Chinese Group Courses

Conversational Chinese

Chinese Edge’s Mandarin conversational course is to develop learners’ Chinese communicative competence. Our teaching materials consist face-to-face

classroom learning, textbook and workbook, multimedia CD, individual learning plans with rich teaching resources provided, so as to meet the needs of learners of Chinese learning at any level.

 

Our Conversational Chinese course caters for learners of elementary Chinese covering communication for survival, daily life, learning and working, social activities,

etc. focusing on satisfying the basic needs for communication in daily life.  Our Chinese classes fully cover communication Skills, words & expressions, and Grammar to

help you build a solid foundation when you are new to Chinese.

These Chinese lessons have been designed to provide practical daily vocabulary and a foundation for basic conversational skills through a simple role-play format. Don’t get frustrated if you find some of the phrases difficult to pronounce at first.

Many of the sounds will be new, and saying them may be a challenge in the beginning. With scenarios learning, you’ll soon notice your ability to recognize and produce the sounds of Mandarin developing naturally and converse well in the various daily conversations.

Click on the individual course and see why do we use syllabus from Hanban which is a Public institute affiliated to China Ministry of Education and know more about our Chinese teaching methodology

For Group Lessons

8 Important Benefits

  1. Accredited Chinese course syllabus produced and imported from professional agencies in China.
  2. Experienced teacher who are native Mandarin speakers and bilingual. (able to use proficient English to explain in class)
  3. Our Mandarin teachers are all professionally trained and Applied Mandarin Linguistics Certified.
  4. Our small Mandarin class size (4 to 6 people) with a good teacher to students ratio. (greater attention level given to students for better result)
  5. Interactive and dynamic way of learning Mandarin. (more role-play and practice in forming sentences)
  6. Effective learning tools like Video Lessons & Audio CD have proven to yield better result when students review these before and after class.
  7. Double learning support – other than course book, an e-copy of the work book will be provided to have more practice.
  8. Dynamic learning tool 24/7 available includes course book & work-book, audio-CD, and in-house video lessons. Communicative teaching approach is used for all levels.

 

Group Mandarin Class (per pax)

Tuition fee $400 for 10 lessons of 2-hour each. Students can choose their own class schedule from below and venue will be at our training centre.

 

Mandarin Beginner 1 Evening

Mandarin Beginner 1 Evening Course 7:00pm to 9:00pm for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE132706Every Tuesday 7-9pm27 Jun29 Aug$400/pax
CE130707Every Friday 7-9pm07 Jul08 Sep$400/pax
CE131207Every Wednesday 7-9pm12 Jul30 Sep$400/pax
CE132407Every Monday 7-9pm24 Jul02 Oct$400/pax
CE0408Every Friday 7-9pm04 Aug06 Oct$400/pax
CE131708Every Thursday 7-9pm17 Aug19 Oct$400/pax
CE132908Every Tuesday 7-9pm29 Aug31 Oct$400/pax
CE131309Every Wednesday 7-9pm13 Sep22 Nov$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 1 Morning

Mandarin Beginner 1 Morning Course 10:00am to 12:00pm for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE112706Every Tue 10am - 12pm27 Jun29 Aug$400/pax
CE111207Every Wed 10am - 12pm12 Jul20 Sep$400/pax
CE112707Every Thu 10am - 12pm27 Jul28 Sep$400/pax
CE111508Every Tue 10am - 12pm15 Aug17 Oct$400/pax
CE113008Every Wed 10am - 12pm30 Aug08 Nov$400/pax
CE111409Every Thu 10am - 12pm14 Sep16 Nov$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 1 Daily

Mandarin Beginner 1 Daily Course 10:00am to 12:00pm for 10 days

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE150307Mon to Fri 10am-12pm03 Jul14 Jul$400/pax
CE151707Mon to Fri 10am-12pm17 Jul28 Jul$400/pax
CE153107Mon to Fri 10am-12pm31 Jul11 Aug$400/pax
CE151408Mon to Fri 10am-12pm14 Aug25 Aug$400/pax
CE152808Mon to Fri 10am-12pm28 Aug08 Sep$400/pax
CE151109Mon to Fri 10am-12pm11 Sep22 Sep$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 1 Weekend

