Program Reviews

J’ai choisi le cours de chinois intensif de Silk Mandarin pour la méthode d’apprentissage avec laquelle ils enseignent. J’ai pu remarquer le professionnalisme de tous les enseignants dès mon arrivée. Seul le chinois est parlé aux élèves même durant les pauses nous incitant ainsi à utiliser le vocabulaire appris en cours.
Ayant déjà des notions de chinois, j’ai commencé par le HSK4. Les classes se font en petit comité, nous sommes deux élèves dans la classe. Les cours commencent par une révision du cours précédent, incluant le vocabulaire vu la veille mis en pratique à travers des discussions de sujets divers sur la vie du quotidien. Vient ensuite l’apprentissage d’une nouvelle leçon illustrée par un dialogue entre deux personnes nous permettant ainsi de comprendre la manière dont sont structuré les phrases.
J’ai particulièrement apprécié l’enseignement de mon professeur Yanqin, pleine de devotion et de passion pour ce cours avec des méthodes d’enseignement particulièrement efficaces, je ne regrette en aucun cas d’avoir choisit Silk Mandarin!
J’ai choisi le cours de chinois intensif de Silk Mandarin pour la méthode d’apprentissage avec laquelle ils enseignent. J’ai pu remarquer le professionnalisme de tous les enseignants dès mon arrivée. Seul le chinois est parlé aux élèves même durant les pauses nous incitant ainsi à utiliser le vocabulaire appris en cours.
Ayant déjà des notions de chinois, j’ai commencé par le HSK4. Les classes se font en petit comité, nous sommes deux élèves dans la classe. Les cours commencent par une révision du cours précédent, incluant le vocabulaire vu la veille mis en pratique à travers des discussions de sujets divers sur la vie du quotidien. Vient ensuite l’apprentissage d’une nouvelle leçon illustrée par un dialogue entre deux personnes nous permettant ainsi de comprendre la manière dont sont structuré les phrases.
J’ai particulièrement apprécié l’enseignement de mon professeur Yanqin, pleine de devotion et de passion pour ce cours avec des méthodes d’enseignement particulièrement efficaces, je ne regrette en aucun cas d’avoir choisit Silk Mandarin!

Silk Mandarin is by far the best Chinese training institute in Shanghai. I recommend it to everyone with complete confidence.

I studied some Chinese in high school and with a private tutor in the US, but Christina's class helped me learn better and faster than anything else I've tried. Silk Mandarin's entire teaching staff is professional, fun and well equipped to give outstanding lessons.

I have taken both private and group lessons. In both I was appropriately challenged to speak and understand at a high level. The intensive classes can be tough, but you're given all the support and resources you'll need to succeed. I now feel confident to use Chinese at work and in daily life.

At school, everyone is friendly and encouraging. I'm always warmly greeted when I walk in for class and encouraged to show of everything I've learned. In class, we've had a lot of fun with role-plays and other activities that have helped me dramatically improve my speaking ability. The extra activities the school puts on, such as the Christmas party, make me feel like I'm a part of a supportive community of expats who all want to learn to speak Chinese.

All in all, I highly recommend Silk Mandarin to anyone who wants to learn Chinese, either for fun, for work, or for intensive study. You can surely find an incredible program to suit your needs here!

Before I signed up, I was about to commit to another school on a friend's recommendation. The sales rep hadn't really done much to sell the programme to me and I didn't really get that much of a good vibe about it at all - almost as if they viewed my business as a foregone conclusion. Fortunately I came across some marketing for Silk Mandarin on the same day. This explained their general philosophy, specifically mentioned teachers’ qualifications and gave details of some introductory promotions. I was struck by a level of professionalism that was totally lacking with the other option.
I arranged a level check that day. In that session, I was looked after by two very friendly and competent staff, Lina and Jasmine, who really took time to assess my exact situation and requirements, giving me various useful options and letting me choose the programme that was going to work best for me. I could tell that they both had a passion and dedication for the school that felt almost like the exact opposite of the other place I was about to spend so much money with. I was able to start lessons the same week and I am extremely glad that I did. While I will never know what the other school might have been like, I can only say that the first impression SM made was excellent and things only got better from there. I have been a Shanghai resident for over 6 years but had put off learning Mandarin formally until now so one-to-one classes seemed more appropriate than an absolute beginner’s class, even though I was starting with HSK1. This allows me to progress at my own speed and obviously means I get a huge amount of spoken practice during sessions. My teacher, Amelie, is excellent - she pushes me very hard at my own request and will always patiently find a way to help me understand when I'm struggling with any particularly tricky language points. Lessons are fun and varied, and always a lot of hard work too - perfect for me. I can imagine that she has a different style for other students or for group classes. She made an effort to find out about me personally, which means that whenever we practice language, she is making it directly relevant and immediately useable outside of the classroom. Even after a long day at work, I look forward to the challenge of our lessons because they really do feel tailor-made.

The school itself is conveniently located and all staff are incredibly friendly and never let you get away without practising some basic Chinese. I couldn’t recommend the place more highly. I am certain that reading that article on that day was fate and I am so glad I ended up here and not elsewhere... phew!

