Beautiful Mandarin

My wife and I take private lessons with Sisi. Her lessons have the right amount of free form conversation vs more structured textbook/​vocab work. She is engaging and always pleasant, highly recommended!

Sissi is one of the best teachers i have ever had, she is very patient and honest when teaching her students. In my past, i have made numerous attempts to learn Mandarin through different venues… either group session or one on one… and i have found each teacher has a totally unique approach. Sometimes some work, and other times they fail. Needless to say, i feel compelled to provide this review as her approach works for me. I take her classes as a private student due to a constant work /​travel schedule. Fortunately her class structure follows a curriculum that allows me to participate in accordance to my time. She suggests readings and gives homework in order to guarantee that the students push their own progress. I highly recommend her and her colleagues… and in due time you will feel comfortable with the language to move on to bigger and better opportunities…

I am an advanced Mandarin speaker looking to improve my Business Chinese along with my reading and writing skills. In the months that Sissi has tutored me, I have improved a lot. She is patient, respectful and attentive, all very important qualities to have as a language teacher. Together, we developed goals about what I was trying to accomplish. Before each class, she prepares a lesson custom tailored for my needs, so that the class can be most effective. During each class, she makes sure that we cover what we have planned in the agenda. After each class, she assigns me homework so that I can stay sharp on the new words and phrases that I learned. Furthermore, she has always been accommodating and respectful of my timing and schedule. I would highly recommend taking tutoring lessons or group classes with Sissi and Beautiful Mandarin.

I started to learn Mandarin a year back with CDs and wanted to advance more rapidly, have more chances to practice conversation, and learn how to write Chinese characters. I did some research and based on reviews and a initial class, I decided to sign up with Sissi, and I am already well on my way to achieving my goals. Sissi is a great teacher because she is enthusiastic, responsive to individual student needs, and most of all, makes learning fun! There is a hardly a dull moment in the classes, whether fun, interesting and at times challenging — everyone participates, it’s the only way to learn. Good outside activities such as a New Year’s party learning how to make Chinese dumplings. Classes are a good size (mine is currently 6). There are different levels depending on where you are. I even took a personalized session at the beginning to catch up where I was behind. Finally, it’s flexible for the needs of busy New Yorkers — you can miss a certain number of classes without having to pay. I highly recommend Sissi, you have nothing to lose by trying the intro session, and everything to gain!

I’ve always wanted to learn Chinese and Sissi wasn’t the first instructor I started with. However, Sissi is by far the best Chinese instructor I ever had.
She is professional and teaches very effectively. Also, she is supportive, amiable and never let her students fall behind. I truly thank her for making me realize Chinese is interesting and fun to learn. I will definitely stay in her class until I get fluent in Chinese.
I highly recommend for those who wishes to learn Chinese to take her classes.

Sisi teaches us efficiently and accurately. It was my first time learning mandarin, and her class made me think mandarin can be very easy and fun language to learn. Also, her class is way better than mandarin institute in manhattan or Queens because there are maximum 6 ~7 people in one class, and she can help on individul students more.
Overall, I highly recommend the class to people who want to step in to learn mandarin.

Sissi’s Beautiful Mandarin class is amazing. She makes learning a difficult language like Mandarin fun and engaging and pays careful attention to all aspects of the language — reading, writing, speaking and tone. I genuinely enjoy learning with her and look forward to class every week!

I am an intern Chinese teacher at Beautiful Mandarin. I found Sissi through this website in August. I contacted her immediately and asked whether she needed an intern at Beautiful Mandarin. She was very happily saying yes! We met each other and started working together very soon. I surprisingly found out she was a fun and easy-​going person. I audited her class and felt it was the best Mandarin teaching class I ever audited. She actively interacted with all her students by encouraging them to read and speak Mandarin. The whole classroom was surrounded with happiness and laughters. In the mean time, students are happy to learn Mandarin in happy atmosphere.
Our Mandarin classes are not simply for teaching language, in the mean time, we are also proud of spreading our Chinese cultures. For every traditional festival, we vividly tell our students stories about it and what Chinese would do on this day.
Beautiful Mandarin holds a lot of activities outside classroom. For example, students are brought to Chinese restaurants for class teaching, when the texts are about ordering food in Chinese. Under such circumstances, students subconsciously learn how to order food in Chinese when enjoying delicious authentic Chinese food. When the Chinese New Year is coming, we teach students how to make Chinese styling dumplings. Besides, we hold Chinese New Year’s Party for all of our students.
Sissi is the most professional Mandarin teacher I have met. She speaks perfect Mandarin, enjoys teaching and is expert at explaining questions. No matter how difficult the grammar is, you can get a perfect explanation from her. Please join Beautiful Mandarin as soon as possible, you will find out learning Mandarin can be fun!

