Conversational Chinese Course in Singapore

Conversational mandarin is being able to listen, read and speak the Chinese language. It includes proper pronunciation, using the right personal pronouns and having the right intonations.

With China’s booming economy, it’s about time we learn Chinese and keep up, before we’re left out. And the first step is to learn conversational Chinese. We’re seeing more communications with Chinese counterparts in the business world and it’s only a matter of time before Mandarin is a key language in our children’s generation.

Learning Objectives

The goal of this conversational mandarin course is to equip you with the skills to converse in fluent mandarin. That means fulfilling the basic needs of communication in daily lives, including the ability to speak Chinese in both working environments as well as social activities. 

And the main focus is to get you speaking Chinese with confidence as quickly as possible.

Why should I learn with Linda Mandarin?

We start with the essentials. No tedious theory, no confusing phrases. We’ll set the foundation right with skills you can use from day one.

Learn Mandarin on easy-mode

• Effective learning tools – Video Lessons & Audio files have proven to yield a much better results when students review these before and after class.
• Double learning support – Other than a course book, an electronic copy of the workbook will be provided to have more practice.

Professional guidance with patience

• Native Chinese speaking teachers – Your teachers are graduates from top university degree programs with Certificates in Applied Mandarin Linguistics.
• Bilingual speaking teachers – Need help understanding or have a question you need to ask? Your teacher can speak English too. We told you we’ll make it easy!

Simplified yet comprehensive curriculum

• Interactive learning – You’ll have role-play opportunities to practice forming sentences and having actual conversations in everyday situations
• A lesson for each of the basics – We’ll cover reading characters, how to pronounce correctly, vocabulary and more. You’ll be able to answer basic questions in Mandarin within days.

Course Levels

Beginner Level

This course is intended for total beginners. After the course, the learner will have a command of about 500 characters. The course includes over 1,000 commonly used sentences and phrases, which will enable the learner to converse comfortably in daily communications. Each level consists of 20 hours / 10 lessons classroom learning.

Beginner 1 – Introducing oneself and others, greetings, exchanging name cards, polite phrases, receiving a guest, country and nationalities, addressing people, occupations and job titles, hobbies, likes and dislikes, family members and personal information, numbers, telephone numbers, days and dates, making a schedule, furniture and locations, colours and clothes. (250 Chinese new words)

Beginner 2 – Food and drinks, ordering food and drinks, bargaining language, money, currency exchange, public facilities, asking for help, asking for directions, means of transportation, daily activities, time and period of the day, making a schedule, making an appointment, asking for permission, body parts and description of one’s appearance, weather and climate, sickness and seeing a doctor (250 Chinese new words)

Intermediate Level

Intermediate level learners will be able to utilize and maximize their vocabulary and structure with our proven methodology. These levels will enhance their ability to communicate in the daily conversation and business situations more formally.

Linda Mandarin has its own effective and creative system of character teaching which will help you go further on the way of Chinese learning. Each level consists of 40 hours / 20 lessons of classroom learning.

 Lower Intermediate – Travelling, business trips, hotel check-in, airport check-in, boarding a plane, Chinese dishes, toasting, asking for advice and permission, starting a conversation, brief introduction of a company, paying a visit, Chinese learning experience.

Speech and presentation, making comments, awarding a prize, custom, and habit, job interview, work experience, organizational structure, giving a gift, renting an apartment, planning, and budget. (600 Chinese new words)

Upper Intermediate – Traffic in China, polite request, marketing positioning, marketing strategies, sports, Interview, Family structure, Mood and Emotion, Occupation.

 Chinese traditional philosophy, emailing, advertisement, slow-paced life, company departments, geography, green life, product presentation. (800 Chinese new words)

Advanced Level

The Advance Levels best suits business individuals, corporations and language lovers who are willing to master Chinese business skills, knowledge, communication skills and Chinese customs. Levels are also designed to gain a vast knowledge of China’s emerging market and business culture.

This level also aims to increase their frequency of terminology and how to use them spontaneously with good grammatical control.

Conversational Advanced Level is on Chinese culture and modern China situations while Business Mandarin Training or HSK exam preparation can be tailor-made to clients special needs. Refer to our Business Mandarin Page for more information.

Course Overview

Here’s what we’ll cover in the conversational mandarin course:

1. Pinyin is introduced to the learners from the very beginning of each coursex. The accuracy of pronunciation is developed with the communication skills all through the courses.
2. Chinese characters are taught according to the character formation system. Once the learners have a good grasp of radicals and simple characters, they will be able to analyze most of the compound characters they encounter and to memorize new characters in a logical way.
3. Listening and speaking are practised in situations with the demonstration of the trainers with various ways of a classroom setting and real-world activities (eg. when you order food)
4. Reading and writing skills are developed through regular reading of simple passages to suit learner’s proficiency level. Steadily, they will develop these skills and confidence.
5. Grammar and Structure will be introduced into the lessons by oral rehearsal.

Conversational Chinese Course Design

Our Chinese lessons have been designed to enhance daily conversational skills on top of practical vocabulary knowledge through a simple role-play teaching method. While you might encounter a word or a phrase that’s particularly challenging to pronounce, don’t give up!

Through regular practice and scenarios learning, you will soon realise in your ability to recognize the sounds of Mandarin before producing them naturally. As your skills develop, you will unknowingly begin to converse more effectively in the various daily conversations.

We use the syllabus from Hanban, a Public institute affiliated to China Ministry of Education.

Browse our list of Conversational Chinese courses below, available in Elementary and Intermediate levels, and understand more about our Chinese lessons and teaching methodology.

Here are some photos of our office training room set-up.

Our Conversational Private Mandarin Class fee is $1,780 for 1 pax with a material fee of $50/pax for course book & workbook + audio files + recorded mandarin videos and tailor-made syllabus.

Our Conversational Group Mandarin Class fee is $550 for 1 pax with a material fee of $50/pax for course book & workbook + audio files + recorded mandarin videos.

A one-time Registration fee of $50 is applicable per student.

It’s Proven to have great results using our Mandarin video lessons before class and after class.

Free Mandarin trial video will be available upon request. Contact us now!