I started learning Chinese last year with silk mandarin and will continue this year as I can see the results and want to improve more.
They provide you with good and helpful materials, such as books, exercises, vocabulary cards,... The staff is very friendly and always there to help you. The teachers adapt the lesson's speed and difficulty to your level to ensure you with your own best learning experience and a good progress.
The schedule of the different classes can be arranged to fit your needs and they are flexible with arrangements.
The group sizes is not too big (we're 3 students in my class) and depends on you level and schedule.
They also organize some nice social events during the year and not just only teach you the language but you will get to know more about the Chinese culture, too.

Before to join to Silk Mandarin, I did a LOT of research into schools in the area that offer qualified classes of Chinese language. While searching I have got many inappropriate disputes on schedules, communications and in the end environment. Silk Mandarin has been recommended to me by student of school, which I should be very thankful her for it. I was incredibly pleased with the small group classes and the help given by all of the instructors! The school staff is very practical, humble and experts of their fields. They build a very comfortable environment to learn a language. School is located in a most center of city, which is very convenient to public transportations. I was even more excited to find out that they could schedule your classes according to your time, where not all schools are able to do so. Moreover, to keep motivated and interest all students and teachers, they often arrange well organized indoor/outdoor events. I attended classes for two months and I had immersion experience and it was well-worth time and I think I will continue it to reach conversational level of Chinese language with Silk Mandarin. Our teacher Amelie Zhuan is very outgoing teacher with passion of teaching and enthusiasm. I am really pleased with the program they made to me and am very happy to give it my highest recommendation!

I started learning Chinese last year with silk mandarin and will continue this year as I can see the results and want to improve more.
They provide you with good and helpful materials, such as books, exercises, vocabulary cards,... The staff is very friendly and always there to help you. The teachers adapt the lesson's speed and difficulty to your level to ensure you with your own best learning experience and a good progress.
The schedule of the different classes can be arranged to fit your needs and they are flexible with arrangements.
The group sizes is not too big (we're 3 students in my class) and depends on you level and schedule.
They also organize some nice social events during the year and not just only teach you the language but you will get to know more about the Chinese culture, too.

I came to Shanghai to finish my master and study Chinese at the same time.
I think the best part of this course is the flexibility regarding the schedules. They have different groups for all the levels so you can choose the one which suits your needs. Another remarkable thing is how the teacher adapts the class to your level and cares to make sure you are seizing the time with the course.
They provide different materials and resources to learn according to your level and looking for your own best way to learn.
The staff is very friendly and they make sure to keep track of your progress. They attend you whenever you need it.
They also organise some social activities during the year to socialise with all the students and the staff; also some activities related with some Chinese festivities to know more about the culture and the language.

Everything was great. I really cannot complain about anything. Super recommendable. Place is amazing and so the teachers. My teacher was Christina who is excellent at teaching Chinese. Their procedure of teaching with ppts, writing in the phone and other ways, make silk mandarin an incredible institute.

I started in September of 2018 and did HSK 1 and HSK 2. Already booked and looking forward to star HSK 3 in the following month. Teachers are all really nice who talk to you during break time so you can also practice with them all the new words and grammars you just learned during class. I greatly recommended you to start learning Chinese with silk mandarin as you won't regret at all.

I should say 我非常爱Silk Mandarin。

新年快乐！！

I moved to Shanghai in April this year knowing not one word of Mandarin, and started 1-one-1 classes with Christina at Silk Mandarin in May. 6 months later I am half way through HSK 3 and I have not looked back. Thank goodness I was lucky enough to find Silk Mandarin (through word of mouth) right at the beginning of my learning as my proficiency in the language has already surpassed many of my expat friends and colleagues who have lived here for 3+ years. Mandarin has a reputation for being a challenging language to learn, which makes it all the more critical to find a good teacher and school to make you feel confident with your ability and most importantly motivated to progress through the course. When speaking to my friends who haven’t had good learning experiences, the common theme seems to be it’s hard to retain the discipline to keep studying when you don’t see your ability improving and so life inevitably gets in the way! I am happy to report that my ability to interact with Chinese people improved so remarkably that if anything, I became more motivated to continue my learning as my original objective was to learn ‘survival Chinese’ only. I really enjoy my lessons with Christina as she tells me lots of anecdotes and funny stories to make the content more interesting and memorable, and because I want to get the most out of her classes I always try my best to do self review. I would highly recommend Silk Mandarin to anyone wanting to optimize their learning in the most efficient and enjoyable way. Thanks!

I did a 6 week course of intensive Chinese. It was 4 hours every day from Monday through Friday, 3 hours with 2 others as a group class and 1 hour one on one. Teacher Christina was great. Instruction was very fast paced, clear and organized with substantial homework. We have covered up to Hsk 3 in that time frame. I haven't been to any other Chinese school in Shanghai, which I am told there is a huge number of, so I can't compare and contrast the overall quality but I had no issues with Silk Mandarin, it is a good place to learn Chinese. Everyone, from teachers to staff at the School is encouraging of students' learning Chinese and help converse with you in Chinese any time you want. Since I was there through December and January, there were no activities at the school besides one Christmas party mid December, due to it being offseason.