This depends very much on you. In general individual classes are faster, however they also cost more than small group classes. For beginners often small group Mandarin classes work quite well, however the higher your Chinese level is, the more specific your needs will be. For example, with a strong imbalance in your reading and speaking abilities, individual classes or a combination of individual and small group classes can be more useful. While individual classes are faster for students at any level, we definitely recommend for anyone who is TOCFL 4 / HSK 4 or higher to take only individual classes. This is because at the higher levels even in our very small group classes with only an average of three students per class the differences in the challenges students face become too big. Depending on how Mandarin language students learned Mandarin previously, some might read very well, but struggle with speaking while others can express themselves without problems but are far behind with their characters. This results in a small group class being either too hard or too easy – depending on whether characters or speaking are taught.