That's Mandarin Chinese Language School Reviews

Since starting at That’s Mandarin my Chinese has improved dramatically. Although we cover lots of new material each class, I find that the most rewarding aspect of my classes is the improvement in my fluency.

That’s Mandarin do not simply teach you vocab and grammar, but really encourage you to use your Chinese to express yourself with ease. The teachers are full of energy, always friendly, patient and encouraging.

I have also attended a few cultural events at the Shanghai campus, including the Dumpling Party! The activities are especially fun as I get the chance to chat in Chinese to all the native teachers, and to meet other expats living in Shanghai and compare my Chinese to theirs!

After different schools and methods, I discovered That's mandarin method and finally feel that i can really improve my chinese skills.
The repetitions, 'no need to take notes" system allows to really be focused during the class.
It's a funny and efficient way to learn chinese quickly !
I would definitely recommend it...

I have been living in central China for around 18 months, I've had various Chinese lessons but That's Mandarin has been the most useful one. I think their teaching methodods are fantastic. I'm asked to write a story each week (obviously in Chinese!), I do this about my own experiences that week which in turn makes my lessons about everyday situations. We then discuss this in my lesson and use that language to create new conversations. The fact that I have lessons via Skype has forced my listening ability as well which is brilliant. My teacher, Hu Laoshi, is fantastic, she's really fun and very patient when I'm having a bad day!

I have scored 5 for housing, safety and social points - this is because I only have online lessons and have not visited either of the schools in China. So please don't acknowledge those points.

I will carry on with my Chinese studies even after leaving, and I'll definitely stick with That's Mandarin.

The teachers at That's Mandarin did a great job with a one-week camp for my kids. Not only did the teachers focused on language lessons, they also prepared practical and cultural activities for my children. Although both children hesitated going to camp initially but the end of the first day, they told me that they had a lot of fun. I saw immediate improvement in their confidence with speaking Chinese.

I am woking in China and the every day vocabulary that I learn are very useful as I do not learn them in my everyday Chinese.
As I do not use the words I learn that often I have the chance to repeat an re-repeat the words in class which help me memorize them easier.

I extremely enjoy attending both the face to face private lessons on Saturdays as well as the remote lessons using Skype. The methodology without a fix book or script is very interesting. Comming to the school regulary during about 1 year have help me passing from HSK2 level to HSK4...and now preparing for HSK5.

The previous system using email to send you the last lesson notes and audio in MP3 has been improved with a website that improved the traceability of all the previous lessons contents, that is a great improvement.

Thank you all teacher and admin. stuff for the great, professional and friendly job, keep smiling!

We take Chinese class every weekend for 2 hours at That's Mandarin, Jing'an, Shanghai.
The class is very helpful for our daily Chinese communication needs - in particular we're currently studying a survival chinese module, which helps with everyday life - getting a haircut, buying clothes etc.

We're also practising writing Chinese characters, which is helpful day-to-day for reading sign, menus, and so on. We don't practise much business Chinese, mostly because we're not yet at that level - it would be very useful in the future.

My teacher YuanYuan is very helpful, patient and strict. She has good teaching knowledge.

No specific difficult except very strict hours that we have to comply without much flexibility given to teachers.

I feel I had improuve my speaking hability and I could see that in my every day taskes and in the contact with native people.
The part-time chinese program is very appropriate to let me enough time to use my learning outside and to visit the city and have a every day real situation in markets, work, shops and so on.
Very rich experience.

We live in France and in order to improve the Chinese level of my two kids (11 and 8 years old), I decided to bring them to the That's Mandarin Summer Camp. This was a good solution for us 3 because I could have one to one lessons while my kids have theirs.
Before joining the school they were very anxious for many reasons :
-they have never experienced any foreign school language,
-they only had some basic notions of Chinese and do not speak English. They wondered how teachers could communicate with them, and whether they could understand
-they thought Chinese teachers were strict, their teaching way severe and boring...
I had to convince them and make them feel comfortable.
But finally, our stay turned out to be an extremely positive experience. The teachers were extremely kind and patient, the lessons were adapted to my kids different levels. The teaching method was really performant, making children learning without boring at all.
The afternoon activities were good for their Chinese cultural knowledge and they had the opportunity to practice the language in a non formal environment.
After our three weeks stay, they made tremendous progress in their understanding and oral speaking. They enjoyed the stay and said they will come again next year !
As for me, I was really happy of the issue because I will not have to convince them again each year !!