One on one lessons - learn Chinese in China

I would suggest you take one-on-one lessons if you come to China to study mandarin just for a short period of time. The reason? Quality of group class teaching is not guaranteed, and one-one-one lesson is not expensive.

With one-on-one lessons, you can control the pace and focus of your learning and your tutor has to listen to your need. With Mandarin House in Shanghai, the fee is 130-170 yuan per hour. This charging scheme is at the high end. If you look for private tutor yourself, you can easily find one who charges about 50-60 yuan per hour. This seems to me the average price, and a fair price.

In Beijing, diqiucun (global village), a language school near BLCU, is quite popular because of its low pricing - about 20-30 yuan per hour for one-one-one lessons. And you can try your first three lessons with three different teachers to find the one that suits you most.

This price is way too attractive compared to the price of one-one-one lessons you have to pay to learn, say spanish in Spain. Why bother to take group lessons?

Of course there is upside to learning in a group. I shouldn’t be too judgemental on this. But what I want to say is, if you think one-on-one lessons are all you need, why don’t you go for it? It is so cheap in China. And the result is usually guaranteed.