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How many years will it take to learn Mandarin?

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How many years will it take to learn Mandarin?

It takes a learner with average aptitude only 15 weeks to reach level 2 for Spanish or French, but about 50 weeks to reach a similar level of the Chinese language. If you want to be fully fluent in Mandarin, you’d better plan to spend about 230 weeks, which is about 4 years.

How much do Mandarin lessons cost?

Verbling has an extensive list of Mandarin and Cantonese tutors, and you can select one based on their availability, background, experience, and of course their price. The average cost for tutoring sessions is about $25 per hour, but you can find tutors for as low as $5 per hour or as high as $75+ per hour.

Is Mandarin spoken in Kuala Lumpur?

The Chinese are the second largest ethnic group in all of Malaysia, and these residents usually speak Mandarin, though Cantonese is also widely spoken in all of Kuala Lumpur. This being said, all Chinese residents all over Kuala Lumpur understand Mandarin very well.

Can I learn Mandarin in 6 months?

Can you become fluent in Chinese after 6 months? Simply put, no. It’s not possible. You can make great progress for sure, but fluency is a broad term, and you’d need a minimum of a year to get even close to spoken fluency in Chinese.

Can I learn Mandarin a year?

If you were to study hard in a classroom or immersive setting with at least 1-3 hours a day, you are likely to acquire intermediate-level fluency within a year. Different people learn at different speeds, so you can’t take this as a hard-and-fast rule, but it’s a good metric to help set your expectations.

How can I learn Mandarin?

The Best Way to Learn Chinese

  1. Start with some basic vocabulary and phrases. Before you start mimicking tones in Mandarin, you’ll want to learn some conversational words and phrases to use in your practice.
  2. Focus on Chinese pronunciation and tones.
  3. Speak Chinese daily.
  4. Immerse yourself in Chinese.

What language do Indians in Malaysia speak?

Tamil
A good amount of Indians who occupy the Malaysian population speak Tamil as their native language. There are more than five hundred Tamil medium schools spread throughout Malaysia. Other South Asian languages in Malaysia are Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam and Telugu.

How long does it take a native English speaker to learn Mandarin?

It turns out that it takes 2,200 class hours to learn Mandarin for English speakers. If you put the rest of your life on hold and focused only on studying Chinese – at 5 hours of practice a day, it would take you 88 weeks.

Is there an online Mandarin class in Malaysia?

NEW Intake is OPEN for Registration!! You can join the class wherever you are; as long as you have an internet connection and a computer or mobile device You can practice Mandarin conveniently and easily while staying safe at home. 2) Who is this class suitable for? People who want to conquer one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.

Is there a mandarin teacher in Johor Bahru?

Yes, we all are a group of Mandarin Language beginner students with Indian background. After attending mandarin classes with teacher Liew Ai at EDU Mandarin (Johor Bahru), we try our best to present to you the story behind the Deepavali festival in mandarin! If playback doesn’t begin shortly, try restarting your device.

Who is the Mandarin teacher at Edu Mandarin?

Please try again later. Yes, we all are a group of Mandarin Language beginner students with Indian background. After attending mandarin classes with teacher Liew Ai at EDU Mandarin (Johor Bahru), we try our best to present to you the story behind the Deepavali festival in mandarin!

How much does it cost to take mandarin class?

We teach you from ZERO, equipping you to SPEAK + WRITE in Chinese, or PREPARING you for HSK, IGCSE exams….. One-to-one tutelage, zero to Advanced level syllabus! Recommended package: Two students package (one to two) is RM240 per month for 4 classes, each class is 45 min.