1. How much is it?
$297 for 10 lessons of 2 hours per lesson, on a Tuesday

2. How do I pay?
You can register online and pay online with credit card or you can pay by bank transfer. Register online here

3. What sort of people do the course?
People who don't know the first thing about Mandarin and are curious. People who have Chinese friends they'd like to understand better. People who plan to go to China and would like some basic travel language skills to survive. People who plan to use Mandarin for work or study and want to start with a short course before progressing to more serious courses at an academic level. People who have recently become involved with someone who speaks Chinese and would like to speak with their parents! There are hundreds of reasons people might want to do our course. What's yours?

4. Do you offer any intermediate or advanced courses?
Not yet, but we hope to in the future. In the meantime, James Tsui is also available for private Mandarin lessons.

5. I might not be able to make a lesson in October. What should I do?
A pdf of some of the exercises used in the lesson you missed can be emailed to you.

6. What's your refund policy?
You can cancel and receive a full refund up to 2 days before the course starts. After that time we would have already started printing the exercises for the students and doing final processing of registrations so cancelations after this time will incur a 50% fee to cover preparation costs.

7. What if I decide to quit the course half way? Can I get a refund?
Sorry, no refunds once the course has started. Pdfs of some of the exercises used in class can be emailed to you. If you think you might have a problem doing the course, James Tsui would be happy to answer any questions you have after you register.

8. What will I get out of it?
By the end of the course, depending on your commitment, we hope you'll have
1.        General Mandarin communication skills
2.        Basic understanding and listening skills
3.        A better understanding of Chinese culture

9. Do you give a certificate?
We give you a statement of attainment certificate at the end of the course.

10. How many people in the class?
We have set a maximum of 10 people in any class. We usually get between 6 and 8 people to a class.

11. I've got more questions. Who do I contact?
Visit our contact form here

12. Sounds great. Where do I sign up?