Corporate Mandarin

Learning Mandarin, Building Alliances

Bridge the gap between you and your Chinese counterparts. Customized Mandarin lessons from Corporate Mandarin will enable you to communicate more effectively and avoid cross-cultural misunderstandings.

corporate mandarin

Communicate with Your Peers in China

Our customized Corporate Mandarin lessons focus on Mandarin conversation in business and social contexts with cultural interpretations.

Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Corporate Mandarin teaches Mandarin to executives and other busy business people in classroom, social or one-on-one settings.

 

 

Corporate Mandarin

Customized Mandarin Courses for the Executive!

Corporate Mandarin is flexible. Whether you require an introductory course in Mandarin, or a more in-depth series of lessons on the language and the culture, Corporate Mandarin will design your lessons around you. We also offer a variety of methods of delivery.

Corporate Mandarin offers workshops, entitled Conversational Mandarin: a Cross-Cultural Communication Approach.

These workshops are organized into four 1.5 hour modules (flexible) and suggested topics are as follows:

Modules

Conversational Mandarin

Cross-Cultural Topics

1

Greetings and Welcome:
- Welcome! Welcome!
- Hello, my name is ...

- Business etiquette
- Chinese names
- Chinese taboos

2

Money and Numbers
- How much is it?
- Counting and currency

- Chinese culture behind the numbers
- Chinese culture behind the colours
- The art of bargaining

3

Days and Dates
- What time is it?
- When to meet?

- Traveling
- Dining etiquette
- Body language

4

Directions and Locations
- Asking for telephone numbers
- Asking for directions

- Fun Characters
- Chinese interpersonal relationships
- "When friends come from afar..."

Depending on your preference, these workshops can be offered as a one-day course or as two half-days, or configured to fit into your schedule. To register for these workshops, go to the contact page.


Our courses are designed for business people interested in conversational Mandarin. You will learn at least 250 practical Mandarin words and how to apply them in common situations including greetings, introductions, shopping, and banquet etiquette. We will also structure lessons to reflect the social and business circumstances you will be dealing with in China.

You will also become familiar with key cultural issues when doing business with the Chinese.

To register for these courses, go to the contact page.

Our courses can be customized for your company and can take one of the following forms:

  • Lunch Hour Series
  • Afternoon Sessions
  • Individualized Executive Mandarin Classes