Silk Mandarin

From the intake onwards our account manager is there to make sure the envisaged goals are being reached in time and within budget. Together with you the Learning Goals, the Roadmap to get there and the Process will be defined. Adequate communication, proper scheduling and clear progress reports will ensure that you always know exactly where you are.

Our Mission

We believe understanding each other’s language and culture unites people. It is our mission to teach the beautiful Chinese language and culture to all who have an interest in it, whatever their ambition, background or age, and wherever they are.

Our Vision

To become the world's most appreciated Mandarin school, because of our excellent teaching quality, our passionate service, and, above all, because our Slow Motion Technique has proven to be the key to learning Mandarin faster and with fun! Faster, Fun and Flexible were the words we kept in mind when designing our teaching method and our products. Indeed it is our goal to make our students learn Faster, with Fun and in a Flexible way.

• 1-2-3 Learning Cycle

Our in-house developed 1-2-3 Learning Cycle consists of 3 key elements. The 1st one is CLEVER Learning, the 2nd is EASY Memorization and the 3rd is FUN Using. Our 123 Learning Cycle symbolises this process as these three steps are repeated over and over as a cycle of continual improvement to fluency.

• Blended Learning

Blended learning is quickly finding its way into the real and virtual classrooms all over the world and no wonder. Blended learning, a thoughtful integration of the teaching formats face-to-face and online learning, indeed offers more than just the sum of face-to-face learning and online learning. It is a bit like this picture which as a total stronger shows the meaning and origin of the character '禾he' than each of the two drawings apart would do.

 2 IN 1 As the name suggests, our 2 IN 1 curriculum provides double benefits to our students. In the first instance you get to learn Conversational Chinese and secondly (for those who want it) there is the option to pass HSK exams at the same time. Using this curriculum we provide our students with a practical and proficient course that quickly improves your Conversational Chinese while at the same time assuring the student's level according to the HSK scale. Following our curriculum, no separate HSK preparation classes are needed, which helps our students to save time and money.

Level 1 (HSK 1)Having passed this first level, the world of Mandarin is opening up for you. You can distinguish the different tones, you know about 150 words and you can read Pinyin. You can understand some essential daily used words and expressions and are able to communicate in a very basic way. For example, you can say hello to people and introduce yourself, thank people and apologize, inquire about price, time and date, and also ask for direction. If you have decided to also start learning Han Zi (Chinese characters), you now can read, and maybe even write, about 175 characters.

Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) is the standardized national test used to determine the non-native speakers. HSK is the best way to get to know and test your Chinese level and is often, and increasingly, required by companies, universities and other organizations to certify the Chinese language level of an individual.HSK consists of 6 levels in total. Levels 1 and 2 are Elementary levels, HSK 3 and 4 are intermediate levels and HSK 5 and 6 are Advanced levels. Our 15 levels have been aligned with the HSK levels but compared to the HSK levels our levels guarantee a much higher degree of speaking ability. In order to give you an idea of the knowledge you have acquired with each level we have drawn up an explanation. Between brackets have indicated the corresponding HSK level.

2 PLUS 1That is our curriculum to teach you Business Chinese/BCT, with the basic curriculum being the Conversational/HSK Chinese 2 IN 1. On top of that, it also teaches vocabulary, structures and phrases in different business settings, indeed 2 PLUS 1.

This curriculum, however, not only teaches you typical business related topics but also provides a great insight into Chinese business culture, manners and etiquette, which is of paramount importance when doing business in China.

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