I would like to take a beginner's Mandarin class on weekends in Pattaya, but I'm having trouble finding options. So far, I see only ProLanguage is offering private classes, and I'd like to have other places to review before choosing. I need a native Chinese teacher who speaks English, so this leaves out some of the schools that are only offering Chinese for native Thai speakers.

Can anyone offer advice or perhaps a recommendation from experience?

Thanks in advance!

I have asked my school and they offered private classes with a Chinese national teacher. They don't offer classes due to no demand.

As being a teacher myself, I met the teacher and asked him about his teaching programme and found that he has no idea about teaching at all. Moreover, he only speaks Mandarin and a very feeble Thai, no English.

So, no luck so far. If you find a decent one, please PM me as I would like to join.

Meanwhile, you may prepare yourself with ChinesePod lessons. They are in a form of podcast. There are six levels, and the Newbie level contains about 250 lessons (12 mins ea).

http://www.excelanguage.com/

Owner is from Singapore and used to teach Mandarin Chinese , check it out.

online at http://www.worldwordexchange.com is another option

Thanks for the input so far. Excel Language doesn't show Mandarin on their webpage, but I've sent a message to them anyway to check and see what's available. If I find anything, I'll post here.

Maybe send a PM to one of our Chinese members, I am sure she will know how best to proceed.