and create unforgettable memories together.
Relish every experience with us
I started learning Chinese with Dear Asia in 2021 and haven’t looked back since. It’s really helped me on the way to fulfilling my goal of learning a language. Every single lesson lights up the week – which is especially good because I do them on Monday! There’s a long way to go with Chinese but I’m looking forward to all of it.
Tim G.
Love their Chinese lessons. A really patient and cooperative teacher willing to guide students at any level. The classroom is very interactive and involves students reading, speaking and listening. The environment is very clean and safe—a great environment to learn a new language and be part of a new community.
Monique T.
The staff running the show are extremely efficient and responsive, very obviously listening to any concerns of the students and discussing options. In the year here, I have yet to meet a single student who was not happy to be there, and in many cases have become friends. Between the great classes and additional activities, it has been a joy to meet new people as well as learn a new language.
William A.
I have been learning in a small class held weekly online on Zoom. The teacher is brilliant and the classes are well structured with useful reference material. It’s fun and I am actually making progress! Thoroughly recommended.
Hugh F.
I have attended Dear Asia London for two terms and am very satisfied with the course quality. Lessons are well-paced and the textbook has a good range of exercises and activities to practice in and out of class.
Eric D.
I have been doing intensive weekend lessons with Dear Asia for the past 1.5 year and have been pleased with my progress. The teaching is excellent and lessons are well structured and focus on practical content. Learning resources are engaging and a variety of games are used to support with the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Charlotte L.
Why Learn Chinese with Us?
Chinese Speaking Class
Small Group Class
Our Chinese lessons in London typically have 4-8 students, offering an optimal amount of speaking practice time. The group dynamic ensures great interactions and a fun learning experience for all.
native Chinese Teachers
Full Learning Support
Rest assured, our full-time learning support team and dedicated teachers are here to support you not only during class but throughout your entire learning journey. Should you need make-up lessons or private catch-up sessions, we are committed to being there for you every step of the way!
Best Chinese Lessons in London
Graduation Certificates
Join us in celebrating your learning success! Upon completing the course, you’ll be awarded graduation certificates and treated to small presents and celebratory moments with your teacher. Your achievements truly matter to all of us!
Learn Chinese Cultures
Free Cultural Events
Immerse yourself in our cultural events to explore the rich tapestry of Chinese traditions and customs. Connect with like-minded individuals, socialize, and create unforgettable memories together.
Relish every experience with us
I started learning Chinese with Dear Asia in 2021 and haven’t looked back since. It’s really helped me on the way to fulfilling my goal of learning a language. Every single lesson lights up the week – which is especially good because I do them on Monday! There’s a long way to go with Chinese but I’m looking forward to all of it.
Tim G.
Love their Chinese lessons. A really patient and cooperative teacher willing to guide students at any level. The classroom is very interactive and involves students reading, speaking and listening. The environment is very clean and safe—a great environment to learn a new language and be part of a new community.
Monique T.
The staff running the show are extremely efficient and responsive, very obviously listening to any concerns of the students and discussing options. In the year here, I have yet to meet a single student who was not happy to be there, and in many cases have become friends. Between the great classes and additional activities, it has been a joy to meet new people as well as learn a new language.
William A.
I have been learning in a small class held weekly online on Zoom. The teacher is brilliant and the classes are well structured with useful reference material. It’s fun and I am actually making progress! Thoroughly recommended.
Hugh F.
I have attended Dear Asia London for two terms and am very satisfied with the course quality. Lessons are well-paced and the textbook has a good range of exercises and activities to practice in and out of class.
Eric D.
I have been doing intensive weekend lessons with Dear Asia for the past 1.5 year and have been pleased with my progress. The teaching is excellent and lessons are well structured and focus on practical content. Learning resources are engaging and a variety of games are used to support with the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Charlotte L.
Our Chinese Course Levels & Curriculum
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Quick placement test
Take a quick 10 mins test, we will contact you within the next working day to place you in a suitable class.
Our Chinese Beginner 1 Course is designed for beginners with zero or little Chinese learning. Students will start with intensive Pinyin (phonetic system) pronunciation training to build the foundation for any further learning. 50 essential Hani (written system) and its history will also be introduced in this course. There is a strong focus in conversation practise in each of our lessons.
Our topics in this course include greetings, self-introduction, numbers, countries, job, daily activities, like and dislike. Our key grammar points covered include basic sentence structures, basic question forms, 是 , 有 and 在 sentences, basic use of adjectives and adverbs.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 2.