Mandarin Beginner 1 Weekend Course for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE140207Every Sun 2pm - 4pm02 Jul03 Sep$400/pax
CE141507Every Sat 10am - 12pm15 Jul23 Sep$400/pax
CE143007Every Sun 10am - 12pm30 Jul08 Oct$400/pax
CE141208Every Sat 2pm - 4pm
12 Aug21 Oct$400/pax
CE142708Every Sun 2pm - 4pm27 Aug05 Nov$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 2 Evening

Mandarin Beginner 2 Evening Course for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE232106Every Wednesday 7-9pm21 Jun30 Aug$400/pax
CE230407Every Tuesday 7-9pm04 Jul02 Sep$400/pax
CE232007Every Thursday 7-9pm20 Jul21 Sep$400/pax
CE230708Every Monday 7-9pm07 Aug09 Oct$400/pax
CE231608Every Wednesday 7-9pm16 Aug25 Oct$400/pax
CE233108Every Thursday 7-9pm31 Aug02 Nov$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 2 Weekend

Mandarin Beginner 2 Weekend Course for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE242307Every Sun 10am - 12pm23 Jul01 Oct$400/pax
CE241208Every Sat 10am - 12pm12 Aug21 Oct$400/pax
CE242008Every Sun 2pm - 4pm20 Aug29 Oct$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 2 Morning

Mandarin Beginner 2 Morning Course for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE211307Every Thu 10-12pm13 Jul14 Sep$400/pax
CE211608Every Wed 10-12pm16 Aug25 Oct$400/pax
CE211209Every Tue 10-12pm12 Sep14 Nov$400/pax
CE211210Every Thu 10-12pm12 Oct14 Dec$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 2 Daily

Mandarin Beginner 2 Daily Course for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE251007Mon+Thu+Fri 10am-12pm10 Jul31 Jul$400/pax
CE251408Mon+Wed+Fri 10am-12pm14 Aug06 Sep$400/pax
CE251109Mon+Wed+Fri 10am-12pm11 Sep02 Oct$400/pax

Mandarin Beginner 3 Group

Mandarin Beginner 3 Group Course for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE332106Every Wed 7pm - 9pm21 Jun30 Aug$400/pax
CE330407Every Tue 7pm - 9pm04 Jul05 Sep$400/pax
CE332808Every Mon 7pm - 9pm28 Aug30 Oct$400/pax

Business Mandarin Group

Business Mandarin Group Course for 10 lessons

Batch CodeFrequencyStart DateEnd DateFee
CE932706Every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm27 Jun29 Aug$400/pax
CE931107Every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm11 Jul12 Sep$400/pax
CE932507Every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm25 Jul26 Sep$400/pax
CE930808Every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm08 Aug10 Oct$400/pax
CE932908Every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm29 Aug24 Oct$400/pax
CE931209Every Tuesday 7pm - 9pm12 Sep07 Nov$400/pax

 

For Beginner 3, Intermediate or Advanced levels – please contact us for latest schedules

Group Class Features


Each level consists of 20 training hours for 10 lessons over 2.5 months (for weekly classes) or 10 days (for intensive daily classes) completion.

One Time Registration Fee $50/pax (applies to all level of learning)

Material fee of $50 per pax (including course book & workbook, Audio Cd, Video lessons and custom-made syllabus)

If you missed any classes, here are the options available

– Arrange a Skype training if you are not in Singapore

– Arrange a quick makeup class before the next class

– Watch our Video lesson and audio for own revision

– Seat in another class for makeup, subject to seats availability

Training Centres are located near 3 MRT stations (Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar, and Telok Ayer)

Venue: 105 Cecil Street, level 16, Octagon building, Singapore 069534 or 137 Cecil Street level 7, Singapore 069537

Free Mandarin trial class can be arranged for you to experience our communicative teaching approach.

