Mandarin Chinese plays an increasingly important role in today’s business and professional environment, particularly across Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Singapore, and the wider ASEAN region. Many professionals recognise this importance but hesitate to start learning due to the perception that Mandarin is difficult, unfamiliar, or requires long term academic study.
This beginner-level programme is designed specifically to address those concerns. It provides structured exposure, guided practice, and repeated exercises in practical spoken Mandarin that is commonly used in daily and workplace situations. Rather than focusing on memorisation or grammatical theory, the programme emphasises functional communication and familiarity with the language.
Participants are gradually introduced to Mandarin sounds, sentence patterns, andcommonly used phrases through interactive activities, role plays, games, and scenario-based exercises. The learning environment is deliberately kept supportive and low-pressure, allowing participants to practise, repeat, and improve at a realistic pace.
By the end of the programme, participants will have built a solid foundation and meaningful exposure that enables them to attempt basic Mandarin communication with greater ease and awareness.
By the end of this 28-hour beginner programme, participants will be able to:
Session 1 (2 Hours): Greetings & Basic Introductions
Focus: This session introduces participants to the sounds, rhythm, and basic sentence flow of Mandarin through commonly used greetings and introductions. The focus is on listening, imitation, and controlled speaking so learners become familiar with how Mandarin is spoken in real interactions. Emphasis is placed on recognition and repetition rather than accuracy, allowing beginners to ease into spoken Mandarin without pressure.
This session focuses on building initial familiarity and comfort with the topic through guided exposure and repeated practice. Participants are introduced to commonly used language elements in a structured and supportive manner, allowing them to hear, recognise, and attempt usage without pressure. Emphasis is placed on understanding patterns, sounds, and context rather than accuracy or memorisation, ensuring beginners can participate actively and progress at a realistic pace.
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Session 2 (2 Hours): Introduction to Chinese Characters
Focus: This session focuses on helping participants understand the logic behind Chinese characters so that written Mandarin feels less intimidating. Learners are exposed to how characters are constructed, why stroke order matters, and how meaning is represented visually. The emphasis is on recognition and basic writing awareness rather than memorisation or writing proficiency.
This session focuses on building initial familiarity and comfort with the topic through guided exposure and repeated practice. Participants are introduced to commonly used language elements in a structured and supportive manner, allowing them to hear, recognise, and attempt usage without pressure. Emphasis is placed on understanding patterns, sounds, and context rather than accuracy or memorisation, ensuring beginners can participate actively and progress at a realistic pace.
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Session 3 (2 Hours): Numbers in Daily Communication
Focus: This session focuses on familiarising participants with Mandarin number sounds and patterns as they appear in everyday and workplace situations. Learners practise recognising, saying, and responding to numbers through structured activities, enabling them to process numerical information more comfortably in real contexts such as dates, phone numbers, and quantities.
This session focuses on building initial familiarity and comfort with the topic through guided exposure and repeated practice. Participants are introduced to commonly used language elements in a structured and supportive manner, allowing them to hear, recognise, and attempt usage without pressure. Emphasis is placed on understanding patterns, sounds, and context rather than accuracy or memorisation, ensuring beginners can participate actively and progress at a realistic pace.
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Session 4 (1 Hour): Numbers Practice Lab
Focus: This practice-focused session reinforces previously introduced number concepts through repetition and guided drills. The emphasis is on strengthening recall and listening recognition so participants become more comfortable processing numbers at a natural speaking pace.
This session focuses on building initial familiarity and comfort with the topic through guided exposure and repeated practice. Participants are introduced to commonly used language elements in a structured and supportive manner, allowing them to hear, recognise, and attempt usage without pressure. Emphasis is placed on understanding patterns, sounds, and context rather than accuracy or memorisation, ensuring beginners can participate actively and progress at a realistic pace.
