Mandarin Language Classes in London, UK

Link Chinese Academy, London:
Learn Chinese Mandarin in London with Link Chinese Academy. Established in 2003, we provide a wide range of beginner to advanced level Mandarin Chinese classes. Courses include General Chinese, Intensive Chinese, HSK Exam Preparation, Business Chinese, Chinese for Specific Purposes, and more. You can learn Chinese at your home or company, or on-site at one of our small group classes in our three locations in London: Hammersmith, Soho, and Liverpool Street. Link Chinese teachers are highly professional who have average five years teaching experience in UK and are passionate about introducing Chinese language and culture.

- Top Class Trainers:
We have a large number of permanent teaching staff. We believe this is essential to maintain consistency and quality in our courses and to develop new materials and approaches to language learning and teaching. You can rely on the professionalism and expertise of our trainers.

- High Quality Classes:
Work is concentrated, time is precious, our classes are all intensive.They are hands-on and task based, with frequent role-plays and simulations designed to develop essential language skills. Our very active method, combined with intensive listening, vocabulary building and remedial grammar work, builds confidence, fluency and accuracy. Course content is relevant and up to date, with constant input from participants, so rapid progress is assured.

- Personalised for You:
The courses have been designed to provide each individual student with a lasting advantage. Each week you choose a goal to focus on what is important to you - perhaps job or work related, or a cultural subject. Through a combination of seminar style presentations, practical assignments, interactive tasks and the creation of a Personal Development Portfolio, you develop your skills and confidence in Mandarin in a fast track learning environment.

The most prominent characteristic is that every one of the 1,200 syllables (a very limited number) stands for some meaning. The syllable is the combination of three constituents, namely the initial, the final and the tone. There are 21 initials, 35 finals and four basic tones, with a few sandhis. Most of the initials and finals are not difficult, and only the tones with their sandhis and very few initials and finals constitute some difficulty.

In our opinion, the difficulty in learning Chinese pronunciation is relative in nature; that is to say, this difficulty can be surmounted by constant practice, and your pronunciation can then be like Chinese. To learn the written form of Chinese, one must learn Chinese characters, the written symbols and unique script with a long history. Chinese learners are not used to studying Chinese characters. 

Now some linguists and language teachers have started to focus their studies on how to enable learners to learn Chinese characters faster. They have discovered that there are aspects that make Chinese characters easy to learn. Firstly, the number of commonly-used characters is limited.

- Small group lessons with only 5-12 participants ensuring you receive the benefit of individual attention as well as group interaction.
- Classes in Soho, Liverpool Street, Hammersmith and Greenwich allow you to choose according to your convenience.
- Extensive range of courses at different locations/time allows you to attend free catch up lessons.
- Day, Evening & Weekend courses to suit your diary.
- Design your own course to suit your personal/professional needs with our free needs analysis and advice.

Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Courses:
Available on-site at one of our 3 London locations, or in your home or office environment

- General Chinese Classes (Beginner, Elementary, Lower Intermediate, Intermediate & Advanced Levels)
- Intensive Chinese
- Business Chinese
- Chinese Corporate Training
- Tailor-Made Chinese Courses (Chinese for Specific Purposes)
- Mandarin for Cantonese Speakers
- Survival Last Minute Mandarin
- HSK Exam Preparation
- Group Lessons
- Private Mandarin Chinese Tuition