You want your child to have the best chance of becoming Asia-literate in a world that needs global citizens that are bi-lingual and bi-cultural? Contact us for free advice. As experts we are always interested in helping you however we can. Whether it is private tuition, starting a club in your area or school or access to our online practice playground for children learning Chinese. We can help whatever your budget.

• We are active members of the community that supports children learning Mandarin Chinese
• We adapt to your children learning Chinese with our bi-cultural approach
• We listen and provide what you need which is why we built www.mandarama.com
• We are fully insured online and face to face. Our great record, attention to detail and written policies have together meant our insurance costs have been lowered and we were offered abuse cover in super quick time – not that we ever intend to use it.
• We always supply Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) certificates for UK tutors and comply fully with Children’s Online Protection Privacy Protection Act (http://www.coppa.org/)

Contact us with your needs or learn more about us.

As specialists in children learning Chinese, we hear some awful stories from new customers. Read on to make Chinese work for your children. It’s easy if you know how.

Your tutor is not working out?

• Whilst here at Bamboo we have never had this problem; many parents abandon their Chinese programmes for quality reasons.
• Tutor uses inappropriate ways of teaching, material unsuitable for children and cannot motivate the bright Western child who needs to be engaged
• Tutor is not networked into teaching Chinese to children resources and therefore best practice and innovative ideas
• Customer service is neither prompt nor flexible or even non existent

Children do not progress

• Chinese is perceived as too difficult as it is taught in the same way to children as to adults
• There is an imbalance between language and culture and an insensitivity towards the best pedagogy for different ages of children against learning goals
• Children are not given the means and motivation to practise outside of the classroom and so start again each time

You are not getting value for money

• Your child is not motivated to practise outside of his or her Chinese lessons so makes very slow progress
• Your tutor leaves and you cannot get access to a new tutor before your child’s learning loses momentum
• You have no bench mark against which to assess progress

So ask?

• What relevant experience does the tutor have?
• Have ANY of your tutor’s programmes been discontinued by a school or private client for quality reasons?
• How can I get a new tutor if mine is ill or becomes unavailable?
• Please tutor, can you explain how my child’s tuition is age and level appropriate including how to practise outside of the lesson?