Our clients say :

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  New Concept Mandarin (NCM) has been my language teacher of choice for just over one and a half years and though I am not the best or fastest learning student ever enrolled in the program I am probably one of the most pleased. During my enrollment I have been fortunate to have two very talented teachers who have had extreme patience, insight into Chinese culture and a talent for making Mandarin “come alive” during our classes.

  NCM’s structured approach, utilizing well designed textbooks and other teaching materials has been very effective and made the transition from one teacher to the next very easy. For me personally, the teachers have made the learning opportunity enjoyable as each brought her unique personality and style to the classroom and shared with me in a relaxed environment I have found quite comfortable. Encouragement abounds, enthusiasm for teaching is evident in each class and a continual pursuit of “everyday life” application is prevalent. When student and teacher goals are aligned like ours seem to be the experience is enriched.

  As an aside, I have particularly enjoyed the study of Chinese characters. When learning about the composition of each character and later practicing the strokes involved in writing I find real peace and tranquility in the midst of my life. Without the attention to detail from my teacher I would never have realized this benefit of my learning experience.

  -- Richard winkelman
  Beijing
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  My language training at NCM has been a positively outstanding experience I would recommend to everyone. “Language Immersion” combined with one-on-one tutorials is probably the most effective way to learn Chinese, both for students at square one and for people wanting to improve their Chinese language skills and vocabulary. The NCM methodology is holistic in the sense that it focuses on developing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills at the same time. Moreover, the teaching materials and techniques are both effective and pleasant, since they give students the flexibility to adapt classes to their learning speed and skills as well as professional needs. While continually challenged, I never felt completely lost from the material, and I believe that this allowed me to gain the maximum possible benefit from the training. Combined with the personal attention of the instructors, this approach makes it possible for the student to learn a great deal in a short time. As to the instructors, I found them to be uniformly excellent. The talent, patience and good humour of all of the instructors was a real boost to me. One of my teachers one day told me that NCM was like a big family and she couldn’t be more right – it’s amazing because when you arrive in a foreign country you value much more the affection. The big family concept also allows you to follow intensive courses at NCM branches other than where you are normally based. You then get the pleasant experience of showing-up Monday morning in a different city meeting new teachers who nonetheless already know who you are, how much Chinese you speak, your strengths and weaknesses, and how you prefer to be taught. Impressive!

  -- Rasmus Abildgaard Kristensen
  Beijing
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  " I have had an excellent experience using New Concept Mandarin as my Mandarin tutor. The classes were well structured and really reinforced my learning. The different activities ensured that I never got bored and the teacher was professional, experienced and always cheerful. She adjusted our classes to suit the topics that we were interested in and she also quickly figured out which learning techniques worked best in our class. She really helped to get an understanding for Chinese culture as well, not just the language.

  The support materials provided were the best I’ve ever seen. The book provided clear and easy-to-follow lessons and the audio CD really helped in building and remembering vocabulary.

  A recent holiday in the north of China proved the effectiveness of the New Concept Mandarin training, where I successfully used Mandarin to buy train tickets, food, accommodation and even chatted a little bit with some local people. Thank You New Concept Mandarin "

  -- Andrew Newman
  Beijing
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  " The course is well-structured so that I am learning Chinese that is useful to me in everyday life. Lessons are taught extremely well and my teacher gives me plenty of time to practice during class so that I know the vocab and grammar before I leave. My teacher also prepares the lessons according to what I like and not just from the topics in the textbook which makes learning a lot easier and what I am learning more useful to me.

  She caters the course according to my needs so I don't think it can be improved. I have studied at a lot of different schools and NCM is by far the best, the teaching quality is excellent, and all the staff are friendly and helpful. "

  -- Mared Thomas
  Beijing

• " This training has been nothing less than an extraordinarily positive experience. During my 8-year tenure with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs I've had numerous language trainers in French, Russian, Lithuanian and Chinese. Many have been good - and some really good. Nonetheless, the training I've been experienced the past 2 weeks has been second to absolutely nothing I've previously experienced. My teacher is quite simply an extremely skilled, knowledgeable and engaged teacher, who consistently manages to communicate not only 'fun' subjects but also complicated and/or less exciting material in an engaging and inspiring way. Also, she has a great instinct for finding the balance between allowing a student to 'rest' a bit and when to push/challenge. "

  -- Alexander Schultz, Commercial Counsello, Embassy of Denmark
  Beijing
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