GuavaTalk Blog

Several of our online students are currently using Mandarin 2.0, which is our unique communicative methodology for teaching Mandarin conversation. We love it because we have created a methodology based on modern 2nd Language acquisition theory, which gives students a safe environment to advance rapidly in speaking and listening, in the areas and subjects that they choose themselves.

Now that we have trained all of our teachers in the methodology, we are pleased to also allow all of our students, whether they have chosen our Chinese Conversation class or not, to learn with Mandarin 2.0 “on-demand.” Whenever you want, you can use a form like the one below to submit to us what you want to learn, and your teacher will prepare two classes based on your request that will be highly communicative and beneficial to your oral speaking. Today we had a mother request to learn how to share some basic children’s stories in Chinese to her children. Based on her request, we chose a few stories, taught them to her, encouraged her to re-tell the story in her own words and ask questions about the story as if she were talking to her children. Along the way, our teacher supplemented her vocabulary in places that she needed and helped her tell the story in more precise words. The end result was a highly satisfied customer. Obviously, we love it when that happens!

Here’s a sample Mandarin 2.0 “on-demand” request form:

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Please describe the topic you would like to discuss or the Chinese-speaking situation that you’d like to prepare for.

Topic or Situation Description:

What are the major sub-topics that will be discussed or outcomes that you want to achieve?

What are some of the new words or phrases you would like to know (off the top of your head)?

Basic Guidelines for Student

1. Ask “How do you say?” whenever you want?

2. Your teacher will provide a basic structure for the class to keep it organized. Please do your best to follow it, since it will facilitate an efficient learning experience.