About Us
We are proud to offer small group Mandarin courses for children ages 4 to 13 in Oakville and Burlington. Our classes have a maximum of 6 students. Our highly qualified teachers have over ten years of experience teaching Mandarin as a second language.
● Small class sizes from 4 to 6 students
● Mandarin as a second language courses for children with no knowledge of Mandarin
● In person or virtual classes
● Small class size from 4 to 6 students
● One-on-one or one-on-two customized lessons
Learning Chinese as a Second Language Programs
● 4 levels, 32 lessons for each level
● Level 1 - 1 hour per lesson, $25+HST
● Level 2 - 1.5 hour per lesson, $35+HST
● Level 3 & 4 - 2 hours per lesson, $45+HST
This program is designed for elementary school children, who start learning Mandarin as beginners. The primary goal of this program is to help beginners build a solid foundation of Mandarin and cultivate interest in learning Mandarin and Chinese culture.
Our learning content aims to develop communication skills through listening exercises, conversations, speaking practice, etc. In order to reinforce and consolidate new vocabulary and sentences. Children will be exposed to the phonetic symbols and tones from the very beginning and will acquire good pronunciation and intonation of Chinese with on-going reinforcement of pinyin. Chinese characters are taught according to the character formation system. Once the children have a good grasp of radicals and simple characters, they will be able to analyze most of the compound characters they encounter, and to memorize new characters in a logical way.
Kids need to do homework about 15 to 20 minutes a week in order to build a solid foundation for character writing, speaking skills and reading comprehension skills.
After completing this program, children will be able to recognize over 500 simplified Chinese characters, write from memory approximately 100 simple Chinese characters and develop communication skills in Mandarin from an early age.
Our Approach
Our teaching method is the content-based approach, which is an effective second language teaching method. Students learn the language through authentic texts. For example, asking for directions in Mandarin. Students learn topics based on real-life situations. Keeping students motivated and interested are two important factors in content-based teaching.
The topics we will explore include
This is a customized program to fit different needs of learners. We provide Survival Chinese and business Chinese from beginner to advanced level.
Meet Our Team
Our Creative Minds
Lisa Luan M.Ed.
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Lisa Luan is a native Chinese speaker who was born and raised in China. She holds a Master's degree in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, and she has been teaching Chinese as a second language since 2009. Ms. Luan taught Chinese at Middlebury College Summer School and Allegheny College in the U.S.A. during the past few years. After completing her Master of Education degree from Lakehead University in 2018, Ms. Luan settled in Oakville with her family. Her style of teaching brings enthusiasm, patience, respect, hospitality, and openness into the classroom to make students comfortable and confident to learn Chinese.