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Session 5 (2 Hours): Money & Market Situations
Focus: This session focuses on applying number knowledge to simple transactional contexts commonly encountered in daily life and work. Participants are exposed to basic money-related vocabulary and sentence patterns used when asking prices, handling amounts, and making simple purchase-related enquiries. The emphasis is on practical exposure rather than negotiation mastery.
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Session 6 (2 Hours): Time & Appointments
Focus: This session introduces participants to how time-related expressions are used in Mandarin, particularly in workplace scheduling and appointment contexts. Learners are guided to recognise and practise common sentence patterns for asking and telling time, supporting clearer understanding of schedules and meeting arrangements.
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Session 7 (2 Hours): Integrated Role Play Practice
Focus: This session focuses on integrating previously learned content into simple, structured interactions. Participants practise combining greetings, numbers, time, and transactional language in guided role-play scenarios, helping them experience how individual elements come together in real communication.
This session focuses on building initial familiarity and comfort with the topic through guided exposure and repeated practice. Participants are introduced to commonly used language elements in a structured and supportive manner, allowing them to hear, recognise, and attempt usage without pressure. Emphasis is placed on understanding patterns, sounds, and context rather than accuracy or memorisation, ensuring beginners can participate actively and progress at a realistic pace.
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Session 8 (1 Hour): Food, Colours & Cultural Awareness
Focus: This session exposes participants to commonly used social language related to food and everyday interactions, alongside basic cultural awareness. The focus is on understanding how simple expressions are used in informal yet practical contexts, supporting smoother social and client interactions outside formal meetings.
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Session 9 (2 Hours): Question Construction – Part 1
Focus: This session focuses on helping participants recognise and practise basic Mandarin question structures used in workplace communication. Learners are introduced to how question words interact with simple sentence patterns, allowing them to construct multiple questions through guided exercises. The emphasis is on structural awareness and repeated exposure rather than spontaneous questioning.
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Session 10 (2 Hours): Question Expansion – Part 2
Focus: This session builds on earlier question structures by expanding combinations and variations through structured practice. Participants are guided to manipulate familiar patterns to generate a larger volume of questions, strengthening familiarity with question flow and improving ease of recognition and usage.
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Session 11 (2 Hours): Question Practice & Application
Focus: This session focuses on applying question structures within simple workplace scenarios. Learners practise listening to and responding to common questions, helping them adapt to more natural conversational pacing while still working within guided and controlled activities.
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Session 12 (1 Hour): Consolidation & Practice Lab
Focus: This session reinforces learning from the question modules through repetition and guided review. The emphasis is on consolidating patterns, clarifying common errors, and strengthening overall familiarity before moving into more professional communication contexts.
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Session 13 (2 Hours): Saying “No” Politely in Mandarin
Focus: This session introduces participants to polite refusal structures commonly used in Mandarin professional settings. The focus is on recognising tone, phrasing, and context rather than delivering nuanced refusals, ensuring learners understand how politeness is conveyed linguistically and culturally.
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Session 14 (2 Hours): Client-Specific Workplace Phrases
Focus: This session focuses on exposing participants to workplace phrases relevant to their specific job functions. Learners practise recognising and attempting commonly used expressions in phone calls and basic enquiries, improving familiarity with language they are most likely to encounter at work.
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Session 15 (2 Hours): Extended Workplace Practice
Focus: This session provides extended practice to reinforce client-specific language through repetition and guided correction. The emphasis is on integration and consistency, allowing participants to stabilise previously introduced structures in a work-related context.
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Session 16 (1 Hour): Final Review & Personal Action Plan
Focus: This final session focuses on reviewing key language patterns and reflecting on individual learning progress. Participants are guided to recognise what they can now attempt comfortably and to identify practical next steps for continued Mandarin exposure and development.
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For Details About The Course
TFG Bliss Innovations is an HRD Corp-registered, corporate training provider based in Kuala Lumpur, specialising in Communication, Business Language, and Digital Transformation program for Malaysian organisations.
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