SIMON & SIMON boast a terrific team of highly qualified native Mandarin speaking teachers who, with an average 15 years of experience, will design the perfect Mandarin Course for you.
Both professionals and private Individuals alike from all over the UK have already benefitted from a Mandarin Course in Belfast. All of our Mandarin Courses are tailor-made to reflect each student’s level of experience, and what’s more we consistently receive positive feedback regarding our Mandarin trainer’s performance. Before the start of your course you will be equipped with a profile on your trainer, detailing their previous experience and background.
Modern language teaching is now approached much differently to what you may remember from school. The experience is now considered far more fun and rewarding. The Communicative Approach, a modern teaching method where your Mandarin teacher will conduct your Mandarin Course in Belfast almost entirely in Mandarin, is adopted throughout our courses. Adopting the Communicative Approach learners will notice progress right from their very first session.
Mandarin language courses by SIMON & SIMON have been honed down to give you the greatest progress and value for money.
While we offer learning options on both a 1:1 and group basis, we find that most of our learners benefit most from 1 to 1 language training courses.
Group training offers great value for money, but the commitment and organisation to ensure the participants all show up at the same time every week is a trade-off. We recommend no more than 6 participants in a group otherwise the quality of the learning will drop dramatically for all learners.
Every SIMON & SIMON language course is overseen by one of our highly experienced Account Managers, all of whom are multi-lingual.
At the start of your Mandarin language course we will send you a profile on your trainer, followed by a Course Plan and relevant course materials, and then a Progress Report after every 40 hours of training. You will also receive a copy of our quarterly newsletter, Breaking the Language Barrier, featuring a superb prize draw and invaluable weblinks to language learning sources.
SIMON & SIMON’s network is completely international, with a strong presence across the UK. Mandarin language courses have been arranged with our experienced language teachers in almost any major city around the world. Wherever you are located, our teachers can either meet you in your office, at one of our locations, in the comfort of your home or anywhere you like by running it through Skype!
We run our language courses all year long and can happen anytime between 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday. Weekend courses may also be negotiated with your teacher.
Sessions are typically 90 minutes long with at least one session per week. This can be increased or reduced according to your personal schedule.
And if you have an urgency to learn Mandarin, you can take part in an intensive Mandarin language course which consists of 6 hours every day Monday – Friday giving you 30 hours per week.
We do not run standardised Mandarin language courses. Instead, one of our multi-lingual Account Managers will speak to you directly and tailor the course to your particular objectives. Your teacher then guides you through your learning at the pace and in the direction that you yourself help to set.
This means that whether you’re an absolute beginning looking to “just survive” in Vietnam, or if you are a professional who wishes to understand the nuances of the language in order to perform better in a law, banking, finance, insurance, sales, travel, marketing or administration context, you will be able to find what you need with SIMON & SIMON’s Mandarin language courses.
We can also help you with pronunciation, translations, presentation skills and cultural training to help you better participate in the entirety of Mandarin culture.
Importantly, if you are looking to sit any kind of Mandarin language examinations, we can assist in your preparations and guide you through the necessary revision. We pride ourselves on achieving a 95% pass rate – which really comes down to the personal 1 to 1 language training from highly experiences Mandarin language teachers.
We will also assist in the registration and administration of these exams and can also handle the issuing of result certificates.
We can also help prepare you for Mandarin examinations of a business or general nature. We are proud to say our students have a 95% pass rate in language examinations, and their success further underlines the value we place on working with Mandarin teachers with above average experience.
As part of our service, SIMON & SIMON will also organise the registration and administration of Mandarin examinations and the issuing of result certificates.
Standard Mandarin is a standardized form of spoken Mandarin, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese. Standard Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC, also known as Taiwan), as well as one of four official languages of Singapore. It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. About one-fifth of the world’s population, or over one billion people, speaks some variety of Mandarin as their native language. Linguists often view Mandarin as a language family, though owing to China’s socio-political and cultural situation, and the fact that all spoken varieties use one common written system, it is customary to refer to these generally mutually unintelligible variants as “the Mandarin language”.
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland, as well as the second largest city in Ireland. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. The city forms part of the largest urban area in Northern Ireland, and the main settlement in the province of Ulster. The city of Belfast has a population of 267,500 and lies at the heart of the Belfast urban area, which has a population of 483,418. The Larger Urban Zone, as defined by the European Union, has a total population 641,638. Belfast was granted city status in 1888. Historically, Belfast has been a centre for the Irish linen industry (earning the nickname “Linenopolis”), tobacco production, rope-making and shipbuilding: the city’s main shipbuilders, Harland and Wolff, which built the ill-fated RMS Titanic, propelled Belfast on to the global stage in the early 20th century as the largest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, establishing its place as a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century.
The table below is based on recognised language levels used by various academic institutions across the European Union. A highly motivated student attending weekly sessions with their Mandarin language trainer in Belfast 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 practice Mandarin 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.
If you require information about fees, we can give you a tailored proposal that will outline the investment for a course to match your needs. Call us on 020 7821 0999 or click below to send us an email and we will respond to you very soon.
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