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 Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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 Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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. | cnelementary2607 | March 3, 2026 toMay 19, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 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 Show more (+) 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. | cnupper-intermediate2606 | March 4, 2026 toMay 6, 2026 12 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 am - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
 Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2603 | March 7, 2026 toApril 11, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 Our Chinese Beginner 4 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. A total of 25 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 your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, 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 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 4 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. A total of 25 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 your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, 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 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Travel plan
Lesson 3 – Comparison
Lesson 4 – Difference
Lesson 5 – Sick leave
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Describing people
Lesson 8 – Continuous aspect
Lesson 9 – My story
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerfour2603 | March 7, 2026 toApril 11, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £300 Textbook exclusive | |
 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson Show more (+) 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson 9 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 10 – End-term review | cnbeginner2606 | March 10, 2026 toMay 12, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £310 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2606 | April 8, 2026 toJune 10, 2026 10 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 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 Show more (+) 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. | cnadvanced2611 | April 11, 2026 toMay 16, 2026 6 Weeks | Saturday 10:30 am - 2:30 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2609 | April 11, 2026 toMay 9, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 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 Show more (+) 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.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise
Lesson 2 – Must try in Shanghai
Lesson 3 – Discount, please?
Lesson 4 – Let’s take a taxi to go there.
Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise
Lesson 6 – Life in Shanghai
Lesson 7 – You speak Chinese so well!
Lesson 8 – Early to bed, early to rise
Lesson 9 – My life in London
Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations | cnelementary2601 | April 11, 2026 toMay 9, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £300 Textbook exclusive | |
 Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson 5 – Confident banter
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Past travel
Lesson 8 – Holiday
Lesson 9 – Languages
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerthree2605 | April 13, 2026 toJune 29, 2026 10 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
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 Show more (+) 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.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise
Lesson 2 – Must try in Shanghai
Lesson 3 – Discount, please?
Lesson 4 – Let’s take a taxi to go there.
Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise
Lesson 6 – Life in Shanghai
Lesson 7 – You speak Chinese so well!
Lesson 8 – Early to bed, early to rise
Lesson 9 – My life in London
Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations | cnelementary2608 | April 13, 2026 toJune 29, 2026 10 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £300 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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 Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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. | cnelementary2609 | April 14, 2026 toJune 16, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 4 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. A total of 25 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 your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, 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 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 4 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. A total of 25 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 your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, 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 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Travel plan
Lesson 3 – Comparison
Lesson 4 – Difference
Lesson 5 – Sick leave
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Describing people
Lesson 8 – Continuous aspect
Lesson 9 – My story
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerfour2605 | April 14, 2026 toJune 16, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £300 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson 5 – Confident banter
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Past travel
Lesson 8 – Holiday
Lesson 9 – Languages
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerthree2606 | April 14, 2026 toJune 16, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson Show more (+) 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson 9 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 10 – End-term review | cnbeginner2609 | April 15, 2026 toJune 17, 2026 10 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £310 Textbook inclusive | |
 Our Advanced Business course is designed with 6 modules which reflects our students’ learning interest. Each of the modules has 8 topics, where key vocabularies are outlined for study, in the form of news articles or case studies. Most of these case studies will be from China, for example, you might learn about the Chinese government structure, stories of the business tycoons and their companies in China, booming sector and innovative startups, or the stock market and property market.
For learning material, we curate one article each topic with outlined vocabularies. Additionally, each lesson should include 0.5 hour to 1 hour learning time for current affairs discussion. The source is commonly financial times 中文网。The ability to engage in conversations about current affairs with the right vocabularies is a step up from being comfortably fluent, it’s also a crucial step to achieve working proficiency in Chinese.
To join this level, you should have Show more (+) Our Advanced Business course is designed with 6 modules which reflects our students’ learning interest. Each of the modules has 8 topics, where key vocabularies are outlined for study, in the form of news articles or case studies. Most of these case studies will be from China, for example, you might learn about the Chinese government structure, stories of the business tycoons and their companies in China, booming sector and innovative startups, or the stock market and property market.
