When You Speak Mandarin, People Listen
Communicate in Mandarin effortless. Whether it’s socialising, requesting information, presenting an argument, explaining a situation, criticising a social ill, or suggesting a solution, our Mandarin Chinese courses are designed to make sure that happens.
Students learn Mandarin right to start, understand Chinese grammar correctly from the beginning, tune their pronunciation efficiently, and get adequate listening and speaking exercises they need.
Well structured audio & video Chinese courses help beginner students develop both speaking and writing capabilities.
While audio courses focus on pronunciations and listening skills, video courses help students develop solid reading and writing skills with 320 Chinese characters.
Use review videos to practice speaking, pick an e-course for self-development, or learn some must known classical Chinese selected from 4000 plus years of rich Chinese literary history.
The most important is to let ancient wisdom help you navigate today’s fast changing world.
Chinese Courses That Support Self-Study
Mandarin Audio Courses for Speaking and Listening

Mandarin Express Intro Level A
This audio course enables students to introduce themselves in Mandarin in a sophisticated and coherent manner and to have meaningful social interactions in life and at work.

Mandarin Express Intro Level B
Building up from the previous one, this audio course gives students the ability to speak Mandarin in a wide social spectrum, and to speak Mandarin with confidence and clarity.

Mandarin Express Basic Level A
This audio course focuses on ten useful, important and relevant topics, and with sufficient listening exercises, brings students’ conversational ability to a new level.

Mandarin Express Basic Level B
This audio course greatly reduces English explanations, consolidates students’ learnings, improves their overall comprehension, and prepare them for the next stage.
Chinese Video Courses for Reading and Writing

Chinese Reading and Writing 1
This first video course teaches beginner students strokes and stroke orders, 70 characters, and how to read and write sentences and conversations.

Chinese Reading and Writing 2
This second video course introduces 50 new Chinese characters, and how to use them in reading and writing interesting conversations and short stories.

Chinese Reading and Writing 3
This third video course presents 50 new Chinese characters, and further develops students’ ability in reading and writing paragraphs and narratives.

Chinese Reading and Writing 4
This fourth video course teaches 50 new Chinese characters and enables students to read and write longer and more sophisticated Chinese texts.

Chinese Reading and Writing 5
This fifth video course presents 50 new Chinese characters and a good increase of words for students to read and write long and enjoyable stories.

Chinese Reading and Writing 6
This sixth video course adds another 50 new Chinese characters to students’ knowledge and opens up the readability of a wide range of Chinese texts.
Review Videos for Speaking Practice

Review videos for Mandarin Express Intro Level A & B
Short animated videos are made for students to practice making conversations or presenting information.

Review videos for Mandarin Express Basic Level A & B
Engaging animated videos are provided for students to consolidate learning and practice telling stories.

Review videos for Mandarin Express Pre-Intermediate Level A & B
Animated videos are for students to review information and to practice making presentations in Chinese.

Extra interests related to learning Chinese
Animated videos that explain some interesting facts which students are likely to encounter when learning Chinese.
MSL Master e-Courses
Chinese Courses Guided by Teacher April
1:1 or 1:2 Private Lessons
These personalised sessions provide undivided attention, flexible scheduling year-round, and complete customisation to your goals—whether mastering conversational fluency via pinyin, building reading/writing skills, or achieving advanced proficiency for professional or personal expression.
Perfect for beginners to advanced learners seeking efficient, tailored immersion.
Hybrid Group Classes for Beginners
Explore engaging hybrid group Mandarin classes for effective learning.
These hybrid courses blend self-paced materials—like audio/video lessons, workbooks, and review videos—with monthly online tutoring sessions for interactive Q&A and activities.
Flexible start anytime.
Decoding Change: An Introduction to the I Ching’s Wisdom
Join a one-hour session and discover how ancient wisdom can be applied to the most pressing questions of our time, while gaining fascinating insights into the DNA of Chinese culture.
Explore this ancient classic not as a book of fortune-telling, but as a powerful framework for situational analysis.
Sessions are conducted in English, so no prior knowledge of Chinese is required.
Chinese Courses for High-Level Students
Mandarin Express Courses

Mandarin Express Pre-Intermediate Level A
Stepping into higher level of Chinese study. This course guides students to tackle advanced topics and expand their conversational range, focusing on smoother and more nuanced exchanges.

Mandarin Express Pre-Intermediate Level B
Students engage in in-depth discussions around many social issues and rapidly expand their vocabulary and develop Chinese language proficiency in both spoken and written communications. Their contribution and ideas are at the heart of this course.

Mandarin Express Intermediate Level A
This course dives deep across four thematic units—Chinese history, businesses, science & technology, and life—each packed with four long readings on multifaceted arguments to fuel debates and media comprehension.
This course encourages active engagement through student-led discussions, research prompts, and presentations, while a supplementary section unpacks unique Chinese language quirks.

Mandarin Express Intermediate Level B
This course culminates students’ Mandarin journey with literary depth, immersing them in 4,000 years of Chinese treasures—from ancient classics (Confucius, Mencius, Sunzi) to modern voices (Lu Xun, Hu Shi) across themes like philosophy, poetry, essays, and cultural shifts.
Structured in four thematic units with supplementary language insights, it sparks engagement through background explorations, debates, and personal interpretations to build cultural fluency and nuanced expression.
Cool Classical Chinese

Bits & Pieces of Classical Chinese (零星文言文) is a video series teaching Classical Chinese.
In each episode, April introduces one or two sentences selected from the rich 4000 years literary history of the Chinese language, and gradually helps students understand some Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Sunzi and more in their original texts.
These mini video lessons help students acquire some necessary cultural literacy of Chinese philosophy, poetry and well known writings that have shaped the course of Chinese history.
Teacher April Zhang and Her Students










