Chinese Courses for Business in Wolverhampton

Many professionals in companies across the UK, as well as private individuals, have benefited from an Chinese Language Course with SIMON & SIMON. We have a terrific team of qualified native-speaker Chinese teachers, and with an average of 15 years' experience they will ensure you benefit from a course designed specifically around your needs, whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner with more specialised requirements. We consistently receive excellent feedback on our Chinese tutors from our clients, and we send our students a profile on their Chinese tutor prior to their Chinese lessons commencing, with information on the tutor's background and experience.

If you have only studied languages before at school you will find that teaching approaches to modern language training have changed enormously in recent years - it's now a lot more fun and a far more rewarding experience! Your teacher will conduct your Chinese lesson in Wolverhampton almost entirely in Chinese - a method known as the Communicative Approach - and you will find yourself making progress from the very first lesson and soon growing in the confidence to communicate in Chinese in a variety of social and business situations.

Both 1:1 and group formats are available for our Chinese language courses. While most of our clients offer 1:1 Chinese training, the group format can offer great value for money. If you want groups to be successful, the members must commit to the weekly meetings and we recommend keeping the number of participants below 7. Progress is faster for those who learn Chinese in Wolverhampton on a 1:1 basis as the lessons are individually tailored for their particular needs, strengths and weaknesses.

Chinese Course Management

Each of SIMON & SIMON’s Chinese languages courses is the responsibility of a multi-lingual, very experienced Account Manager. When you start your Chinese course, you will receive your trainer’s profile. Thereafter we will send you a Course Plan, materials for the course and, after each 40 hours of training, a Progress Report. Our quarterly newsletter, Breaking the Language Barrier, will also reach you, and contains a prize draw as well as the weblinks of language learning resources.

Chinese language courses have been run by SIMON & SIMON in many locations. Our global network of language trainers means that any major city in the UK Europe, and beyond can hold your Chinese language course. We can arrange your Chinese language lessons for your own home, but many of our clients like to run them in their offices so as to minimise travel. Residential full-time Chinese language courses are also available. Our office can discuss available locations with you.

Wolverhampton Chinese Course Schedules

Our Chinese language courses in Wolverhampton go on all year. Some of our students attend more than one 90-minute weekly session if work circumstances allow, and most will attend at least one per week. Weekend Courses in Chinese can be arranged on request. Our Chinese courses are available 12 hours a day, from 8am to 8pm Monday through Friday. 30 hour per week intensive Chinese courses can be held on clients’ premises or in residential centres in the UK or abroad. These courses take 6 hours per day, Monday through Friday.

We will tailor your Chinese language course for your specific aims and level of knowledge. Before you start your Chinese language course we will assess your goals and level of Chinese experience. Your desire to learn Chinese may be simply to develop basic skills, or you may have some level of proficiency and wish to increase your ability to use Chinese to discuss business. You may want to develop your language skills so that you can use Chinese in negotiations and meetings or improve your pronunciation and telephone skills. No matter what goals you have, you can be confident of our Chinese trainers experience and that your Chinese language course is tailored to your needs and your goals will be quickly met.

Chinese Language Examination Courses

Our students’ pass rate for Chinese examinations is at 95%, and we are happy to help with the preparations for any such examination. Our high pass rate shows the value of working with Chinese teachers in Wolverhampton who have a higher level of experience than average. SIMON & SIMON also arrange registration for Chinese examinations as well as administering the examination and issuing the results.

The table below is based on recognised language levels used by various academic institutions accross the European Union. A highly motivated student attending weekly sessions with their language trainer can expect to move from one level to another after 50 hours providing they also commit to a similar number of hours of self-study.

Of course, some people find learning languages easier than others, and some students will have more opportunities to practise the language in the course of their work and leisure, so these factors also need to be considered when trying to assess how long it will take to move from one level to another.

Company Funded Training

If your company is thinking of investing in language training our free consultation and demo lesson is a real opportunity to see if SIMON & SIMON is right for you - hundreds of other companies have chosen SIMON & SIMON, so we hope you will join them.

To take up this special offer, please call Cristiana Aragoni, on 020 7931 9869 - quoting "Demo Lesson" - our no-obligation consultation and demo lesson is free of charge.

Self-Funded Training

If you are interested in taking one of our courses as a private individual, then our free demo lessons are a perfect opportunity for you to meet one of our language trainers, experience the teaching methodology firsthand, and for us to assess your level and course needs - all with no obligation.

Demo lessons typically last 1 hour, and take place at our offices in central London, close to Victoria Station.

To take up this special offer, please call Cristiana Aragoni, on 020 7931 9869 - quoting "Demo Lesson" - our no-obligation consultation and demo lesson is free of charge.

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