For learning material, we curate one article each topic with outlined vocabularies. Additionally, each lesson should include 0.5 hour to 1 hour learning time for current affairs discussion. The source is commonly financial times 中文网。The ability to engage in conversations about current affairs with the right vocabularies is a step up from being comfortably fluent, it’s also a crucial step to achieve working proficiency in Chinese.
To join this level, you should have / be able to:
Vocabularies:
2000 Words and more
Language Command:
Can read Pinyin & 800+ characters
Can conduct a proper conversation with a native speaker
Can read and understand some Chinese news
Can do information research on Chinese content
| cnbusiness2602 | April 16, 2026 toJune 4, 2026 8 Weeks | Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Online Zoom | £360 Textbook exclusive | |
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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson Show more (+) 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson 9 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 10 – End-term review | cnbeginner2610 | April 18, 2026 toMay 16, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £310 Textbook inclusive | |
 Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 1&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 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 Show more (+) Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 1&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 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. | cnupperintermediate2607 | April 21, 2026 toJuly 7, 2026 12 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 am - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
 Our Chinese Intermediate 2 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，再，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. | cnintermediate2605 | April 22, 2026 toJune 24, 2026 10 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £340 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2608 | April 23, 2026 toJune 25, 2026 10 Weeks | Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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 Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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. | cnelementary2610 | April 25, 2026 toMay 23, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson 5 – Confident banter
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Past travel
Lesson 8 – Holiday
Lesson 9 – Languages
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerthree2603 | April 25, 2026 toMay 23, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 4 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 Show more (+) Our Chinese Upper-Intermediate 4 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. | cnupper-intermediate2608 | April 30, 2026 toJuly 16, 2026 12 Weeks | Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
 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 Show more (+) 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. | cnadvanced2606 | May 5, 2026 toJuly 21, 2026 12 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
 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 Show more (+) 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. | cnadvanced2610 | May 6, 2026 toJuly 22, 2026 12 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson Show more (+) 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson 9 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 10 – End-term review | cnbeginner2611 | May 9, 2026 toJune 13, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £310 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2607 | May 9, 2026 toJune 6, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 Our Chinese Intermediate 3&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 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 Show more (+) Our Chinese Intermediate 3&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 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 – Upper- Intermediate. | cnintermediate2607 | May 11, 2026 toJuly 20, 2026 10 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £340 Textbook exclusive | |
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 Show more (+) 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. | cnadvanced2608 | May 11, 2026 toAugust 3, 2026 12 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
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 Show more (+) 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. | cnadvanced2607 | May 11, 2026 toAugust 3, 2026 12 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Advanced HSK7 Expert Courses are designed for students who has finished Level 1-6 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
Topics will include global and everyday life topics, namely, Technology & Society, Introducing Chinese Literature, Global Politics, Pop Culture & Censorship, Economy & Innovation.
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. | cnadvanced2609 | May 11, 2026 toAugust 3, 2026 12 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2610 | May 11, 2026 toJuly 20, 2026 10 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 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 Show more (+) 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.
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 | cnelementary2611 | May 12, 2026 toJuly 14, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £300 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Intermediate 2 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，再，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. | cnintermediate2606 | May 12, 2026 toJuly 14, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £340 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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 Show more (+) Our Chinese Elementary 1 course is designed for students who has finished Beginner Level 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. | cnelementary2612 | May 13, 2026 toJuly 15, 2026 10 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson Show more (+) 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson 9 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 10 – End-term review | cnbeginner2612 | May 14, 2026 toJuly 16, 2026 10 Weeks | Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £310 Textbook inclusive | |
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 Show more (+) 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. | cnupper-intermediate2609 | May 20, 2026 toAugust 5, 2026 12 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2611 | May 21, 2026 toJuly 23, 2026 10 Weeks | Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson 5 – Confident banter
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Past travel
Lesson 8 – Holiday
Lesson 9 – Languages
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerthree2607 | May 21, 2026 toJuly 23, 2026 10 Weeks | Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
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 Show more (+) 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.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Warm up and practise
Lesson 2 – Must try in Shanghai
Lesson 3 – Discount, please?
