Learn Chinese anytime, anywhere & on the go

  • Learn Chinese with the most experienced Mandarin Chinese teachers.
  • Buy an individual class or enroll in a package.
  • Access self-learning video lessons or private lessons via Zoom.

About Fast Learning Chinese

Fast Learning Chinese offers unparalleled Chinese language instruction to students of all levels and needs. Founded in 2007, Fast Learning Chinese has established itself as one of the most popular and highly rated Chinese language schools in the New York City area. Our unique and dynamic program helps students learn Mandarin Chinese easily and quickly. We focus on our students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities during each and every lesson.

Instructor

Dina Shen

Dina Shen is a passionate teacher who designs all her lessons to be both engaging and understandable. She maximizes student progress by optimizing her classes to deliver results in the shortest amount of time. Ultimately, she cares deeply about her students, tracks their progress, and wants everyone to enjoy her lessons.

She has always believed that everyone has the ability to learn, if a student cannot grasp a lesson, it is not their fault, it is the teacher’s. In her view, being a great teacher requires passion, knowledge, patience, and innovation, Dina’s mission is to simplify Mandarin Chinese, making it much easier to absorb and retain. She loves helping her students and firmly believes her program and materials are unparalleled.

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Our Happy Students!

I am a retired Professor of French, who spent a career directly engaged in supervising language-learning classes. In my long experience, I have never encountered a more brilliant language teacher than Dina Shen, whose school, Fast Learning Chinese, should serve as a model for how to teach the Chinese language.
Richard Klein
Cornell University
After having taken 3 levels of Fast Learning Chinese (with no prior exposure to the language), I am amazed by the level I have achieved and by how much I can say, write and understand the Chinese language. I know that my accomplishments are undoubtedly a result of your undeniable talent as a language teacher. I, myself, am a French teacher, so I know a good teacher when I see one.
Muriel Placet-Kouassi
Drew University, NJ.
Dina eschews rote memorization and instead teaches you character mnemonics that are so useful, you can soon guess the meaning of characters you've never seen before. Dina also teaches you a foundation in grammar syntax with heuristics so you can quickly construct your own full sentences with ease. Dina makes learning Mandarin fast and fun, you will learn Mandarin better than even some native Chinese.
Glenn S.
IBM

Mandarin Chinese Courses for all levels

Level 1 - Beginner

Level 1 has 22 lessons, it is for all beginners. It serves as a solid foundation for learning Chinese.

Level 2 - Intermediate

Level 2 has 28 lessons, it drastically increases and builds upon your vocabulary, speaking, reading, and writing abilities.

Level 3 - Advanced

Level 3 has 28 lessons, it is a thorough program for advanced students. Each lesson is one hour long.

Level 4 - Proficient

Level 4 has 34 lessons. The goal of this level is to help students read and write proficiently in Chinese.

Online Private Lesson

Private instruction, customized to each student’s current level and personal needs. Flexible schedule.

Online Video lesson

Learn Chinese anytime, anywhere. Every single one of our classes has been recorded in HD and posted online.

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