About Us

Overview

Flat World Language seeks to be the world’s most comprehensive provider of
Mandarin Chinese language, English Language, and French Language support for learners of
students overseas. We are one of the world’s few the online language services, offering;
flexible, easy to use online tutoring on demand. Tutorials, specific to your need and level, taught
by a qualified tutor can be arranged in less than 2 days notice. Price or Quality, no
matter how you look at it we are unquestionably the best choice in online language
learning!

Experience in Studying Foreign Language

Flat World Language was started by Simon Laing an American Chinese language student in
early 2006. He has spent the past 5 years studying Chinese in Nanjing, China and working as
a part-time English teacher. Together with half a dozen graduate langauge students and former
tutors, we formed the company. Simon Studied French for 6 years in high school and University.
He spends time living and working in France every year.
Simon is currently in England working on marketing in the company to Universities.
Although we are a small company we feel we can offer a timely and flexible service that is need
to study the difficult language of Chinese.
Our staff is also made up of professional Teachers and Translators

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How can we be so cheap?

In China outside of Shanghai and Hong Kong the cost of living is very low. Eating out costs
$1-3 per person and rising housing costs are still comparatively low. Nanjing, although a
small city, has a heritage for education including many universities. We work with tutors who
have a range of language skills suit different level students. Some of them are graduate
students working to their masters and Ph. D. Some tutor have day jobs and can work in the
evenings. From experience we have learnt that a good teacher can really make the difference
in learning a difficult language.
Simon Laing, head of Customer Service and a founding partner, was involved in social justice
issues in university, and is sensitive to exploitation issues. The Chinese tutors are paid a
competitive middle class hourly wage. Much of the income goes to Internet search ads and
fees for transferring money
The main reason for making this site was the difficulty in studying Chinese made me feel
there was a business opportunity in helping people learn Chinese.