Mandarin

The After-School Learning Centre is probably the FIRST and only tuition centre in the UK to make Mandarin lessons available for beginners and advanced students. Independent schools with their finger on the pulse already offer Mandarin lessons. Learning a foreign language is now a compulsory part of the school curriculum, so why not encourage your child to learn Mandarin? In ten years, China will become the world’s biggest and richest country, so the real winners in tomorrow’s jobs market will be the people who can do business by speaking and writing in Mandarin (China’s official language). Mandarin tuition is offered by our highly respected Native Mandarin Chinese teacher who has over 20 years experience of teaching Mandarin as a foreign language.

During the lessons, your child will:

• Learn to speak and write Mandarin
• Discover the culture, important Chinese celebrations and etiquette - making the tuition more than just about language
• Gain fast language knowledge through regular marking and correcting of work
• Work towards achieving an additional GCSE in a valued subject

On top of all the above, your child will receive a FREE textbook, workbook and CD to practice at home.

Chinese Quotes

The key to understanding the use of red in Chinese culture - red symbolises good luck and is used for all of life's big events and celebrations from The Chinese New Year to wedding ceremonies, birthdays and many more fun and happy life changing moments.

• 学习是一种随处可见的宝藏
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
• 不要把孩子限制在自己的学习上，因为他们是在另一个时间出生的
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
• 我听到了，我忘记了。我看到了，我记得。我明白了
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
• 如果你计划一年，种植水稻。如果你计划十年，植树。如果你计划100年，教育人类
If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, plant trees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.
• 时间就是黄金，一英寸的黄金可以买一英寸的时间
Time is gold, an inch of gold can’t buy an inch of time.
• 知识没有限制，只有努力才是成功的关键
Knowledge has no limit, only hard work is the key to success.
• 走在其他人的陪伴下，必须有一个我可以从中学到的东西
When walking in the company of other people, there must be one I can learn something from.