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  • “Before coming to Shanghai, I had studied Mandarin for 3 years, but since taking up classes at Ocean Mandarin, my Chinese has improved significantly. My primary reason for approaching the school was for specific HSK tuition. At that time, I worked full-time and could only study at evenings and weekends, but through the specialist guidance of its teachers, I improved from Level 4 to Level 7 in the space of 12 months.
    Now, back in the UK, I continue taking classes with Fiona over Skype. She makes sure my learning objectives are clear before class, and delivers effective lessons based on our agreed learning plan. Highly recommended! ”
    (Huw Morgan Jones)

    “I have been studying with OceanMandarin for 6 months and have made significant progress. They are flexible, friendly and always push me to improve. I have and continue to recommend them to friends and everyone is impressed. It is difficult not to take advantage of this great value.”
    (James Hull)

    "I have been taking weekly one-on-one classes with Ocean Mandarin for the last five months. I am working full time in Shanghai so it has been great to have space and time each week to focus on my Chinese and prepare for the HSK with a professional and caring teacher. It can be hard to fit study and homework into a working week but Ocean Mandarin offers me the flexibility and structure I need. I am sure I would have given up if it weren't for the great support and enthusiasm my teacher has shown for my studies. I will always be grateful to her for her guidance and encouragement...and my HSK certificate!"
    (Freya Aitken-Turff)

    “I would suggest "Ocean Mandarin" to everyone that wants to learn or improve his Chinese level. Teachers are highly knowledgeable and very careful to the student's need. They don't offer you only a simple language lesson but the staff is very friendly and they help you to deal with everyday Chinese life. Moreover prices are reasonable and location is central. Try one lesson and you won't do without it!”
    (Erika Carpin)

    What I like in these courses is that it is very flexible: We can talk of any subject of interest, and thus learn the related vocabularies. Also, we can do some role play, which help to improve as I have to react as if I was the real character. Thus it prepares me better to speak Chinese correctly. (Sophie Lemunier)
  • Thank you very much Fiona!Thank you for your help and kindness! I will recommend my friends to take classes in your institute. I was glad to have Rita as a teacher,she is hard working and really patient. Two excellent qualities for a teacher. Wish you the best of luck for the future! If you open a new school in Beijing,let me know! (pierre Antoine Cierin)
  • Actually 2 colleagues would like to start to learn Chinese.As it is very convenient that your teacher can come to our office in the morning, and as your teachers are very nice and patient,i recommend your school. (Nikolaus Gustenau)
  • Thanks for all of your help.I hope we can stay in touch. Good luck! (Brian Sullivan)

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  • I have been a student of Ocean Mandarin for seven months now,and I can tell you with confidence that I have gained so much more from their one on one approach than I could have ever imagined.Like many other students here,I too work full time,but to be honest,coming to class is something I look forward to,as classes are always exciting and stimulating.What I'm most impressed with about this company and its employees is their kind heartedness,their contagious enthusiasm,flexibility,and understanding.At the beginning I saw this merely as a means to improve my communication ability(and obtain a decent HSK score),but what I found was much,much more.Easily the best choice I've made since coming to Shanghai.(John Spencer Morrison)

     

>>General Introduction to Business Chinese Courses
>>Long Term Business Chinese Tutoring (from RMB90/hour)
>>Business Chinese Tutoring – Pay Monthly (from RMB110/hour)
General Introduction to Business Chinese Courses
“Ocean Mandarin” has two types of course, Tailor-made Business Chinese and Practical Business Chinese. Tailor-made Business Chinese courses aim to help foreigners working in Shanghai adjust to working here by aligning the course to typical workplace content, meaning the result will be more practical and effective. Practical Business Chinese courses aim to help students understand more about doing business in China in a step by step way. The courses follow three levels: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced.
Why Us?
We have practical and enlightening books to serve as your guide;
We arrange active teachers with more than two years of teaching “Business Chinese” experience as well as business background as your instructor;
We use an “Interactive Teaching Method” to teach, wherein you are not just a listener, but an active participator;
We offer professional and accurate advice for various business situations if the need should arise;
We guarantee your progress by giving you two tests, one test when you finish half the book, and the other test after you finish the whole book.

(1)Tailor-made Business Chinese Courses:
This course aims to help foreigners who work in Shanghai to adjust to their current work situation as soon as possible. What you will learn in this course will closely relate to your work, so the result will be more practical and effective.
(2)Practical Business Chinese courses
Elementary Courses:

This course suits white-collar personnel working in Shanghai. The content comprises of company organization, equipment, arrangement of schedules, meetings, presentation of work plans, discussion of business development, advertisements, complaints and explanations, hiring and firing employees, training, company culture, and business letters. Upon the completion of the course, you should have command of about 500 words, the ability to deal with daily tasks in fluent Chinese and arrange business activities without too much difficulty. You will learn the following:


Business networking: how do you accept invitations, gifts or attend parties according to Chinese business culture? Your ability in social communication will improve.
In the office: how do you manage documents in a Chinese workplace? How do you communicate with your boss, arrange schedules or attend meetings in China? You will no longer feel hesitant when it comes to these areas.
Business: how should you introduce your company and products to clients? How should you discuss product marketing? How to offer quotations, suggest methods of payment and delivery? Your daily workplace problems shall be no more!

