Program Reviews

I have had an exceptional experience at this North South Mandarin language school. The quality of teaching is outstanding, and I’ve made significant progress in my studies. A special thank you to Lisa and Frank for their incredible support and dedication.

Lisa has been incredibly helpful throughout my learning journey. She is always patient, approachable, and quick to offer assistance whenever needed. Her guidance has made a huge difference.

Frank, the director, brings a wealth of knowledge and professionalism to the school. His leadership is evident in the overall structure and quality of the courses. Frank is always available to offer advice or answer questions, and his commitment to creating a positive learning environment is truly appreciated.

Overall, I highly recommend this school to anyone looking to learn Chinese. With such a dedicated team like Lisa and Frank and all the teachers you are in excellent hands.

I have studied at SN Mandarin for 3.5 months, and I’m very satisfied. The teachers are very kind and helpful. The school has a welcoming atmosphere, and is very centrally located. When I wanted to make changes regarding my lesson schedule, the school was very helpful and understanding. All desired changes were implemented, and I felt like the school gave their everything to give me the best time. I felt welcome from the start! The accommodation that the school arranged for me was very good as well, although it was quite expensive. I can recommend SN Mandarin to anyone!

I made immense progress in my 9mo with this school. I really liked my teacher Adam's easy and concise explanations, the tidbits of Chinese history and culture, the stories behind the 汉字 etc. Also, my class was online but the set-up was easy, minor problems were quickly resolved by the headmaster and the atmosphere in class was nice!
The materials were provided to us via online-class, email and post (books). SN hires qualified teachers and takes their reputation seriously. I would recommend them and would like to take classes with Adam again in the future!

This company really offers great 1 on 1 Chinese training. I was with them for a short 4 months course where I was going from HSK 3 to HSK 4 and it helped me significantly with getting pass that barrier. I now can confidently speak Chinese and only occassionally need the dictionary. They really do well on encouraging you to talk freely and improve your grammar vocabulary enough to do so. Anyone going to Shanghai, I highly recommend their 1-on-1 course for 15 or more hours per week as you would be able to get the most value out of your course this way.

My Teacher is nice and jolly, usually I feel bored learning but thanks to him learning was enjoyable.
He also good at handling a slow learner person like me.
Also the best part is the class schedule is flexible and depends on your availability. They also support students individual capability to pay - for me they arranged flexible payments that I can afford monthly. Thanks SN Mandarin. They have high excellent standards in teaching.
I am happy to learn Chinese in your school and will continue to learn to improve my level.

Very good people, they offer all the help you need! Teachers are so friendly. I think this is one of the best option if you want to study Chinese language in Shanghai. The school is so comfortable, the place is in the city center, so it is easy to arrive by metro or bus. The people who work there are always ready to solve any problem or to help you when you need it - they make the program incredible, relaxed and easy. Also, Shanghai is a very good city for foreigner because so many people can speak English!!!! This is such a fun place to discover China too!

Learning a new language is very exciting. Learning Chinese was a challenge for me. For the first two months I was struggling with my motivation, but the teacher is very helpful and very patient with me. She always gives me space to fix my mistakes and learn how to improve my vocabulary. Now I am completing my fourth month and I am looking forward to extending the course.
I highly recommend people to choose this team if they are interested in learning Chinese.
Stay focused and diligent. Chinese is hard language to learn, but once you start understanding, you will start enjoying.

Arriving in China was daunting. I had travelled internationally before but never to live, it was a new and strange experience.

SN Mandarin had a huge role in helping me get settled, not just with my grasp of the language, but socially as well.
I always knew the staff were nearby to help, and my language mentor was patient and had a good sense of humor.

With so many floors, waiting for the elevator can be annoying, but the location was convenient with food and travel close by. I recommend their services to foreigners travelling to Shanghai.

Welcoming environment with patient teachers, experienced tutors and reasonable price for the courses. Also a convenient downtown Shanghai location easily accessible with public transportation especially the metro. The school provided us with some tutors in the city to get more knowledge about important and historical city spots, and the classes had a convenient timetable for groups classes and also private classes. Special thanks to teachers Sophie, Eva and mostly Frank as the teaching coordinator.

My son learnt Chinese at the SN Mandarin School during one semester and was completely satisfied with the instruction and the support he received. There was a good atmosphere during the teaching classes and he made excellent improvements, so that at the end of the semester he could pass the HSK3 test. It was a lot of fun for him learning Chinese at the school. The staff was very friendly and helped him through a lot. He was also very happy with the support he got to find a suitable housing. I recommend the SN Mandarin School to everybody who wants to learn or to improve his/her spoken and written Chinese in a short time to reach to best possible level. The teaching approach was very flexible and modern, using specific cards to learn the logograms (chinese characters: hanzi) one by one, so that every student could follow the course and make out the best of it for him or herself. Thanks a lot to all the staff members!