Develop your Chinese language skills with inlingua’s learner-focused, EduTrust-certified courses.
Benefit from expert teachers and a learning method almost 50 years in the making. From design to instruction, we support your learning goals at every step of the way to deliver a course perfect for you.
Our purpose is simple — to help build your confidence and develop your communication skills through an engaging and relevant learning experience.
When you start your Chinese language course, you will join an inspiring community of students and teachers from around the world. With plenty of opportunities to practice your conversational skills and interact in a variety of social contexts, an enriching experience awaits you at inlingua.
This course is available in a variety of formats to suit your schedule.
Group / Private
Standard / Accelerated / Intensive
Full-time / Part-time / Customised
In Classroom / Blended / Online
inlingua offers flexible Chinese courses where you can choose your learning pace, delivery mode, and duration to achieve your goals.
With the Standard programme, you can complete the A0 Beginner course in 10 weeks.
With the Accelerated programme, you can complete the A0 Beginner course in 3-5 weeks.
With the Intensive programme, you can complete the A1 Elementary Level in 2 months*.
Achieve your learning goals at your own pace — one-to-one, or in your own private group.
Our Certificate in Chinese Course is a permitted course offered by a PEI, designed to improve your Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing Skills through interactive teaching methods.
20 - 35
Hours / week
18
months
6
Levels
Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, Advanced and Mastery.
Not sure where to start? Take our Placement Test to find your entry level.
Join our Chinese group classes to improve your Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing Skills for general purposes.
20 hours
2 to 10 hours per week
Elementary to Mastery
In-Classroom, Blended, or Online
Group lessons are in public classes of minimum 4 and maximum 12 learners. Each teaching hour lasts 50 minutes and is followed by a 10-minute break.
Fees do not include the cost of materials, which ranges between $15 and $65 depending on the publication and the number of courses the same course book can be used for. A one-time registration fee of $30 applies to new learners.
If you want to enrol in an intensive course longer than 4 weeks, we can help you apply for a Student Pass in Singapore. Our team will assist you with the application and support you throughout the process.
We are here to help you find the right course.
We’re not just any language school—with over 250 language centres in 30 countries, inlingua is one of the world’s leading language training organisations.
Since 1972, our school in Singapore has helped people across all ages and language levels by delivering high-quality learning experiences that matter.
No matter your learning goal, we’re here to help you.
Our Chinese courses are facilitated by expert Chinese teachers who are committed to providing a learning experience that matches your needs and goals.
Our teachers support you with a personalised study plan and give you direct feedback to help you accelerate your progress.
Find quick answers about our Chinese courses, levels, materials and SkillsFuture funding.
Each course has different learning objectives that increase in difficulty according to your level of competence. Our teachers are trained in the communicative approach, an approach to language teaching that emphasises interaction and the use of language in real-life situations. We help you practice listening, speaking, reading and writing so that you can develop the full range of language skills.
You can find out more about inlingua’s approach to learning here.
We use the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) to define our language levels, and our courses are offered from Beginner to Mastery level.
A0 – Beginner
A1 – Elementary
A2 – Pre-Intermediate
B1 – Intermediate
B2 – Upper Intermediate
C1 – Advanced
C2 – Mastery
Find out more about our levels, or take a free placement test with us.
We keep our class sizes small so that we can maximise your opportunities for interaction and participation. Typically, we have about 6 students per class, although we can accommodate class sizes from 4 to 15.
A lesson usually lasts about 2 hours — each hour comprises 50-minutes of class time followed by a 10-minute break.
The price for course materials can cost as little as S$15 whereas others cost more. We use a variety of course books and materials from our publishers and charge for them separately as some books can be used across multiple courses. You can check the materials cost for your course with one of our course advisors.
Get in touch with us here.
Our language courses are currently not SkillsFuture claimable due to changes in SkillsFuture funding policies. However, our Leveraging Gen AI to Enhance Communication and Presentation Skills course is SkillsFuture claimable. We hope to introduce more SkillsFuture claimable courses in the future.
