MAMA stands for Malaysia Mandarin which has over 5232 students who have gone through our system in learning Malaysia-style Mandarin speaking. Miss Lim is a certified HRDCorp trainer & Malaysian native speaker of Mandarin. She knows a total of 5 languages including Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia, Hokkien, Cantonese, and English. Her students come from Malaysia, Singapore, UK, US, Australia, Philippine, Thailand, Vietnam, and more. 

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Ever Wonder Why Is This Course Being Created? 

A few years ago, when I was teaching Mandarin, I had a student. Mr. Q is motivated to learn. He wanted to learn Mandarin for his Chinese girlfriend.

One day, during class, he asked me, “Miss Lim, do you speak like this in daily life?”

I said, “Not really, I would say it like this …”

That was the moment, I didn’t even realize what I had been teaching was not practical in daily life. After that day I keep asking myself why I teach something that students can’t use, what’s the point of them learning it?

I felt very guilty and lost the passion to teach Mandarin during that time. I kept asking myself, “Do I want to continue teaching Mandarin like this?”

The answer is No. I decided to teach real Mandarin. I decided to teach applicable knowledge. I want students who come here to take away the knowledge and skills which they can use in their daily life.

And that’s how the MAMA (Malaysia Mandarin) course came out!