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 100 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 single component Hanzi and its use to create new Hanzi and words will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions including 怎么,怎么样,how to indicate directions and locations, and two forms of verb aspects (past and progressive).
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 200 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 50 compound Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about your daily life, work, habits, daily routines, and hobbies etc. Our key grammar points covered include all forms of verb aspects, how to make comparison using 比and 没有, multiple use of modal verbs like 要,会,能,and multiple use of the modal particle 了。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 1.
There are 3 courses in this Beginner level, in total 30 lesson (60 course hours plus 60 homework hours). Our students will be using our own coursebooks called Mandarin World Level 1 Book A/B/C. In these books, each lesson comes with tutorial, story time, new vocabularies, CQ boost, Vocab workshop, Grammar workshop, Assessment, Fluency practise, and answer keys. There is also a graduation test, and illustrated vocabulary clusters at the back of the book. Last but not least, each lesson also comes with a 15mins Review Podcasts available for students to download and listen to after lessons.
As a Beginner graduate, you should be able to speak with natural pronunciation. in conversations, you can talk about your daily life, sharing your experiences, plans and preferences. You can even use Pinyin to type Hanzi on your phone or computer, and have built a foundation for further Hanzi learning.
If you are not sure which Beginner course to take, take a placement test below, or contact us.
If you wish to take Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi 汉语水平考试 a.k.a. HSK Level 1 at the end of your Beginner level learning, consult our teachers for personal advice.
Level 2 Chinese Elementary Courses
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 1 learning or are able to do the below:
can pronounce Pinyin confidently
has knowledge of basic Hanzi
ideally has knowledge of 300 or more vocabularies.
can conduct a good basic conversation, give self introduction and have good understanding of verb aspects
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include the concept of verb complements, and extensive use of result complements; how to modify nouns using 的; how to tell distance using 离; a few ways to say rough numbers using 多,几,左, how to connect sentences etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 2.
Our Chinese Elementary 2 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can organise language to respond to some contexts while travelling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 400+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your travel planning, buying tickets, hotel check-in, asking for directions etc.
Our key grammar points covered include basic use of direction complement using 来 and 去; verb complement of degree using ; the concept of separable verbs; how to compare actions; the use of prepositions like 对 and conjunction pairs like 不但…而且…
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 3.
Our Chinese Elementary 3 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Elementary 4.
Our Chinese Elementary 3
4 Course is designed for students who are exposed to more and more natural Chinese conversations, who can carry a survival level of conversation while traveling in China, who ideally has knowledge of 500+ words.
In this course, students will continue to learn with Pinyin but ideally can start to pick up the essential Hanzi introduced in the previous courses. In each of our Elementary course, 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about your personalities and characters, house deco, use of tech in our lives, how to improve Chinese learning etc.
Our key grammar points covered include use of degree complements in common contexts, adjective and verb duplicating, summery of direction and location, summery of number expressions, frequency adverbs, degree adverbs and the tricky tone adverbs like就.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 1.
There are 4 courses in this Elementary level, in total 40 lesson (80 course hours plus 80 homework hours ). Our students will be using our own coursebooks called Mandarin World Level 2 Book A/B. In these books, each lesson comes with tutorial, story time, new vocabularies, CQ boost, Vocab workshop, Grammar workshop, Assessment, Fluency practise, and answer keys. There is also a graduation test, and illustrated vocabulary clusters at the back of the book. Last but not least, each lesson also comes with a 15mins Review Podcasts available for students to download and listen to after lessons.
As a Elementary graduate, you should be able to start using Chinese specific grammars like verb aspects and verb complements with good understand. You should be able to respond or ask for information to a native Chinese speaker under daily contexts or during travelling in China. You should also have built up knowledge of 100-300 Hanzi.
If you are not sure which Elementary course to take, take a placement test below, or contact us.
If you wish to take Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi 汉语水平考试 a.k.a. HSK Level 2 at the end of your Elementary level learning, consult our teachers for personal advice.
Level 3 Chinese Intermediate Courses
Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has finished Elementary Level 2 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 600 or more vocabularies.
Ideally has knowledge of 150-300 Hanzi
can hold a conversation with a native Chinese speaker about common daily topics for 5 minutes
have knowledge of important grammatical structures like verb complements of result, degree and direction
In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about asking for favour, provide solutions to issues, getting sick and seeing a doctor etc.
The key grammar points in this course include conditional sentences using 如果,…的话, gradual changes using 越,accompanied actions, and contextual uses of tone adverbs like 才 and 就。
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 2.
Our Chinese Intermediate 1 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 600 or more words, who ideally has knowledge of 100-300 Hanzi.
