Why Ni Hao Ma?
The origin of Ni Hao Ma came by asking ourselves the question: ”What would be the most common word that anyone would know when asked if they speak Mandarin?” Ni Hao Ma is the starting point for any traveller or learner when embarking on to their Mandarin journey
Ni Hao Ma is made for non-native speakers who want to learn Mandarin based on their needs..
Our Story
The story starts with 2 mixed couples, with Chinese mothers. Having travelled across Asia, they struggled to teach their children Mandarin and aspects of their heritage. Destiny made these 2 families meet and share the same challenge and decided to solve this problem in creating a modern learning center for their children but also to meet other like minded individuals.
It all started in May 2020, in December that year, they rented out a school on Saturdays, and after 3 months, noticing the positive feedback and increasing demand, decided to take a leap in officially launching Ni Hao Ma Vietnam, a Mandarin Learning Lab.
With a single ambition is to provide a value Mandarin knowledge and a standard pronunciation, they established a Mandarin center taught only by native teachers from Taiwan, China and SEA countries. On the position of being a member in a family mixing Eurasian cultures, as well as having experience of studying and working at bilingual schools with native teachers, the founders realize that, to really understand and master a language, it has to learn through the cultural aspect. Furthermore, they believe that in order to walk on the Mandarin journey, it is necessary to study with native teachers to catch the correct pronunciation. Therefore, they focus on developing HSK, YCT programs and attach activities such as arts, cooking, traditional games, science… to help Ni Hao Ma’s students absorb the lessons quickly in real time, achieve higher levels of language skills, and be able to adapt to the environment outside the classroom.
History of Ni Hao Ma - Mandarin Learning Lab
How Did It All Begin?
Our 8 Branches
With the recent trend, the context of globalization, and customer demand, Ni Hao Ma does not only offer physical classes but also teaches Mandarin online in different countries.
Vietnam
Foreign Online branches
Native teachers are the building block of Ni Hao Ma - Mandarin Learning Lab
Native teachers “understand” the language
Our teachers excel in teaching pronunciation and, more than that, they are able to model Mandarin in a practical way in different ...contexts due to their knowledge of the speech community’s cultural background and communication principles. That means the native’s language is up to date and correct, not too formal or unnatural. Plus, our native teachers’ pronunciation, vocabulary, and intonation is a good model for learners to use Mandarin authentically.
Learners will be able to catch the language ambiguities, using slang, idioms, dialects with the help from our Native teachers
By learning and practicing with our native teachers, you may explore local slang in conversation and different dialects of Mandarin. For example, in a culture session,... our students learned about Beijing “儿 sound”, a special way of Beijing citizen when they speak Mandarin. With these extra learning times, learners can gain confidence to put their new language skills into practice and test it outside the classroom.
Our Native teachers are the deliver of the inextricably relationship between Mandarin language and its culture
Why Culture? At Ni Hao Ma, Mandarin is more than just a language. The most interesting way to know the language is through its culture as this is the key to ...being both fluent and accurate when learning a language. Meanwhile, the language plays a vital part when we want to learn about the values and customs that shape the country and its people. If you’re learning Mandarin because you’re curious about the culture of Mandarin speaking places, actually meeting someone from those places may be a really great and useful experience for you. Develop: sciences , history, games, food,...
Our Partnerships
Ni Hao Ma is a reliable destination to learn Mandarin for well-known international schools. We also become their partner to offer classes for their students. Along with that, Ni Hao Ma is an official partner with Han Institute - a training center for teachers to be certified.
Mission & Vision
Besides the newest Mandarin textbooks updated by experts, we embrace language by learning in groups and sharing practical everyday examples. Make your study journey be more enjoyable!
Our Mission
To become top of the mind destination to learn Mandarin, its culture and exchange with like-minded people.
Our Vision
We provide a modern & specialized platform for individuals of all ages and levels to learn Mandarin and consequently achieve higher goals.