Your knowledge of Chinese culture, customs, social hierarchy, as well as business norms and culture will be simultaneously improved.



Intermediate Courses: This course is suitable for students who have finished the Elementary level course. Content comprises of typical business activities and business-related social events in the Chinese business world. A total of 1040 frequently-used new words and 154 sentence patterns will be introduced in this course. Students will be able to communicate with Chinese colleagues fluently and arrange business activities effectively.

Advanced Courses:This course is designed for students who have completed the Intermediate level course, and really want to get involved in research on investment and the Chinese economy, and even independently read financial newspapers. Topical subjects covering contemporary China and world economy will be discussed in this course. The Chinese economy is closely intertwined with the rest of the world, so how to do business with Chinese people or the government is an important issue. You will learn approximately 1380 new words and 186 sentence patterns in this course. Students will be able to give presentations fluently and express personal opinions clearly.

Long Term Business Chinese Tutoring (from RMB90/hour)
There are two kinds of courses in our “Ocean Mandarin”, the first is Tailor-made Business Chinese Courses, aimed to help foreigners who work in Shanghai to adjust to the work as soon as possible. What you will learn in this course stays closely related to your work, so the result will be more practical and effective. The second is Practical Business Chinese courses, aimed to help foreign students who want to know more about doing business in China step by step. There are three levels you will need to follow, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced.
Why Us?
We have practical and enlightening books that will serve as a guide;
We will arrange active teachers with more than two years of teaching “Business Chinese” experience as well as business background to serve as your instructor;
We employ an “Interactive Teaching Method," wherein you are not just a listener, but an active participator;
We offer professional and accurate advice for any business situation you may be curious about;
We guarantee your progress by giving you two tests, one test when you finish half the book, and the other test after you finish the whole book.
Courses &Prices
(1) Tailor-made Business Chinese Courses:
Courses Hours Rate Material Fee Total Amount
Tailor-made
Business
Chinese
Courses
100hours(no expiry date) RMB90/hour RMB100

RMB9100


60hours(no expiry date) RMB100/hours RMB100 RMB6100
(2) Practical Business Chinese courses
Courses Hours Elementary Courses  Intermediate Courses  Advanced Courses 
Practical
Business
Chinese
Courses
100hours(no expiry date) RMB90/hour RMB90/hour

RMB90/hour


60hours(no expiry date) RMB100/hour RMB100/hour RMB100/hour

1. Definition of a Long Term Course: As for lessons, clients should take two or three a week to maintain a sense of consistency. Scheduling can be flexible.


2. Payment: The payment should be made in cash three days after the demo lesson and signing of the contract. We only accept one time payment.


3. No registration fee will be charged


4. Demo lessons can be arranged for clients who make a decision to take lessons at Ocean Mandarin. The demo lesson shall be two hours and charged at a rate of 100RMB. The payment should be made upon completion of the trial lesson.

 

5. Teaching Location: the campus of Ocean Mandarin, your office or your residence (downtown area).


6. Termination of Courses: Ocean Mandarin will keep the remaining pre-paid hours for three months from the day that the client terminates courses for personal reasons. The rest of tuition fee will not be refunded.


7. Work Hours of Ocean Mandarin: Our operational hours are from 8:00 to 21:00(Monday to Sunday). An additional fee of RMB 30/hour will be charged if you take lessons before 8:00 or after 21:00.


8. Each lesson will last a minimum of two hours. An additional charge of RMB30 will be charged for any lesson less than two hours.


9. A fee equivalent to one hour’s worth of tuition will be charged if clients did not inform Ocean Mandarin or their teacher four hours in advance for the cancellation of lessons.

Business Chinese Tutoring – Pay Monthly (from RMB110/hour)
There are two kinds of courses in our “Ocean Mandarin”, the first is Tailor-made Business Chinese Courses, aimed to help foreigners who work in Shanghai can adjust to the work as soon as possible. What you will learn in this course stays closely related to your work, so the result will be more practical and effective. The second is Practical Business Chinese courses, aimed to help foreign students who want to know more about doing business in China step by step. There are three levels you need to follow, Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced.
Why Us?
We have practical and enlightening books to serve as your guide;
We will arrange active teachers with more than two years of teaching “Business Chinese” experience as well as business background as your instructor;
We utilize an “Interactive Teaching Method," wherein you are not only a listener, but also an active participator;
We offer professional and accurate advice in different business situations as needed;
We guarantee your progress by giving you two tests, one test when you finish half a book, the other test after you finish the whole book.
(1) Tailor-made Business Chinese Courses:
Courses Hours/mouth

Beginner Courses 
(Elementary )

Intermediate 
Courses

(Intermediate )

Advanced 
Courses

(Advanced )

Tailor-made
Business
Chinese
Courses
8 hours(with expiry date) RMB130/hour RMB130/hour

