Mandarin Zone School

We spent two weeks with Mandarin Zone in April 2025.

My three children, aged 10, 12, and 15, have basic Chinese proficiency and shared two tutors between them. They spent mornings having individual tuition. In the afternoons, we had either visits to significant places with a tutor explaining to us (with the option to speak and listen in Mandarin) or fun activities like mahjong and moon cake making.
I had a couple of one-on-one tuition sessions as well.

My mother joined us for some of the afternoon excursions, and the Mandarin Zone was very good at adjusting for her needs. Margaret was excellent at assessing our needs and developing a programme for us. The tutors were fun and the children really enjoyed learning with them. Dennis was incredibly responsive and patient in answering our numerous questions when we were organising this trip.

We live in Australia, and he suggested accommodation options as well. While in Beijing, Margaret and Dennis continued to be incredibly helpful and accommodating to our needs and were very kind to us. They were generous in sharing their knowledge of Beijing and of China.

We all had a wonderful experience, and the children surprised themselves at how much they enjoyed their time building upon their Chinese.

Thank you, Margaret, Dennis, and our tutors at Mandarin Zone! We would love to come back!

I came in as an intermediate level student and the teachers matched me with other students at the same level. I really enjoyed learning together with them in a small group setting. (We were usually 2-3 students in the group.) The teacher we had is very experienced and she knows exactly how to encourage each student. She would always give the right tips at the right times so that we didn’t get discouraged in our learning but were able to keep moving forward.

Mandarin Zone was a natural choice for me for several reasons:
- Reasonable pricing
- Super convenient location just off the Tuanjiehu subway station
- I felt that my level was accurately assessed when I first joined. And indeed the classes have provided just the right amount of challenge.

The building where the school is in is just recently renovated, which means nice and clean facilities- something you can’t always take for granted in China, so that’s another plus.

Louise, Norway 🇳🇴

For three months I visited weekly on-site Mandarin group classes taught by Wanda Wan. I was really happy about those classes.

For over 20 years, I have been studying languages with different teachers. Ms Wang was arguably among the top 3 teachers who ever taught me. Her teaching method is as simple as it is effective and her explanations were always concise and relevant. She knows exactly what you have to know and what you do not have to know to effectively learn Mandarin.
Thanks to Ms Wang I felt like I got the maximum out of the time I invested in studying Mandarin.

Moreover, the prices for group lessons at Mandarin Zone are cheaper than those that other language schools in Beijing ask for.

If you are in Beijing and want to learn Mandarin join Mandarine Zone School.

I’ve joined the HSK2 group and finished at HSK4-5 group after 8 months studying.

The school helped a lot to learn a lot of new words, practice speaking and learn Chinese characters. And also to get new friends from other countries

The location of school is very easy to get — in the center of Beijing, near metro (2 min walking) and close to SanLiTun area.

Teachers are very polite, friendly and suggest great books for learning language

School’s main focus is to give you the knowledge — that’s very valuable and what exactly I was looking for.

School provide free water , coffee for you if needed. You also can bring your own food to have a short snack break

I recently took an intensive Chinese language course at Mandarin Zone. I enjoyed it a lot and plan to continue studying there in the future. It gave me confidence in studying Chinese and I found the teacher very helpful and informative. Although it was a beginner course I found I had little trouble in keeping up. Of course, my level may have been a bit high for that level but I think it is a good idea to learn some basic vocabulary before studying a language. I look forward to studying there again.