Mandarin School

Mandarin Education for Adults and Children

Langara Mandarin School offers Mandarin courses for both adults and children. The Mandarin as a Second Language program places emphasis on practicality, modern and interesting presentation styles, and use of simple, easy-to-learn materials. Both the Traditional and Simplified written forms of Chinese characters are taught; Hanyu Pinyin phonetics is also taught to complement the learning experience. Various textbooks from China and Taiwan, as well as locally prepared teaching materials, are incorporated into the full range of course materials.

Mandarin for Adult courses are offered three times a year, beginning in January, May and September. It is a weekly course for a total of 25 hours per term. The eight levels of adult Mandarin courses are designed to help students progress from an introduction to pinyin to advanced daily conversation. *A 15% discount will be applied to registrations for those who have completed three or more Adult Mandarin courses. 

Mandarin for Children courses consist of 16 Saturdays, offered two times a year, beginning in either September or February. Students who are four years and older will be assigned to the appropriate class during registration.  *A 10% family discount is available for the third course registration (adult or children) from the same family in the same semester.

Contact us at rlouie@langara.ca or mandarinschool@langara.ca. Visit www.langarafirstmandarinschool.com for more information.