Lesson 4 – Let’s take a taxi to go there.
Lesson 5 – Mid term conversation practise
Lesson 6 – Life in Shanghai
Lesson 7 – You speak Chinese so well!
Lesson 8 – Early to bed, early to rise
Lesson 9 – My life in London
Lesson 10 – Total review and presentations | cnelementary2613 | May 26, 2026 toJuly 28, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £300 Textbook exclusive | |
 Chinese Upper Intermediate 3
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 Show more (+) Chinese Upper Intermediate 3
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.
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. | cnupper-intermediate2610 | May 27, 2026 toJuly 29, 2026 12 Weeks | Wednesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £380 Textbook exclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 3 course is designed for students with good Pinyin foundation, and ideally with knowledge of 150 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. A total of 25 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 your daily life, work, habits, weekend activities, holidays and travel experience etc. Our key grammar points covered include key forms of verb aspects, using 了， 过，正在; use of frequency adverbs and degree adverbs, duration of time, dos and don’ts etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 4.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Hobbies
Lesson 3 – Weekends
Lesson 4 – Phone call
Lesson 5 – Confident banter
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Past travel
Lesson 8 – Holiday
Lesson 9 – Languages
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerthree2608 | May 30, 2026 toJune 27, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
 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 Show more (+) 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 | cnelementary2605 | May 30, 2026 toJune 27, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2612 | June 2, 2026 toAugust 4, 2026 10 Weeks | Tuesday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 2 course is designed for students with Pinyin foundation already, and ideally with knowledge of 80 or more vocabularies.
In this course, students will continue to further their Pinyin training to achieve natural pronunciations and tones. Another 30 essential Hanzi and learning methods of Hanzi will be introduced in this course. In each of our lesson, the strong focus is on conversational skill training talking about lifestyle, likes and dislikes, home and neighbourhood, favourite things to do and places etc. Our key grammar points covered include complete basic sentence structure, all forms of questions asking when, where, how etc, how to indicate directions and locations, use of modal verbs, measure words etc.
If you have learnt all of these, you can consider taking the next course – Beginner 3.
Lesson Topics
Lesson 1 – Likes & dislikes
Lesson 2 – Self introduction
Lesson 3 – Daily Routine
Lesson 4 – Commute
Lesson 5 – Neighbourhood
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Directions
Lesson 8 – Meeting Friends
Lesson 9 – Eating Out
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnertwo2613 | June 6, 2026 toJuly 4, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £330 Textbook inclusive | |
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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson Show more (+) 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson 9 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 10 – End-term review | cnbeginner2613 | June 8, 2026 toAugust 10, 2026 10 Weeks | Monday 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £310 Textbook inclusive | |
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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson Show more (+) 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 – Mid-term review
Lesson 7 – Phone Numbers
Lesson 8 – Birthday
Lesson 9 – Weekly Routine
Lesson 10 – End-term review | cnbeginner2614 | June 13, 2026 toJuly 11, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £310 Textbook inclusive | |
Our Chinese Beginner 4 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. A total of 25 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 your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, 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 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Show more (+) Our Chinese Beginner 4 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. A total of 25 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 your travel plan, work schedule, describing people and telling your own story in a timeline etc. Our key grammar points covered include the continuous status using 着, 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 – Ice breaker, review and practice
Lesson 2 – Travel plan
Lesson 3 – Comparison
Lesson 4 – Difference
Lesson 5 – Sick leave
Lesson 6 – Mid course review and practice
Lesson 7 – Describing people
Lesson 8 – Continuous aspect
Lesson 9 – My story
Lesson 10 – Total review and practice | cnbeginnerfour2606 | June 27, 2026 toJuly 25, 2026 5 Weeks | Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm | In Person Aldgate | £300 Textbook exclusive |