Open your world by learning some basic Chinese conversation skills. Many of our Mandarin language customers in Australia travel to China for business trips, or have an increasing number of customers from China.
Open your world by learning some basic Chinese conversation skills. Many of our Mandarin language customers in Australia travel to China for business trips, or have an increasing number of customers from China. Learning to speak just some basic conversational skills will ensure you gain instant respect and improve your prospects of success. Let Berlitz show you why it is easy to learn Mandarin.
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Mandarin is the language of choice in mainland China, and many Chinese communities all over the world. Mandarin is spoken by 848 million people as their first language, and by another 178 million as a second language, making it the current most widely spoken language in the world. It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
As the world’s second largest economy, China’s growing prominence and economic prosperity has fuelled enormous enthusiasm around the world towards learning Mandarin. Many people take up Mandarin lessons to increase their opportunities to improve business growth and success, to work in China or advance their career prospects.
Just imagine how much your career will be enhanced if you can show other people that you can speak even just simple Mandarin with another Chinese person.
After immigrating from Germany in 1870, our company founder, Maximilian Berlitz, took an opportunity giving language lessons in the United States. The son of a family of teachers and mathematicians, he used his exceptional language skills to teach Greek, Latin and six other European languages.
After few years of private tutoring, he joined the Warner Polytechnic College in Providence, Rhode Island, where he became a professor of French and German.
Upon hiring a French-only speaking assistant, Berlitz realised that the traditional, "grammar-translation" teaching method was not as effective as incorporating the new language right away in conversation. From then on, he began to use a more immersive teaching in his lessons, and the Berlitz Method was born.
Evolving for a changing world
Initially focusing on delivering language lessons for travelers and individual learners, over the years, Berlitz has evolved to help a whole host of students, businesses, schools and governments embrace language as the key to communication, connection and cultural understanding.
From working professionals to families moving abroad, Berlitz offers personalised learning paths that suit your learning style, location and learning objectives, to provide an immersive language and cultural learning experience that can help open your world to new opportunities.
How the Berlitz Method developed
Like many great discoveries, the Berlitz Method came about because of chance, specific circumstances, and a creative mind. While teaching in Providence, Maximilian Berlitz hired Joly, a young Frenchman as his assistant. However, upon Joly’s arrival in the U.S., Berlitz found out that his new assistant did not speak a single word of English.
During this time, Berlitz fell very ill and had no choice but to let Joly take over his teaching duties. Berlitz instructed Joly to use gestures to act out his meaning, encouraging him to use vocabulary in context so his French students could begin to understand the meaning.
After six weeks, Berlitz returned to the classroom expecting his students to be far behind in their language development. Instead, to his surprise, his students were more engaged than ever, communicating in an animated exchange of questions and answers – in perfect French!
Having been forced to learn from a French-only speaker accelerated their learning. As a result, a completely new and highly effective method of teaching was created.
The Berlitz Method today
The Berlitz Method is still the most effective way to learn a language and continues to be used today.
The key elements of the method are:
Immersive. Your instructor teaches and addresses you in your target language only. Language is presented in context of real-life situations with a focus on grammar and vocabulary.
Goal orientated. Each lesson is task-based with specific learning goals. This allows you to put your new language to use in actual situations right away.
Present, practice and perform. To help you absorb your new language, every lesson follows this structure. New content is presented by your instructor, you take part in both guided practice and general practice, and are then encouraged to perform what you have learnt.
How learning with Berlitz works
When you inquire about building your language skills and cultural understanding with Berlitz, you’ll follow a few steps to help us define your learning path to ensure you’re matched to the correct proficiency level and can quickly progress towards your goals.
We call this the Berlitz Learning Cycle, and it’s designed to act as a quality assurance tool for you as you work through your studies.
We’ll find out your situation, your specific goals, your proficiency level and what you want to achieve out of your language and culture program.
Here’s how it works:
Getting to know your needs Once we understand your aims, we’ll clearly explain the training options that would suit you best and how they can help you achieve your language and cultural understanding goals.
Orientation We’ll explain how it all works and help you get started. You’ll meet your language instructors, get to know your way around the learning center, receive your program materials, and learn about our platforms.
Reviewing your progress We’ll check you’re on the right path to achieving your learning goals, successfully retaining what you learn and give you any extra learning support you need to embrace your new language and culture with confidence.
Testing your achievements We’ll measure your understanding and skills so you can see how much you’ve progressed before moving to the next level.
Certifying your achievements You’ll receive a certificate to celebrate your accomplishments!
Progressing to the next level We’ll check you’re happy with your achievements and advance you to the next language proficiency level.
We’ve developed a standardised scale for the main languages we teach so we can measure your existing language abilities. Ranging from 1 (beginner) to 10 (professional), our scale will measure your level of language comprehension and practical skills.
Once you complete a needs analysis and chat with one of our friendly staff, we can help you build an individual learning program that will map your journey through the proficiency levels to ensure you meet your personal goals.
Chinese mandarin classes are offered from beginners to advanced level by La Lingua Language School.
New CLCS is offering full set of Chinese Classes for students aged from year 4 to VCE year 12. School is using imported Chinese textbook for all our classes, which is well designed by experienced language professor.
This course is designed for individuals, business travellers and/or any interested organisation. A range of topics will be covered by learning the language and gaining cross-cultural briefings.
This is a beginner’s level course. CITSOL language proficiency courses for professional purposes are ideal for people who need to develop second language skills to use in both everyday and work-related contexts.
Basic Mandarin course I is designed for students who have no or very limited prior knowledge of Chinese. You may not know basic Chinese words, and find it difficult to answer simple questions in Chinese.
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