Learn Chinese in Beijing, China

  China

• Beijing: 
Beijing

Term: Throughout the year 

Description: Our school is located in "The Central University for Nationalities" of Beijing. This provide a good enviroment for students who will be able to experience a full immersion into the chinese culture.

To learn a foreign language fluently, you have to live in a country where it is spoken. Therefore, come to Beijing to get involved into the local culture and customs as well as Chinese language. With its thousands of characters and four different tones Mandarin seems difficult to learn. However, practice make perfect. Learn Chinese with Easy Class, you will feel that Chinese is that Easy and you can say what you want fluently.

Living in Beijing for some weeks or months, a semester, or a year, you will live a life-changing experience that will open yourself up to a world of opportunity. With more than one billion Mandarin speakers and the rise of China on the global stage, knowing Mandarin will definitely help you in your future career. Explore the fascinating Chinese civilization, come to Beijing and broaden your knowledge. Discover how dynamic life is in the capital of the fastest growing economy in the world. When studying in Beijing, you will make friends with both Chinese and students from all around the world.

Highlights: To accommodate various requests of our students, Easy Class has selected a variety of modern and practical teaching materials designed by professors and other Chinese language professionals. every day, students have four classes, two for new practical chinese (including grammer, text, new words and usage.); two for spoken chinese class which every students are required to practise their spoken chinese.

Language Partners
Easy Class students have the chance to be assigned a Chinese friend as a studying partner. In most cases, students and Language Partners in many social activities allowing students to not only practice Chinese with native Chinese speakers, but also develop cultural understanding and long-term friendships.

Culture Electives and Extracurricular Activities
Various cultural electives, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese traditional instrument "Guzheng", Chinese cooking and Chinese chess are frequently offered. Besides, we makes use of holidays and festivals to allow students to participate in various cultural activities held in Beijing.

Provide an information package for students upon arrival.
The package includes an information guide of our center and to daily life in Beijing and the more useful information such as nearby restaurants, bus stops and post office. The package also contains a list of the most common Chinese food menu items printed in English and Chinese. There is also a Beijing City map in English and Chinese with bus and subway routes.

Class options
I. Small Group Class:
Having class sizes between 8-9students provides students with an intimate classroom environment which is conducive to effective language learning. Small class sizes allow teachers to easily understand the individual learning needs of each student, while also allowing each student much time to practice their language skills.

II. One-To-One tutoring
One-to-One courses are designed specifically with the needs and goals of individuals and are especially effective for those students that wish to focus on a specific aspect of the language. We offer fully flexible starting date of the class. If you are not so convenient to come to our school, we will send our teachers to give you lessons at your home.

III. HSK
The HSK or Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi is China's officially recognized language proficiency exam. HSK results are internationally recognized as proof of Chinese language proficiency, so it is possible for non-native Chinese speakers to take the test sometime during their language study. The HSK exam is offered at several different levels, so a student may take the test as a relative beginner or as a proficient speaker. Easy Class teachers are trained to help students succeed in the examination and while it is possible to only focus on HSK Preparation, it is usually taken in conjunction with a General Chinese or Business Chinese course.

Qualifications: Students who can speak daily spoken chinese, so that he or she can communicate with chinese workers in company.

Cost in US$: 172 USD/ one to four weeks

Total Duration
1-4 weeks 172USD
5-9 weeks 158USD
10-14 weeks 144USD
14 weeks or more 134USD

One to One lessons - 20 lessons/week USD

Total Duration
1-4 weeks 228
5-9 weeks 214
10-14 weeks 200
14 weeks or more 185

Credit Available: yes

Salary / Pay: According to rule of companies, different position have different salary. Generally, 500 yuan for internship.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to China Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Beijing Easy Class Culture Exchange Co.'s Mission Statement: Our school is located in "The Central University for Nationalities" of Beijing. Our aim is to provide a good enviroment for students to be able to experience a full immersion into the chinese culture, customs as well as learn the Chinese language, and make friends with both Chinese and students from all around the world.

Year Founded: 2007