In this course, students will continue to learn with the assistance of Pinyin, but will start to practise reading Hanzi in the texts. Another 50 Hanzi will be introduced along with the best ways to memorize them. Our lessons maintain strong focus on conversational skills training talking about hometown, festival celebrations, online shopping and studying abroad etc.
The key grammar points in this course include adjective complement using得, asking about frequency, describing things about to happen, or things happening in sequence using 先,在,然后, numbers and percentages, more use of 就 in conditional sentences.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 3.
Our Chinese Intermediate 3 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points covered in this course include review of verb complement of result, and direction; introduction of complement of possibility; rhetorical questions; flexible use of interrogative pronouns etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Intermediate 4.
Our Chinese Intermediate 4 course is designed for students who has knowledge of 800 or more words, who ideally has put in effort to learn all of the Hanzi prescribed in all of our previous courses (400 Hanzi in total), therefore, who can read 200+ Hanzi without Pinyin.
In this course, students will start to read small texts without Pinyin. No new Hanzi will be introduced, instead, consolidating and reading practise will be in focus. For conversational practise, we will move away from text reading to real life stories. Each lesson, we will practise story telling with an interesting subject. Students will watch a story told by a native speaker and follow the example to tell their own stories.
Key grammar points in this course include comparative use of tone adverbs like 才 and 就,or 又 and 再, further use of direction complements, the key structure of 把 and 被 sentences.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Upper Intermediate 1.
There are 4 courses in this Intermediate level, in total 40 lesson (80 course hours and 80 homework hours). Our students will be using Mandarin World Level 2 Book C & HSK Standard Course 3, along with our own learning resources.
As a Intermediate graduate, you should be able to further develop your communication skills, respond or ask for information with a native Chinese speaker under various daily contexts. You should also have good command of grammar to narrate a past event, other people’s stories, current status and future plans.
If you are not sure which Intermediate course to take, take a placement test below, or contact us.
If you wish to take Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi 汉语水平考试 a.k.a. HSK Level 3 at the end of your Intermediate level learning, consult our teachers for personal advice.
Level 4 Chinese Upper intermediate Courses
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 1 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 800 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 200-400 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 爱情,友谊,工作,赚钱,购物。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 300-500 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 消费,身体健康,精神健康,成功,幸福。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 3 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 500-700 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 阅读,生活中的创意,世界文化,环境保护,教育。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 2 Course is designed for students who has finished Level 3 learning or are able to do the below:
can speak Chinese with natural pronunciation
ideally has knowledge of 1000 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 700-800 Hanzi without Pinyin
can hold a conversation or talk about an event with ease
have good foundation of all important grammatical structures like verb aspect, verb complements, use of modifiers and adverbs, special sentences like 是…的,把,被, and the colloquial nature of topic comment in Chinese.
This course will focus on vocabulary building on a range of topics that are closed to daily life, at the same time the questions asked are more abstract or detailed, so as to practise speaking with organised thoughts, with specific vocabularies. The 5 headline topics in this course are 改变,自然环境,科技,生活常识,世界旅行。Students will practise their listening skills by listening to native speakers on video answering various related questions in unfiltered language, then students will follow suite to practise answering these questions with their own options and stories.
There are 4 courses at this level, in total 40 lesson (80 course hours plus 80 homework hours). Our students will be using HSK Standard Course 4, along with our own learning resources.
Many students at this level would experience what most language learners experience – the Intermediate Plateau, ie. you are not a Beginner any more, you’ve invested a lot of time and effort to learn how the language works, yet your fluency skills are somewhere far from a native speaker. That’s why in any of our Intermediate and above courses, we will focus on helping our students over this intermediate plateau by incorporating a lot of real life material and a lot of conversational practise.
As an Upper-Intermediate graduate, you should be able to achieve an independent speaker skills, ie. you can discuss a broad range of topics all in Chinese, you have the language skills to express your ideas even sometimes without knowing the specific words, you can continuously engage in a conversation with a native speaker without the use of English.
We recommend new students to always start from lower levels of the courses, or to pick a class where your level is most aligned with the classmates.
If you wish to take Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi 汉语水平考试 a.k.a. HSK Level 4 at the end of your Level 4 learning, consult our teachers for personal advice.
Level 5 Chinese Pre-Advanced Courses
Our Chinese Pre-Advanced HSK5 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 4 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 1500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 800-1200 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 6 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
了解生活
谈古说今
请听故事
走近科学
放眼世界
修养身心
交流文化
体会教育
感受人生
关注经济
观察社会
亲近自然
The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve further speaking fluency discussing social issues or current affairs in depth, to understand videos and films in Chinese, to navigate a Chinese website, and to read authentic Chinese writings.
