Our native-speaking qualified Chinese teachers can guide you and your group at your work or at home, at a time convenient to you. Classes can take place on any day of the week - even weekends - morning, afternoon or evening. If needs be, if meeting at your office or home is not suitable, you can take your lessons at the trainer's office. Study materials are supplied for you.
Chinese courses of this type are broader and are aimed towards students with a variety of requirements. While all beginner level students will cover survival Chinese - needed for short visits to countries where English isn't widely spoken, or if you wish to 'go local'; those studying Chinese usually go in different directions at this point, depending on what they need. Those who have benefitted from these Chinese classes have been those investing in or buying property overseas, those married to overseas nationals, people setting off on a round-the-world trip, enthusiasts in Chinese culture, and those enthusiastic to pass a specific exam in Chinese.
These courses in Chinese are meant for those that feel that learning Chinese would make a change in their work. For starters, it is expedient to learn how to say hello/goodbye, as well as basic business protocol; once the basics have been mastered, reading and writing come to the fore. Students who have greatly benefitted have been involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where another language is required, and those working in the international academia and government circuits. Even on our most fundamental beginner's course, students can anticipate ending the course with basic telephone Chinese and e-mail Chinese skills for communicating, as well as survival Chinese if a short visit to the country is needed.
Courses in Chinese are also accessible for 2 or more studying in tandem (Two-to-One Chinese Course or Small Group In-Company Chinese Course). All those involved must have around the same experience of the language, similar needs of areas of proficiency, and must be able to work at the same time and place. Bookings must be made for all students at the same time. Listen & Learn do not advise classes of more than 6-8 people, although In-Company Taster Chinese sessions can be run with as many as 12 people.
Schools and the media in China and Taiwan all use Standard Mandarin, emphasizing its importance and spreading its popularity
Non-Mandarin dialects are not allowed in Singaporean media, as part of a national "Speak Mandarin" campaign, encouraging people to learn and use the language
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
San Antonio
While San Antonio is number two in terms of size in the state of Texas, it's number one for the possibility to launch your studies of another language. San Antonio offers it all to the language learner with comprehensive classes available in almost all world languages. Particularly attractive is the chance to study Spanish in San Antonio. There are some important factors that create this opportunity. Firstly, there is the southern state of Texas' proximity to Mexico, and then the high proportion of people with Hispanic origins. There are also the close ties between San Antonio and its sister cities Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain, and Guadalajara and Monterrey in Mexico. Finding an experienced teacher working in their primary language is simple in San Antonio.
