You and your group can be trained by our native speaker qualified Chinese teachers, and can meet at your place of work or home at a time convenient to you. Tutorials can take place any day of the week, including weekends, and can be scheduled for the morning, afternoon or evening. If your home or office is not suitable for you, you can attend the lesson at the teacher's offices. You will be provided with all relevant lesson materials.
These Chinese lessons are more general in nature and are targeted at students with a whole range of different needs. While all beginners level students can expect to cover Survival Chinese - required for short visits to a country where English may not be spoken and/or the intention is to make good contacts with the local population, students then generally progress in different directions depending on their needs. Typical students include those buying property overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people about to set off on that long-awaited world trip, Chinese culture enthusiasts and those who are keen to pass a particular Chinese examination.
These Chinese Lessons are intended for people who really need to learn Chinese to help make that difference in their work. For beginners, it will be useful to learn greetings and basic business etiquette, at higher levels reading and then writing become more important. Typical students include those involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where an additional language is required, and those working with international colleagues, academia and government. Even on our most basic lesson for Beginners, students should expect to end the lesson with basic Telephone Chinese and e-mail Chinese skills for communications as well as Survival Chinese required for short visits to a country.
Those wishing to learn Chinese in groups of 2 or more together (Two-to-One Chinese Lessons or Small Group In-Company Chinese Lessons) can sign up for our group classes. All students must be at nearly the same level of Chinese proficiency, must have the same needs from the language, and must be able to study at the same time and place as the others. Bookings must be made for all students simultaneously. Listen & Learn do not propose group sizes or more than 6-8 people, but In-Company Taster Chinese Lessons can occur with up to 12 people.
Just under 900 million people speak Chinese Mandarin as their first language, and another 180 million can speak it as their second tongue - that's over a billion speakers worldwide
Standard Chinese, or Standard Mandarin, is the national language of the People's Republic of China, Singapore and Taiwan
Schools and the media in China and Taiwan all use Standard Mandarin, emphasizing its importance and spreading its popularity
Abbotsford
A city of unparalleled natural beauty, Abbotsford sits on the United States/Canada border and is surrounded by lush green hills and gorgeous mountain ranges. The city is the fifth largest in British Columbia and the 37th largest municipality in all of Canada, with a population of almost 150,000 people. Abbotsford shares a border with Washington State, meaning that international commerce is the order of the day in this growing city. Individuals who live and work in Abbotsford understand that they live in a global economy, and as such, are urged to learn more than one language. Spanish, Russian and French are three of the most popular second languages studied by the residents of this unforgettable locale. Adding to the lingual mix are some of the largest South Asian, German and Dutch populations of any major metropolitan area in Canada.