RMB130

16 hours(with expiry date) RMB120/hour RMB120/hour RMB120
24 hours(with expiry date) RMB110/hour RMB110/hour RMB110
(2) Practical Business Chinese courses
Courses Hours/mouth

Beginner Courses 
(Elementary )

Intermediate 
Courses

(Intermediate )

Advanced
 Courses

(Advanced )

Practical
Business
Chinese
Courses
8 hours(with expiry date) RMB130/hour RMB130/hour

RMB130

16 hours(with expiry date) RMB120/hour RMB120/hour RMB120
24 hours(with expiry date) RMB110/hour RMB110/hour RMB110

1. Definition of Monthly paid Courses: This program aims to meet the needs of clients who want to pay each month. Scheduling can be flexible, but the lessons should be completed during the official hours.


2. Payment: The payment should be paid in cash three days after the demo lesson and signing of the contract. We only accept one time payment.


3. No registration fee will be charged


4. Demo lessons can be arranged for clients who make a decision to take lessons at Ocean Mandarin. The demo lesson shall last two hours and charged at a rate of 100RMB. The payment should be made upon completion of the trial lesson.

 

5. Teaching Location: the campus of Ocean Mandarin, your office or your residence (downtown area).


6. Termination of Courses: Ocean Mandarin will keep the remaining pre-paid hours for three months from the day that the client terminates courses for personal reasons. The rest of the tuition fee will not be refunded.


7. Work Hours of Ocean Mandarin: Our operational hours are from 8:00 to 21:00(Monday to Sunday). An additional fee of RMB 30/hour will be charged if you take lessons before 8:00 or after 21:00.


8. Each lesson will last a minimum of two hours. An additional fee of RMB30 will be charged for any lesson less than two hours.


9. A fee equivalent to one hour’s worth of tuition will be charged if clients do not inform Ocean Mandarin or their teacher four hours in advance for the cancellation of lessons.


What’s New
  • 1. The website of Ocean Mandarin is on-line.
  • 2. Ocean Mandarin appreciates the help and support for website from Huw Morgan Jones, James Hull, DennisD, Freya Aitken-Turff, Sophie Lemunier, and Erika Carpin.
  • 3. Sophie Lemunier got married in September, let’s congratulate her!
  • 4. Marco Scaramuccia joined our big family last week. He is learning survival Chinese in our school now.
  • 5. You are always welcome to our Chinese corner, please contact us in advance.
  • 6.An old friend,Ray Lotto came back from San Francisco to Shanghai to find Ocean Mandarin .He spent a good time in Shanghai last year.
  • 7.An old student Perry contacted us on last Sunday, and wanted to continue his lessons.
  • 8.James Hull came back from US,and we will meet him on Tuesday afternoon(27th,October).
  • 9.Karim enjoyed his vacation to Thailand last week.
  • 10.Forrest applied Shanghai International Studies University successfully uder the help of OceanMandarin.
  • 11.Andre married last Saturday. Congratulations!!!
  • 12.David passed HSK Level 8,and the score of listening part is 87,the score of grammar part is 84, the score of reading part is 89 and the score of the final part is 78. Congratulations to him!:0)
  • 13.David's wife gave birth to a daughter in 8th November,so he is a father now.As for David,we can say "双喜临门",which means two happy events come one after the other.
  • 14.Today(11th,November) is Singles' Day,we call it "光棍节(guang gun jie)"in Chinese.
  • 15.Steven Homolka is studying hard for 2010 HSK examination.
  • 16.Amir Zangi is gong to have his first lesson at his residence.
  • 17.手塚雄大 passed HSK Level 8,and the score of listening part is 77,the score of grammar part is 92, the score of reading part is 93, and the score of the final part is 92.Congratulations to him! :0)
  • 18.Kathryn is studying hard on New Practical Chinese, and we hope that she can make great progress under the guidance of us.
  • 19.Wish everyone have a happy Christmas and New Year! :0)
  • 20.Many students came back to Shanghai, and started learning Chinese.Wish they make great progress in the year of 2010.
  • 21.Brian Sullivan is studying Shanghainese Dialect now in March of 2010.22.Dragon boat festival is coming,wish everyone has a nice holiday! :0)
  • 22.Promotion of Sep.,2010: 50RMB/hour for 1 on 1 class for the first 10hours
  • 23.Stephanie passed New HSK Level 5,and scored 291 which is only 9 scores from full marks. Congratulations to her!:0)
  • 24.叶加彬 also passed New HSK Level 3 at a very high  score of 282, Contragulations to him!:0)
  • 25.John Spencer Morrison passed Old HSK Level 6 and scored 287 in which the listening part is 81, grammer 69,Reading 68 and Cloze text 61 respectively in 28th Nov.! Congratulations!
  • 26.Happy New Year! Wish you all the best in the New Year!
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  • Tel:+(86)13764423107(Fiona)
  • Tel:+(86)13764423102(Carrie)
  • E-mail:oceanmandarin@gmail.com
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