Chinese Programs in Shanghai&Suzhou with Silk Mandarin

My family has spent a month in Shanghai participating in various Mandarin language programs at Silk Mandarin, including tutoring, group lessons, and summer camp for kids. We chose Silk Mandarin because the programs were immersive and comprehensive, and the staff was attentive and eager to help find ways to reach all of our unique language learning goals. We all had different goals and interests, and they were eager to find ways to tailor our experience to our individual needs.

We found the staff, especially Amy, to be very friendly, warm, and willing to go above and beyond to assist us in the classroom and even help sort out logistical outside of the classroom. We had constant and thorough communication prior to coming to Shanghai and so we were known and welcomed by name on arrival, and the staff has all been just as kind and knowledgeable as day one.

Personally, I had some Mandarin background, but it was many, MANY years ago and very out of practice. I felt particularly difficult to place skill level-wise, but my teacher, Jane, has done an incredible job helping review familiar but foggy subjects and patiently covering grammar rules I never properly learned. I feel I have learned more practical and useful Mandarin skills during my few weeks at Silk Mandarin than I collected in several months of private tutoring years ago. Thank you so much for renewing my interest, motivation, and confidence in learning a language I thought I had lost long ago!

I feel very grateful with silk mandarin and the whole team of teachers for all the support they give to us. It was a very good experience. And we learn a lot. We learn how to communicate with Chinese people and to understand the different Chinese characters.

They have a good team work that helps every time. They have good teachers that helped everyone and teach them well.

So, I recommend a lot this academy if you want to learn Chinese. You will have a good experience and you will learn a lot.

I am really grateful with Silkmandarin School for all the support during my journey in learning Mandarin.

Before Knowing SilkMandarin School, I had difficulties structuring sentences and being able to have that thought of this language. However, thanks to SilkMandarin I managed to not only learn the grammar and structures of the language but also the native way of saying it.

At the same time, I liked the SilkMandarin experience and I chose this academy because of the recommendations and the good prestige it has. Without a doubt they honor all this. Personally, SilkMandarin is special. When you enter into the academy, you feel like family, their team is professional, friendly, cooperative and that is what makes it special since they teach techniques that are easy to understand, analyze and perform. And the most important think is that they prepare you to be more confident to start speaking the language. Even the first class you can start practicing it !!

I am very grateful to all the teachers for their teachings, friendship and joy that exists within the academy.

Coming to China I realized quickly that learning mandarin is a must - but living in the outskirts of Shanghai I didn’t want to travel 2hours downtown to attend a class. The online class with the blended learning approach from Silk Mandarin school really made a difference for me. With the review and preview of each lesson you keep your brain busy with Chinese and you will have your first sense of achievement very soon! Teachers are just great, very helpful and motivate you when you have doubts of getting the hang of the language on your learning journey. Totally recommend!

I did my HSK1 course with Silk Mandarin and i found the course to be just what I needed to keep motivation and focus. The course is made to be able to understand as well as use basic phrases which are really useful in everyday life. The timetable is manageable aven when working a full time job, it is also possible to arrange for online classes when you are travelling or busy with other events. The platform is very easy to use to prepare your lessons and it gives you the possibility to self study and ask questions to your teacher. I will definitely continue working towards HSK2 here!

After a couple of months of learning Chinese informally through social media, I enrolled in a course through Silk Mandarin in Suzhou. From the beginning, the staff at Silk Mandarin have been remarkably friendly, as well flexible and responsive to my needs and interests as a learner. My teacher, Sisi, is a skilled language instructor and it is clear that she has extensive experience working with non-native learners—she is able to anticipate common challenges for learners of Chinese and understands how to explain them in terms that make sense to learners. She is also adept at continuously incorporating previous course content into new lessons, which allows me to reinforce the various concepts we have learned. During class, I always feel engaged and appropriately challenged; as such, I’ve felt both my proficiency and my confidence improve throughout my course at Silk Mandarin. As all of the above suggests, I’d highly recommend Silk Mandarin to learners!

Arriving in Shanghai in September 2023 I knew I wanted to learn mandarin, not only in order to facilitate communication in daily life, but also to gain access to Chinese culture in general, this as a sign of respect to the people of this country. For a certain number of reasons regular courses on one of the local universities did not work for me. By coincidence I found the address of SILK MANDARIN online and in some printed expat guide. After the initial contact it took only more or less one day to get in touch with all the relevant people at Silk in order to enrol for HSK1, very fast and very professional. The atmosphere is very friendly, the whole team does its best to make you feel at ease and being part of their "family". Teachers (at least those I know) are doing a really good job, questions are answered almost anytime of the day in almost no time, they are cool, competent and friendly but they are also demanding and insisting in order to get students out of their comfort zone, the only way to succeed with such a different language for westerners. Being in a blended learning course with pre-recorded elements I appreciate the good quality of the videos and the perfect intonations and pace of Jasmine, this is very important when learning a tone based language. I hope my mandarin journey will continue successfully over the next months and years.

Silk Mandarin helps students to create a program that meets their specific educational needs. After sharing my learning goals and objectives, I was paired with Christina who is my teacher. She has helped me to understand the fundamentals of the Chinese language which is very beneficial to me. She also applies adult learning principles during our sessions. This is very important for my success. Christina makes my learning experience fun and motivates me to learn more. I was able to travel to China recently, and with Christina's support, I was able to begin using my beginner language skills. Thank you Silk Mandarin. I am very happy to have found your school and encourage others who are interested in learning the Chinese language to become students.