General Question 1. Have little knowledge about China. What can S.N Mandarin do for me? First of all, welcome to China---the beautiful and mysterious land and S.N Mandarin is so glad to be your first station to start your China experience. As to your first-time China visit, for business or study, for travel or seeing friends here in China, to acquire knowledge of local culture and customs, to learn and speak Chinese as soon as possible will greatly help and enrich your China life. We recommend the S.N Mandarin center based in Shanghai to you! They have easy and fun intensive Chinese course and cultural lectures & parties with most professional, friendly and responsible Chinese language and culture teachers, which will provide you a warm and love environment to learn how to use Chinese and communicate with Chinese people as soon as possible with a good understanding of Chinese culture and customs to have your China experience specially easy and joyful. No matter what problem or difficulty you meet, S.N Mandarin is always ready to offer help and teachers there are all your Chinese friends.   2. My friend said that Chinese is really difficult. How long dose it take for me to learn Chinese? To be true, Chinese is not easy to learn, but professional & nice teachers and efficient study methods will make a big difference. With S.N Mandarin, the very beginners can have basic communications in Chinese within 40-hour lesson; more than 900 words and characters they will acquire after 80-hour lesson; with 100-hour lesson, over 1000 characters and 56 grammar points will lead learners to complete the elementary stage and a firm foundation for further learning (Intermediate level) will be laid. After achieving the Intermediate level, learners can choose subject Chinese course according to their job, major or interests, like Business Chinese, Tourism Chinese, Real estate Chinese, Accounting Chinese and Finance Chinese etc. It will take from 40-100 hours each course.   3. I am learning Chinese with my roommate at a university in Shanghai. We both want to take the HSK test, but it is really difficult, can you help me? Ni hao! S.N Mandarin is the earliest training center to be focused on HSK course. They have special HSK training courses and teachers, many learners have achieved their ideal level after learning at S.N Mandarin, some even get the HSK Level 11 (You can relearn for free if you would not get the target level). S.N Mandarin has developed intensified Listening, reading, grammar and vocabulary courses with full consideration of learners’ needs. Years of HSK training experience, unique teaching method and exclusive study materials including important test points deserve your trust. With teachers’ special teaching method, learners will have a clear thought and method in taking exam and acquire both firm language knowledge and proficient test skills. Click “Course & Price” for details.   4. I have learned Chinese for one year, but I find the Chinese Characters a big problem! Can S.N Mandarin help me learn characters in a short time? It’s great that you’ve learned Chinese for One year! Actually, many Chinese schools do not pay attention to Character teaching, resulting in problem that many learners could not write Chinese characters, some even could not identify them. But S.N Mandarin is different. Great importance is attached to Characters reading and writing in addition to listening and speaking in S.N Mandarin. And a system of teaching methods & techniques are developed to guarantee learners can master about 200 Chinese characters. The firm foundation of characters besides proficient speaking and listening set S.N Mandarin apart from general schools.   5. I come to Chine for the first time and I don’t know where to get a fine apartment. Can S.H Mandarin help me? S.N Mandarin has long-time cooperation with large house agents and good relationship with local communities that can provide sufficient house resource and choices for you. S.N. Mandarin will help you get the best rental price and best site, as close as possible to areas your fellow countrymen live if you like.   6. We are foreign companies and we need professional language teachers to train our employees Chinese. What can S.N Mandarin do? S.N Mandarin has developed Business Chinese courses in special field like trading, consulting, accounting. We will tailor make Chinese course and program according to the business filed or trade your company is engaged in, and on the basis of the actual Chinese level of your employees. The tailor made course and professional teacher will help learners improve their Chinese with a clear target, improving their work efficiency in Chinese language environment. E.g. we are providing Chinese training to foreign teachers of *** International School in Shanghai, the training result is very satisfactory.   7. I am too busy to learn Chinese in daytime, can I learn after work? Yes, we have evening course for many learners like you. You could learn from 5 to 7 pm or 7 to 9 pm. If your home is too far away, you may apply for private lessons at your home/office/ cafe; our teacher could go to teach you, you just need to pay the extra traffic expense.   8. I can speak Chinese well, and my wife and kids also want to learn Chinese, can they go to your school to learn together? Of course they can. We recommend that parents and children learn together. We have Taitai (wife) Class and kids class where they can learn Chinese and know new friends.   9. Where can I find your school? We are having more teaching centers in Shanghai, including Xujiahui District, Changing District, Hongkou District, Jin’an District, Pudong New District, Songjiang District. We will arrange the nearest learning center according to your residence.   10. How many students are there in one class? We allow eight learners at most in one group class to make sure the most efficient teaching and learning.   11. How can I register for course? Just call our course consultants, 021-65078056 / 021-56711169 / 13611645241/ 15618702736; You can also register by email or online. We invite you to have a site visit to our school, call to reserve and we will arrange the nearest school for you to visit.