Program Reviews

I took the opportunity this summer to start my Chinese learning journey. As I had the time in July, I signed up for the intensive course of 20h per week for one month. It was supposed to be a group class but it ended up being individual as there was no-one else with the same level. I appreciated that Silk Mandarin went ahead with the course regardless. My teacher was Christina. I felt that she was very knowledgeable on her subject and she showed great patience allowing me to practice and create rudimentary sentences with the vocabulary I was learning. As a language teacher, I also enjoyed the fact that I could ask Christina more language and grammar related questions. I highly recommend this school and this course to kickstart your learning.

After a long time living in China, I decided to start studying Chinese formally - and I'm glad i did with Silk Mandarin!

The course was exactly what i needed, and was taught excellently by Teacher Jackie in a nice small class size. The only downside was during lockdown we had to move to online classes - but even then they did their best in a tough situation!

I would definitely recommend Silk Mandarin to anyone looking to kick-start their Chinese - I have drastically improved not only my reading, writing, speaking & listening, but also my overall understanding of the culture!

I just completed 100 online classes with Teacher Christina and had an amazing experience. Each class was both very entertaining and also covered exactly the knowledge I wanted to learn. I was able to see real progress in both my spoken and written Chinese skills and was pushed out of my comfort zone in a way that still allowed me to succeed. It has been four years since I lived in China and this course was perfect for refreshing my language skills. I definitely recommend this course, school, and teacher to anyone who wants to improve their Chinese!

I normally find learning difficult, especially with self-review due to my ADHD. But Silk-Mandarin gave me wonderful one-on-one classes with a teacher who knows how to engage me and give the right materials and websites to support my weaknesses. I'm surprised how one year of learning has helped me interact more confidently with my Chinese enviroment (Jiangsu Province) and how they can adapt to my crazy-busy schedule at work. I can communicate with taxi drivers, restaurant waiters, security guards and shop-keepers, which really makes my life in China more convienent. Great company, hardly any flaws.

My previous experience was, form my side, with less commitment compare with actual situation, because i was always busy and no time to review.
After i join in Silk Mandarin , my learning method improve and my commitment became more constant.
I choose Silk Mandarin because i always heard nice things about their method and learning process.
Silk mandarin,as i mentioned before, improve my learning method and the most things i like is the way we been study and review the chapters until now.
I also found a nice and prepared teacher that always explain , following the history, the meaning of each character we are study.

Perfect place not only for learning Chinese. A great community and placeto jump straightforward into the Chinese culture and lifestyle thanks to their many extra curriculum activities and fun open days.
The classes are great, very easy to follow and understand with many interactive teacher - student activities. The school also provides with many materials to use outside class hours to review and at any moment at home on your phone or laptop.
Very reccomended =）
Sisi and Siqin, top of the best as teachers.

Teacher Christina is a great chinese teacher! Always kept a smile during our lessons and positive attitude. She is patient and funny while teaching. She helped me develop my pronunciation & intonations for HSK1,2 & 3, I also got to develop my foundation, my fluency in speaking and listening is great and my accuracy while reading has gotten way better. She would give me homework for every lessons and give me good feedback’s on them. Overall the online learning experience has been a excellent. I would highly recommend her to future students.

This course has greatly helped me in learning chinese and my two online tutors Christina and Jennie have provided ample material and homework while also helping me learn chinese greatly. They are both excellent teachers to have for an online course. They also were able to help me in learning 汉字 which is my weakest part in learning chinese given the difference of the chinese charecters and the english alphabet. They provided multiple sources of revision and methods of remembering the various differnet charecters.

The teacher is extremely qualified and explains the content in a good speed according to the student, the atmosphere is good, we have the opportunity to learn more about Chinese culture and the school team is very attentive. The teacher pays attention to details and works together with the student according to the student needs. The teacher always shows news and videos about what is happening lately. The communication between the student and the school is very smooth, all questions are answered very quick. I recommend!

As a first time language learner, I naively thought I could teach myself Mandarin using mobile apps, books, flash cards and tutors. But my progress was slow and my weakest skills were not improving. I concluded I needed help from a professional Chinese teacher. I came across Silk Mandarin and met the director, Amy. She gave me a free consultation over the phone to gauge my Mandarin level. Afterwards she assessed my strengths and weaknesses and, with great accuracy, identified the skills I had been struggling to improve. She demonstrated Silk Mandarin's slow motion technique, and then prescribed a training program to help me improve. I signed-up for a couple 1on1 demo classes, where I meet my current instructor Sisi. Sisi is a specialist at teaching foreigners Mandarin, a true professional teacher with the qualifications to prove it. She is patient, accommodating of my schedule, and even creates additional study materials tailored for my specific needs. Hopefully documenting my experience here will help the next person save time and energy. If you're serious about learning Mandarin, I recommend you start with Silk Mandarin. Cheers!