Our current month promotion – Free Trial Class. Sign up Now!

Aim

These are the classification of courses available and each level consist of

10 lessons  covering ten units.

Conversational Chinese Beginner 1

  • Learn Chinese Singapore
    20hrs of Chinese learning, student will achieve a Chinese proficiency of New HSK level 1, which means they will master basic pronunciation rules, vocabulary and grammar of Chinese.
  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    Able to make simple conversation about everyday topics in Chinese learning up to 200 new words.

Conversational Chinese Beginner 2

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    20hrs of Chinese learning, student will achieve a Chinese proficiency of New HSK level 2, which they have completely mastered all preliminary listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Learning up to 200 new words.

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    At this upper elementary level that is equivalent to Level A2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Conversational Chinese Beginner 3

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    20hrs of Chinese learning, student will be near a Chinese proficiency level of New HSK level 3, which means they will fulfil most of the communication activities, & tasks encounter during study and work.

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    Able to make more in-depth conversation about general  topics in Chinese learning up to 200 new words.

Conversational Chinese Intermediate 1

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    20hrs of Chinese learning, student will achieve a Chinese proficiency level of New HSK level 3, able to handle many of the communication tasks when travelling or at work.

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    It is equivalent to Level B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages with learning up to 200 new words.

Conversational Chinese Intermediate 2

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    20hrs of Chinese learning, student will be near a Chinese proficiency level of New HSK level 4.  Their listening, reading, speaking and writing skills will be further improved, and more importantly, they will begin to develop the ability to generate paragraphs.

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    Understanding many language materials that they encounter in their daily life, work and other common social occasions, to communicate and exchange ideas with others on familiar topics and to describe basic situations relevant to these topics. Learning up to 300 new words.

Conversational Chinese Intermediate 3

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    20hrs of Chinese learning, student will achieve a Chinese proficiency level of New HSK level 4. They will be able to understand and explicitly expressed language materials encounter in work, study or other common social occasions, to communicate fluently and express their own opinions and give reasons or explanations.

  • Learn Chinese Singapore

    The language proficiency they will achieve is equivalent to Level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Learning up to 300 new words.

Methodology

Our Mandarin conversational course is based on the practices and researches of Chinese Language and teaching Chinese as a second language, integrating the effective methods used in foreign language teaching in both Singapore and China.

We use pedagogical leads and practices of the 21st century to deliver our Chinese courses. Practical, concise and interesting teaching materials are selected with effective learning and teaching methods, to provide convenience for various types of learners of Chinese language.

Courses Content

These are the classification of our Chinese courses and each level consist of 10 Chinese lessons covering ten units.
Conversational Chinese Beginner 1

includes self-introduction, nationality, work activities, hobbies, family, directions, dress attire, festivals, calendar, food and other measuring words.

Conversational Chinese Beginner 2

includes price negotiation, public places, transport, holidays, scheduling, body parts, weather, cities, symptom, everyday activities and more common verbs and adjectives.

Conversational Chinese Beginner 3

includes travelling, booking hotel, food & drinks, special skills, permitting and forbidding, direction of action, watching movie, clearing security, entering contest and about study.

Conversational Chinese Intermediate 1

includes ceremony, about study, commenting in restaurant, custom and habit, seeking employment, work experience, gift giving, seeking accommodation, holiday, unpleasant experience, future plans and many more.

Conversational Chinese Intermediate 2

includes text building from stories, anecdotes, encyclopaedic essays and Chinese culture. Used and understand Grammar, memorize and learn the use in sentence patterns and commons words taught. Vocabulary and Chinese characters are employ in various activities for review, memorize and use common Chinese words and characters to deepen the understanding of method used to build Chinese words.includes travelling, booking hotel, food & drinks, special skills, permitting and forbidding, direction of action, watching movie, clearing security, entering contest and about study.

