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Elena
I have learned Chinese for several years. I changed more than 3 teachers. I need a systemic and efficient studying. And I want to know more about china , Chinese and Chinese culture. Then my friend introduced me Mandarin Garden. What the teacher there gav

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Through the Chinese culture activities, I make many friends from all over the world. I learnt how to make dumplings, rice dumplings and flower arrangement. I like the activities of Mandarin Garden. They enriched my life in Shanghai.

Conni
I am glad to study in Mandarin Garden. My teacher is very nice and helpful, and the staff of the school is nice to me. I love Chinese and I love to learn Chinese. It’s very practical. I will try to learn it well.

Pierre
Mandarin Garden is a great place to get to know Chinese culture and to learn Chinese.They offer plenty of activities for an even profounder knowledge.The atmosphere is professional and at the same time relaxed.

Niels
I don’t like studying in a boring class. i wish my teacher can always be passionate and push me to study further. In Mandarin Garden, I found the right teacher for me and now I enjoy my class very much. Thanks a lot.

Tomas
I have compared several schools before my decision. I want to learn Chinese well and I also like to know Chinese culture. And I think the attitude of the teacher, the consultant here are all very positive. I like to stay with them and get the care from th

Ear Training

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In music we have a class called Ear training. I was never very good at it as I was never trained in it.

LikewiseI gave up trying to concentrate on tones to speak Chinese. I have less of an accent than lots of

foreigners but I use a different concept concerning the tones as I do in music. Ear training doesn’t make

you necessarily a better musician but it is a useful skill. Now that I don’t have to learn it for any reason other

than my own personal fulfillment I started studying it again. The catch is I started studying it in Mandarin. It

is a skill like riding a bicycle.

I had a block against it. It is the ability to hear something and write down what you hear. The tones in

Chinese are identical. For that matter in all languages. If the tones are wrong we have trouble understanding

the language.

This is quite apparent when you call for support in the USA you get connected to someone in India who

speaks perfect English but you can’t understand a word as the tones are wrong. In Spain you get connected to

someone in Bolivia or Equator and even the Spaniards can’t understand it due to the tones. China also is like

that. If your tones are wrong people will understand only after they get used to your accent. I just started studying

tones I’m amazed after a couple of days I can get most of them correctly because I changed my attitude to learning

the tones. If you separate the idea and just develop the ability to hear which tone is being used, it becomes easy.

There are only 5 tones. Officially there are 4 and a neutral tone. Try having a teacher or an internet program where

you listen to the tone and write it down. You will be able to conquer this very quickly and increase your mandarin

ability by leaps and bound over night .