When You Speak Mandarin, People Listen
Communicate in Mandarin effortlessly. Whether it’s socialising, requesting information, presenting an argument, discussing an issue, 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.
All Chinese courses are designed for non-Chinese speakers.
Mandarin audio lessons are for beginner students to learn Mandarin Chinese with a focus on listening comprehension and repetition, helping students acquire targeted languages, improve their pronunciations, and develop their listening skills.
Chinese video lessons are for beginner students to start learning how to read and write Chinese with ease. Step by step, these video lessons help students learn Chinese characters, words and combinations, grammar points, and guide them to the path of developing sound Chinese reading and writing skills. Supplementary worksheets (PDF) are available for re-enforcement.
Private lessons and group classes are taught by teacher April, covering all available Chinese courses.
Mandarin Audio Lessons on Speaking and Listening
Mandarin Express Intro Level A
This is a complete beginner’s Mandarin audio course for non-Chinese speakers. Starting from pinyin, this audio course helps students become familiar with Mandarin sounds and enables them to make huge progress in listening and speaking.
Mandarin Express Intro Level B
This second Mandarin audio course helps students build up their foundations, enabling them to listen to the nuances of different words without being baffled by all the tone markers or by the look-alike pinyin, and to speak Mandarin with clarity.
Chinese Video Lessons on Reading and Writing
Chinese Reading and Writing 1
A beginner’s Chinese writing course for non-Chinese speakers. This course teaches how to read and write 70 characters and 150 words and combinations.
Chinese Reading and Writing 2
The second Chinese writing course. It teaches how to read and write 50 new characters, 166 words and combinations, and 10 grammar points.
Chinese Reading and Writing 3
The third Chinese writing course. It teaches how to read and write 50 new characters, 179 words and combinations, and 14 grammar points.
Chinese Reading and Writing 4
In this fourth Chinese course, a series of online video lessons teach you 50 new Chinese characters, 221 words and combinations, and 4 grammar points.
Chinese Reading and Writing 5
The fifth online Chinese writing course. Learn 50 new Chinese characters, 250 words and combinations, and 5 grammar points. Start reading page long stories.
Chinese Reading and Writing 6
The sixth online Chinese writing course. Learn 50 new characters, 325 words and combinations and 1 important grammar point. Have fun reading Chinese!
Intensive Mandarin Program
An integrated beginner’s Mandarin program for non-Chinese speakers. 50 class hours. This program helps students get started quickly on listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Mandarin Express Intro Level A
A beginner’s Mandarin course for non-Chinese speakers. 30 class hours. Starting from pinyin, this course helps students build up conversational abilities quickly.
Mandarin Express Intro Level B
A higher beginner’s Mandarin course. 32 class hours. Students learn essential words and important structures and improve their conversational abilities.
Mandarin Express Basic Level A
This Mandarin course improves students’ conversational abilities around ten popular topics, and helps them develop overall Chinese comprehension. 32 class hours.
Mandarin Express Basic Level B
This course helps students speak Mandarin with confidence, and improves their language skills with many class activities and sufficient listening exercises. 32 class hours.
Mandarin Express Pre-Intermediate Level A
This high level course improves students' Mandarin proficiency in both spoken and written communications, a huge step towards Chinese proficiency. 80-100 class hours.
Mandarin Express Pre-Intermediate Level B
This is a higher level Mandarin course, addressing more controversial issues. Students’s contribution and ideas are at the heart of class activities. 80-100 class hours.
Mandarin Express Intermediate Level A
An advanced Mandarin course. 120-150 class hours. Students practice reading long Chinese texts, giving mini lectures, and watching authentic Chinese video clips.
Mandarin Express Intermediate Level B
A super advanced Mandarin course. 120-180 class hours. Students study famous Chinese texts ranging from 2100 BCE to 1950s CE, and gain insights into Chinese language and culture.
Chinese Reading and Writing 1
A beginner’s Chinese writing course for non-Chinese speakers. 15 class hours. This course teaches how to read and write Chinese texts with 70 characters.
Chinese Reading and Writing 2
The second Chinese writing course, 20 class hours, teaches 50 new characters and how to read and write Chinese texts with a total of 120 characters.
Chinese Reading and Writing 3
The third Chinese writing course. 20-30 class hours. Students learn 50 new characters and practice reading and writing longer Chinese texts with 170 characters.
Chinese Reading and Writing 4
The fourth Chinese writing course. Students learn 50 new characters and further their reading and writing abilities with interesting stories written with 220 characters.
Chinese Reading and Writing 5
The fifth Chinese writing course. Students learn 50 new characters and practice reading and writing long and engaging stories written with 270 Chinese characters.
Chinese Reading and Writing 6
The final Chinese writing course in the series. Students learn 50 new characters and get sufficient training with more diverse Chinese texts written with 320 characters.
Survival Chinese Course
Get some insightful cultural orientation and be equipped with essential phrases with our short-term survival Chinese course. 2.5 class hours.
WeChat Social Media Chinese Course
By using articles published in WeChat, this Chinese course offers great opportunities for high level students to learn Chinese and to understand China. 18 class hours per module.
Finance Chinese Course
This Chinese course helps financial experts improve their Chinese proficiency and maximise their career opportunities. 18 class hours per module.
How we can help you achieve great success in learning Chinese
The approach to Chinese courses
The final outcome best defines the right approach. That’s how we use our knowledge and insights to define our approach to teaching and learning Chinese.
How adult students achieve great learning results
We are very aware of our students’ age and their process of learning. This is why we are able to help them bring out outstanding results when learning Chinese.
How teachers manage themselves in Chinese classes
A good Chinese teacher has more jobs to do than just teaching. A good Chinese teacher knows how to use different structures to facilitate students to reach their goals.
Learning Chinese is also to learn how to deal with mistakes
When learning Chinese, mistakes are unavoidable. At MSL Master, we understand why mistakes occur, and we know how to help students to address them effectively.
Students’ needs and the vertical depth of learning Chinese
We appreciate the complexity involved in learning Chinese, and our Chinese courses are structured to reflect that complexity, guiding students to perceive the gradual changes in the texture of the Chinese language as they progress.
How students get the most out of their Chinese class time
We encourage students to be active learners during their Chinese classes. We invite students to contribute to their learning and to help their Chinese teacher to better help them.
Teacher April Zhang and Her Students