Conversational Chinese Intermediate 3

includes common words used by illustrations and categorization, the constituents of Chinese words are analyzed to help learners understand the rule of Chinese word building. Communicative activities engaged by students and trainers aim to improve interpersonal skills and to cultivate their ability to express paragraphs. With use of all words, grammar points and topic framework in real-life communications.

Testimonials

  • "I'm taking lessons with my colleagues 1 lesson per week. The good thing of Chinese Edge class is that I can communicate with my colleagues in class and the topics we are learning are very related to our daily work. I can see the progress on my Chinese and happy to go with my colleagues to try the HSK exam soon."

    Lynette Vann

  • "I have enjoyed my Chinese language learning journey with Chinese Edge, their syllabus from Hanban and female Native trainers are excellent. Surely will recommend to anyone who is keen to learn Chinese"

    Leo Hansen

  • "Chinese Edge has the right trainers for my Mandarin learning, I always choose to have Native Speaker as my teacher so that I am learning the perfect Chinese language"

    Frank Kingsman

  • "My Chinese teacher comes to my house for lessons twice a week, and I found myself improving a lot and start to speak Mandarin to my Chinese friends. Thank you Chinese Edge"

    Anne MacKaye

  • The location of Chinese Edge is just a few steps way from my office. It's very convenient for me to take group lessons as I think it's more interactive when I learn with other students. The lessons are communicative, and I have learnt not only on a daily conversation but also some basic business scenarios and Chinese culture. This helps me to understand my Chinese clients better. It's great learning experience at Chinese Edge.

    Luca Probst

  • "I was a bit upset after I learnt Chinese in Singapore for 2 months as my Chinese colleagues told me I started to pick up some local accent. When I called Chinese Edge up, my teacher Elaine who is from Beijing immediately taught me some methods to practice my pronunciations. Now I'm with Elaine for 6 months; I can feel that my accent gets better, and she also shares her knowledge on contemporary China with me. I'm very happy with my learning experience at Chinese Edge and will surely recommend them to everyone."

    Derrick Decarlo

  • I lived in Beijing for three years and started my Chinese learning journey there. I didn't want to stop learning Chinese when I moved to Singapore half a year ago. However, it was not so easy to find a school providing higher level Chinese lessons until I found Chinese Edge. They have all levels of courses to suits for different levels of learners. With a small group of 4 people business Chinese lesson, I have learnt a lot on formal expressions on company introduction, negotiation and entertaining after a few lessons. The lesson is totally conversational and even suitable for people who don't know Chinese characters, just like me. Now I start to learn some basic characters too and my aim is to pass HSK 4 next year. I will surely continue to learn Chinese with Chinese Edge.

    Alison Doyle

  • "My teacher Teresa is great. She is always patient and nice to us. Besides the content in the book, she is always happy to answer all our questions and prepared more conversations related to daily life. I feel I can use Chinese after class. Now I'm learning level 3 with Chinese Edge, and I think there is one day I will go to the advanced levels."

    Gavin Haris

  • "When I was looking for a job in Singapore, I had more free time to explore to Chinese learning with an intensive schedule. Chinese edge trainers Judy and Claire customized the lessons to my day-to-day needs as well as helped me to learn the language for an interview. My interviewer was so surprised to find me speaking some simple Chinese with a bit accent. Then I got the job offer and will start my work soon. I will surely come back to Chinese learning when I have my next holiday. But no worries, Judy laoshi, I will be frequently travelling to China and practice my Chinese there. Xie xie Chinese Edge!"

    Richard Paterson

  • "I'm frequently travelling around Asia, which makes it hard for me to commit to any regular lessons. Chinese Edge has sent Ms. Luo to my office to teach me. Their flexible scheduling lets me take lessons anytime I like. Furthermore, my teacher tailors the lessons to my working requirements. I'm happy to greet my Chinese colleagues and learn funny slangs."

    Janet Hardy