"Chinese Mandarin for Everyone" classes have really helped me to speak and better understand Chinese Mandarin. Chien Loashi takes a practical and effective approach that focuses on normal everyday situations - lessons devoted to: greetings, ordering at a restaurant, telling time, traveling, making a phone call, banking etc.

Learning Chinese expressions is also an important part of these classes; knowing expressions can make a big impression and they're fun. And, she provides CDs with recordings of all her lessons which are invaluable by way of repetition to learn the proper pronunciation and to speak and understand Mandarin.

For me, the "Chinese Mandarin for Everyone" classes rate at least 5 stars!

George Dietrich - LA Valley College student

  From: Victoria Chan  陈皓恩  
  
  A prominent young singer of "Blush Band"

  To: Janie - Chinese Mandarin Coach

    
    你好, 钱老师！I really enjoyed learning from you. It was the best lesson I've ever had. I'm serious!!

   Hope to be able to have lesson with you soon in person or on Skype :-)

   Big hugs from San Francisco

Victoria xx 

"I really enjoy your Chinese Mandarin for Eeveryone class. we can learn not only Chinese, but also details of Chinese culture which only Chinese speakers know. And your attentive teaching in class leads us a lot of fun and discoveries."

Yoshiko Machida - Los Angeles City College student

“Chien Laoshi is truly a dedicated and gifted instructor. I enjoyed her classes Chinese Mandarin for Everyone very much...  Duoxie(many thanks)!"

Danielle Sherrode - Los Angeles City College student

"Chien Laoshi is extremely patient and puts a lot of heart into her teaching.  She genuinely cares about her students.  Learning a language can be really overwhelming and she makes the process fun and manageable.  She teaches one step at a time so that by the end of class, you really feel like you've learned something new and made the most of your time."

Tracey  Chang - Los Angeles City College student  

 

From: Reggie Lee

 

A prominent Asian American actor

To:        Janie - Chinese Mandarin Coach 

"Thank you for being the most wonderful Mandarin coach in the world. I am humbled by your graciousness and hope to work together much more !"

                               Much peace and love,

                               Reggie Lee

From:   Bonnie Wood (Writer)

To:       Chien Laoshi

    "Your Chinese Mandarin for Everyone class was a wonderful experience.  I appreciated your utilization of cultural background to provide context for the vocabulary and conversational skills taught; and found your attention to detail and correct pronunciation extremely helpful.   The class was thoroughly enjoyable, and I can’t wait to take the next level!"

“Ms. Janie Chien has simplified a very elaborate system Pinyin to transcribe Chinese characters using the Roman alphabet, more commonly known to us as “a, b, c…”. Since you can read in English you can master it... Above all, Janie excels in the correct (standard/Beijing) pronunciation and figures of speech leading to more affluent conversations in Chinese Mandarin.”

"Actors, don’t wait till you have to say a few words fluently for an audition, a movie or a commercial. Sign up now for Ms. Chien's Chinese Mandarin for Everyone class in LA Valley College!"

Lanny Lee  (Actor) - LA Valley College student 

“Ms. Chien is a very good Teacher and she has lot of patience to teach the beginner like me. Her class is very helpful; and she will insist in practicing whatever we have learned on that day. She certainly has made our learning process better….”

Luoji - Rajendran Krishansamy: East Los Angeles College student  

“I would like to say xiexie (thank you) to Janie Chien for being such a patient and wonderful teacher. I loved my Chinese for Everyone classes (the beginning and intermediate). She made sure that I (and the rest of the students in the class) understood the lessons.

I was very lucky to find a teacher like her. She made learning fun and gave us useful information and tips on what we learned. I feel that has helped me immensely.

I couldn't ask for a better teacher than Janie Chien.”

 

Yishabeir - Isabel Flores: Los Angeles City College student 

From: Sharon Schwartz

To:     Chien Laoshi   
 

"Throughout the Beginners course your excellent explanations & encouragement instilled the necessary confidence to practice & progress.

Your classes along with the text book and CD made learning Mandarin not only possible but also a truly enjoyable experience.

Now with the basics and with lots more practice...  I look forward to moving on to the Intermediate level.
 
Duoxie (Many thanks)  Chien Laoshi !"

 

Sharon Schwartz - LA Pierce College student

From: Michelle Krusiec

A prominent Asian American actress

To:  Janie - Chinese Mandarin Coach

 Nǐ hǎo Lǎo shī,

 Thanks for your patience. You're a

 good teacher!

 I'm hoping to resume classes if you're

 available that time....

 

Warmly,

Michelle Krusiec :)

 

From Michelle Krusiec's Sweet Notes to her Mandarin Coach - Janie Chien

Nin hao Chien laoshi,

   I will miss the classes! We had such a beautiful group.It was all my pleasure to be in your classes. I have learned a lot...

   Nin shi yi ge hao laoshi - You are a good teacher!Thank you so much for your sincere inspiration and precious

time that we shared in our classes.

By the way, I am so pleased to recieve the "Certificate of Completion for Chinese Mandarin Program" at Valley College.

I am sure that it will add a special value in my resume.

 

Best of best wishes,

Nikita



Nikita Desai: LA Valley College "Chinese Mandarin Program" student                             

"Ni Hao Janie Laoshi !

I received my SAT 2 Chinese test score and I wanted to thank you so much for teaching me. I scored a 790 out of 800 (the national average for a non native speaker is 720)!!! I could not have done it without you. The test was very similar to the book and to our conversations. Thank you so much again and I can't wait to continue to work with you!"

安凯力 Karisa  Anand:  Language Door  Language  School student

"Hi Janie 您好！

Thank you for being such a wonderful teacher！

感谢您 !  您是一位非常好的老师 ! 

See you there when I return in the near future."

Elizabeth Solomon: Language Door Language School student