Where Can I Learn To Speak Mandarin In Bkk

[mnko]

I am not sure if I should be posting this in general or thai language. I want to learn to speak mandarin can you recommend me any schools in Bangkok. I prefer to study in group because it will be cheaper and I can meet people.

Thank you

[StChris]

Not sure if the OP is still around, but this info might be useful to others too.

I have studied Chinese at two places in Bangkok. The first was at Thammasat Uni (Sanam Luang campus by the river). My teacher their was Thai, but she was Chinese-Thai and her Chinese seemed pretty fluent. I'd say the language spoken in the classroom was evenly split between Thai and Chinese, as the teacher uses Thai to explain the Chinese. I didn't mind this, as I was learning both languages, so it was 2 for the price of one as far as I was concerned. It was cheap and normally took part on the weekend. There were only 5 levels though, so the it's not much use once your Chinese reaches an intermediate level.

At the second place both teachers I had were native Chinese, so the spoken Thai-Chinese ratio was only around 20-80. They have peolple preparing for the HSK there, so you have lots of different classes, from beginner up to advanced. The price is comparable to Thammasat (cheap!), and there were between 10-15 students in my class. The problem with this one is I've forgotten the name and address! Here are some rough directions, you should be able to find it:

From the Chula Uni sports centre (ศูนย์กีฬาจุฬา http://www.cusc.chula.ac.th/newweb/index.htm). If you take a right as you leave the main entrance of the centre (where the swimming pool and gym are located) you'll come to a modern-looking food market just outside the uni gates, which is connected to the university by a footbridge. From there, if you carry on walkig in the same direction as when you left the sports centre for about 5-10 minutes, then take a right and walk another 5 minutes or so and you should make it. Sorry, I know these are terrible directions. It's basically located in the streets just off Sukumvit near National Stadium (Chula side). The best way to find it would probably to go to that market nice-looking market next to Chula Sports Centre that I mentioned earlier and tell the motorcycle taxi driver to take you to the โรงเรียนที่สอนภาษาจีน (school that teaches Chinese). It's only a 5 min ride away, they must know it. It's called something like "Oriental Academy", and don't be fooled be it's appearence - as well as teaching Chinese to adults, it's also a regular high-school, so that's what it looks like. Good luck!

[BKKdreaming]

Here are some rough directions, you should be able to find it:

From the Chula Uni sports centre (ศูนย์กีฬาจุฬา http://www.cusc.chula.ac.th/newweb/index.htm). If you take a right as you leave the main entrance of the centre (where the swimming pool and gym are located) you'll come to a modern-looking food market just outside the uni gates, which is connected to the university by a footbridge. From there, if you carry on walkig in the same direction as when you left the sports centre for about 5-10 minutes, then take a right and walk another 5 minutes or so and you should make it. Sorry, I know these are terrible directions. It's basically located in the streets just off Sukumvit near National Stadium (Chula side). The best way to find it would probably to go to that market nice-looking market next to Chula Sports Centre that I mentioned earlier and tell the motorcycle taxi driver to take you to the โรงเรียนที่สอนภาษาจีน (school that teaches Chinese). It's only a 5 min ride away, they must know it. It's called something like "Oriental Academy", and don't be fooled be it's appearence - as well as teaching Chinese to adults, it's also a regular high-school, so that's what it looks like. Good luck!

if its near the back side or National stadium and across the street from the corner where the Tesco is on,

that whole area is being knocked down , there were a lot of screen printers, trophy shops, sports equipment in that area?

was that where you were taking about or over by the automotive junk yards ?

[StChris]

It's closer to the automotive junk yards/garages. I noticed that they were constructing some kind of buidling for the uni there (big project, accommodation I imagine). The school definitely has a website, but I can't seem to find it anymore, despite searching in Thai as well. But I am in China, so the Great Firewall could be filtering it out for some reason. Maybe you guys in Thailand could have more luck using the Thai google site.

[bobroper]

http://www.prolanguage.co.th/courses/learn-chinese-in-bangkok/

[Tomtomtom69]

Not sure if the OP is still around, but this info might be useful to others too.

I have studied Chinese at two places in Bangkok. The first was at Thammasat Uni (Sanam Luang campus by the river). My teacher their was Thai, but she was Chinese-Thai and her Chinese seemed pretty fluent. I'd say the language spoken in the classroom was evenly split between Thai and Chinese, as the teacher uses Thai to explain the Chinese. I didn't mind this, as I was learning both languages, so it was 2 for the price of one as far as I was concerned. It was cheap and normally took part on the weekend. There were only 5 levels though, so the it's not much use once your Chinese reaches an intermediate level.