You can join a HSK5 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
If you wish to take Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi 汉语水平考试 a.k.a. HSK Level 5 at the end of your HSK 5 level learning, consult our teachers for personal advice.
Level 6 Chinese Advanced Courses
Our Chinese Advanced HSK6 Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 5 learning or are able to do the below:
have independent speaker fluency
ideally has knowledge of 2500 or more vocabularies.
Ideally can read 1500-2000 Hanzi without Pinyin
There are 8 courses in this level. The topics covered in this course are relevant to current affairs, and traditional Chinese culture, history, and literature. Here are the headline topics:
生活点滴
不甘平庸
多彩社会
走遍天下
美丽家园
趣味世界
经典阅读
人体探秘
古今博览
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The learning results of our courses would be for students to achieve excellent speaking fluency discussing current affairs, social issues and history events in depth and in details, to understand videos and news in Chinese, to achieve further reading skills of authentic Chinese writings, magazines, website and newspaper articles.
You can join a HSK6 course from any term, as the topics in each unit are not connected. If you are unsure which term to join, please make sure you book a trial lesson before signing up.
If you wish to take Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi 汉语水平考试 a.k.a. HSK Level 6 at the end of your HSK6 level learning, consult our teachers for personal advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
We help hundreds of students in the UK (mostly London) each year to learn Chinese! We do know what you are looking for, and how to help you achieve your learning goal. Can’t find the answers, contact us anytime.
Chinese is a general term, including Mandarin, Cantonese and other dialects. Mandarin is considered standard Chinese. It’s the official language of China, Taiwan and Singapore. The majority of Chinese people speak Mandarin, that’s why when people talk about Chinese, they’re usually referring to Mandarin. In Dear Asia, We teach Mandarin aka the standard Chinese language. and We have designed our own textbook and learning materials to assist your study.
I would say “yes” and “no”.
Pinyin is the short form for Hanyu pinyin. Pinyin is a way to represent Chinese pronunciation with the Roman alphabet. It’s a very useful tool for learning Chinese. At Dear Asia, our Beginner and Elementary courses are mostly Pinyin based, with 10% learning hours on Hanzi.
For complete beginner, we will thoroughly teach you pinyin and tones. We designed our own Pinyin course book and podcasts to help you sounds like a native speaker.
Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters used in mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese remains in common use in Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong.
The curriculum we provide, including the vocabulary and grammar are all In accordance with the HSK test. The teachers are also willing to provide extra help before your test. We can send you instructions and learning material to prepare you for your test. You can also book a private lesson with us before your HSK speaking test.
Our Group Classes
We provide both in-person and online group classes on Weekday evenings, and on Saturdays.
Group classes are one of our most popular classes. If you are quite busy during weekdays, Saturday classes might be a good option for you.
Of course, you are very welcome! For beginner courses, you can Have a trial lesson before signing up for the full course. For higher-level courses, we offer a half-priced trial lesson, where you can gauge your level. Afterwards, if you think the level is right, you can stay in the course. If not, you can change to a more suitable course.
Our teachers are all Chinese native speakers and have at least two years of teaching experiences before joining our team, so we have made sure that you are in good hands. Besides that, the teachers also hold an M.As or PHDs in education or related Area of study, such as translation or linguistics.
As we mentioned, all our students have busy schedules. We totally understand. In Dear Asia, we provide two free make-up lessons each term for you. You can join the different groups to cover the lessons you miss. Alternatively, you can also book a private online lesson with us. At our school, students’ learning is our priority.
Of course, you are very welcomed! For beginner courses, you can take one of our monthly demo lessons before signing for a course. For higher-level courses, we offer free trial lesson to one class, where you can benchmark your level with the class. If the class does not suit, we can place you into a different one with the cost of a lesson.
Private tutoring
We have both in-person and online lessons for private tutoring students. You can choose which one suits you better. For in-person class, you can come to our school, or our teacher can travel to your place for the class (within zone 1).
According to our previous experiences, private lessons are for students who have a very busy schedule and would like to have more flexibility for their Chinese lesson.
students who need to move to China/Taiwan or Singapore soon
students who have a very busy schedule, or would like to have lesson in the morning
students who want to have customised learning content
Yes, that’s actually something we would recommend you to do. During the trial lesson, our teacher can assess your level, listen to your learning objectives and preference, design a learning plan for you. What’s better, our trial lesson is offered at half priced, and it’s carried out online.