I’ve been learning mandarin with Sissi for only 6 weeks now. Sissi made me feel comfortable in learning a challenging language and she provides instruction that is engaging and well organized.
Sissi expects hard work from her students but in return one receives quality instruction particularly w/​r/​t pronunciation, Chinese Characters, sentence structure and a general deeper understanding of the language itself.
Sissi really showed me the true meaning of Beautiful Mandarin. I highly recommend Sissi for beginners like me.

Sissi is a enthusiastic and motivated teacher who is eager to explain things thoroughly and answer your questions. Her classes are extremely flexible and will work with you to meet your needs. I’ve been through 6 classes and it has been a pleasure every time. And her emphasis on pronunciation is really amazing!

First thing first, I think Sissi is one of the best Mandarin teacher. Though I started like a month ago with her, early stage, but she really engaged me into learning Mandarin which is the most important thing when learning a new language. She is very friendly, professional and patience. And she especially focus on the pronunciation of the language along with reading and writing. I am highly engaged in learning Mandarin with her and highly recommend her to other people.

I’ve had a great interest in learning Mandarin for a while now but didn’t know how to go about it. After I realized I needed some serious help I searched around NY for Mandarin teachers and stumbled upon Sissi! She definitely took the steps I needed in order to learn grammar and sentence structure. Also, I initially wasn’t too excited about learning characters BUT Sissi helped me see the value in them. Now I love it! If your looking for a wellrounded start in Mandarin please contact Sissi! She has been patient with me and a joy to learn from!

I have wanted to study Mandarin for a while… I did a Unilocal search and came across the reviews for Beautiful Mandarin. I called Sissi. She was pleasant and easy to interact with.
Sissi is very accommodating and flexible. She is patient and takes the necessary time to make sure that your pronunciations are accurate.
She follows up immediately and never leaves a stone unturned. I am so very thankful to be one of her students. I am looking forward to working with Sissi long enough to become conversant.
If you are considering learning or strengthening your Mandarin, I would strongly encourage you to contact Sissi and study with her.

I have found Sissi 6 months ago and have been studying with her throughout that time. She is a great teacher and she is very supportive, optimistic, hard working, and she always has a smile on her face. I am enjoying the class and learning a lot! The class is excellent for anyone who is just starting Mandarin, intermediate-​level, and even expert-​level. Sissi continously corrects our pronunciation and also teaches us how to write characters. We also have activities such as trips to a Chinese restaurants to help us learn how to order, and how to make dumplings. The class is fantastic and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn Mandarin!

Great class! So happy I found it! :)
Sissi prepares to every class thoroughly and gives us extra material to study. She pays a lot of attention to our pronunciation which is really great because it’s the most difficult part for me right now and it’s better if you get it right from the very beginning.
Inspiring, very systematic and lots of fun at the same time!:)
Would recommend it to anyone who is willing to learn or improve this very difficult but BEAUTIFUL language:)
Thank you Sissi!:)

I’ve been with Sissi for the past 9 months and it was the best decision I made in bringing my mandarin to the next level. I’ve tried a few teachers before her, but she by far is the most professional, patient, and more importantly, friendly teacher I’ve ever had.
I would highly recommend her classes to anyone that is interested in learning Mandarin or wants to increase their skills. She focuses on not only the correct pronunciation, but also reading and writing characters – something I never thought I would be able to do. Now I can write in characters and each week the vocabulary keeps growing.
We’ve also gone to chinese restaurants to practice ordering in Mandarin and had a special in-​class dumpling making class to celebrate the New Year.
Highly recommend, and look forward to the class each week!

I have been studying Chinese Mandarin for the past thirteen weeks, but it feels like years. The teacher, Sissi Yan, is an excellent teacher and has been quite helpful with my learning level. I am quite interested in learning Chinese Mandarin for the rest of my life. The reason is that Sissi Yan is friendly, creative and bold about how her students will learn. SIssi Yan is talented, and very able to understand the varying levels of the students, whether new students or continuing students. I am grateful for having met Sissi Yan, and will continue to take her courses.

So I finally decided to improve my Mandarin knowledge. I did some searching and I came across Beautiful Mandarin webpage and I found that she has classes in Queens near where I live, which is great and convenient for me to travel.
I took a leap of faith and purchased 6 classes from Beautiful Mandarin. I started my first class on ⁰¹⁄₂₀ and I’m so glad I did. I’m amazed on how fast and how much I’ve learn in such short time with Sissi’s teaching style. She is an excellent, wonderful and very patience teacher, she pays attention to every aspect of learning Mandarin pronunciation, grammatical constructions and vocabulary, as well as writing the characters properly. I will be continuing my classes with Sissi.
I highly recommend Sissi’s Classroom to anyone that wish to learn Mandarin