At the second place both teachers I had were native Chinese, so the spoken Thai-Chinese ratio was only around 20-80. They have peolple preparing for the HSK there, so you have lots of different classes, from beginner up to advanced. The price is comparable to Thammasat (cheap!), and there were between 10-15 students in my class. The problem with this one is I've forgotten the name and address! Here are some rough directions, you should be able to find it:

From the Chula Uni sports centre (ศูนย์กีฬาจุฬา http://www.cusc.chula.ac.th/newweb/index.htm). If you take a right as you leave the main entrance of the centre (where the swimming pool and gym are located) you'll come to a modern-looking food market just outside the uni gates, which is connected to the university by a footbridge. From there, if you carry on walkig in the same direction as when you left the sports centre for about 5-10 minutes, then take a right and walk another 5 minutes or so and you should make it. Sorry, I know these are terrible directions. It's basically located in the streets just off Sukumvit near National Stadium (Chula side). The best way to find it would probably to go to that market nice-looking market next to Chula Sports Centre that I mentioned earlier and tell the motorcycle taxi driver to take you to the โรงเรียนที่สอนภาษาจีน (school that teaches Chinese). It's only a 5 min ride away, they must know it. It's called something like "Oriental Academy", and don't be fooled be it's appearence - as well as teaching Chinese to adults, it's also a regular high-school, so that's what it looks like. Good luck!

Wouldn't a native Chinese teacher only speak in Chinese? And how could they speak Thai and not English? It's a bit unusual to find a Chinese teacher from China that would have a command of a language like Thai good enough to use in the classroom.

[Tomtomtom69]

It's closer to the automotive junk yards/garages. I noticed that they were constructing some kind of buidling for the uni there (big project, accommodation I imagine). The school definitely has a website, but I can't seem to find it anymore, despite searching in Thai as well. But I am in China, so the Great Firewall could be filtering it out for some reason. Maybe you guys in Thailand could have more luck using the Thai google site.

Use a VPN then.

[StChris]

http://www.prolangua...ese-in-bangkok/ - this definitely isn't the one I was talking about. I've never been to that one, so can't give an opinion.

The two teachers I who taught me had already been living in Thailand for over 10 years, with a Thai wife and kids, so it's not so surpising that their Thai was pretty good. Also, having studied both Thai and Chinese now, I would say that Thai is easier for a Chinese person to learn than English (given the same level of motivation etc).

I'll do another search myself if I can find a VPN.

[mnko]

Not sure if the OP is still around, but this info might be useful to others too.

I have studied Chinese at two places in Bangkok. The first was at Thammasat Uni (Sanam Luang campus by the river). My teacher their was Thai, but she was Chinese-Thai and her Chinese seemed pretty fluent. I'd say the language spoken in the classroom was evenly split between Thai and Chinese, as the teacher uses Thai to explain the Chinese. I didn't mind this, as I was learning both languages, so it was 2 for the price of one as far as I was concerned. It was cheap and normally took part on the weekend. There were only 5 levels though, so the it's not much use once your Chinese reaches an intermediate level.

At the second place both teachers I had were native Chinese, so the spoken Thai-Chinese ratio was only around 20-80. They have peolple preparing for the HSK there, so you have lots of different classes, from beginner up to advanced. The price is comparable to Thammasat (cheap!), and there were between 10-15 students in my class. The problem with this one is I've forgotten the name and address! Here are some rough directions, you should be able to find it:

From the Chula Uni sports centre (ศูนย์กีฬาจุฬา http://www.cusc.chula.ac.th/newweb/index.htm). If you take a right as you leave the main entrance of the centre (where the swimming pool and gym are located) you'll come to a modern-looking food market just outside the uni gates, which is connected to the university by a footbridge. From there, if you carry on walkig in the same direction as when you left the sports centre for about 5-10 minutes, then take a right and walk another 5 minutes or so and you should make it. Sorry, I know these are terrible directions. It's basically located in the streets just off Sukumvit near National Stadium (Chula side). The best way to find it would probably to go to that market nice-looking market next to Chula Sports Centre that I mentioned earlier and tell the motorcycle taxi driver to take you to the โรงเรียนที่สอนภาษาจีน (school that teaches Chinese). It's only a 5 min ride away, they must know it. It's called something like "Oriental Academy", and don't be fooled be it's appearence - as well as teaching Chinese to adults, it's also a regular high-school, so that's what it looks like. Good luck!

Thanks alot. I will go check out this place.

[StChris]

I'm back in England now and , without the oppressive restrictions of the Great Firewall, have managed to find the website to the school I recommended:

http://www.ocanihao.com/home.html

While I'm at it, I'll also highly recommend the school I've been studying at in China too:

http://www.bincai.org/english/

While Harbin isn't nearly as nice as Bangkok, the city is famous for speaking some of the most standard Mandarin in China. If you pay for 6 months tuition in one go, then the classes work out around 120 baht per hour, which is one of the cheapest I've found. The class sizes are small too, so you have plenty of quality time with the teacher (my advanced classes have only averaged 3-5 students, the beginner ones tend to be bigger at around 8-10).