When you drinking tea during the process when you study Mandarin in China, you may see Chinese people often knock the fingers to express thanks. It is the so-called etiquette of knocking fingers. As a matter of fact, this etiquette originated from the etiquette of kowtow when drinking tea in ancient China. Then, people knock […]
The origin of Pumi people in China is the nomadic people Diqiang branch in the northwest of China. When you come to study Mandarin in China, you may be told Pumi means the white people. You should know they mainly live in NUjiang prefecture and Lijiang city of Yunnan province. Some of them are in […]
When mentioning the schools of Daoism in Sui and Tang dynasties, the most influential one should be Maoshan School. When you study Chinese in China, you should know it inherited Shangqing School. It is another name for Shangqing School because it centered on Maoshan area. One thing we should realize is that Maoshan School is […]
In the beginning years of Emperor Hui of Song Dynasty, Lv Benzhong named the school of poetry that led by Huang Tingjian and Chen Shidao as Jiangxi Poetry School. When you come to study Chinese in China, you should know that it is the real and the earliest literary genre in China. The so-called Zongpai […]
Sushi is a famous politician and man of letters in the Northern Song Dynasty. When you come to learn Chinese in China, you must have learned some of his poetry. Even though he had tough experience in his life, he lived a long life because he attached much importance about the health keeping and had […]
As an important person in the development of seal cutting in Ming and Qing period, Wu Changshuo made a summarization of the abundant heritage passed down from the former generations. When you study Chinese in China, you will learn that Wu was not only ambitious, but also held his perspectives and proposals in art. Wu […]
Born in Shanghai, Yu Zhenfei is a famous performer of KUnqu Opera ad Peking Opera. If you come to learn Chinese in China, you may also know his father was a famous person with great success in Kunqu Opera. Influenced by his father, Yu started to learn Kunqu Opera from his father in the age […]
Weiliao Zi is a book published in the late Warring States, discussing the military affairs and politics. When you study Chinese in China, you may be told there are five chapters and totally 24 articles. The Seven Military Classics in the southern Song period was the earliest. In 1972, some bamboo books were unearthed in […]
The characteristics of Sichuan Cuisine combine the characteristics of local delicacies in Chengdu, Chongqing, Leshan, Zigong, etc. If you study Chinese in China, you should know Sichuan cuisine attaches much importance to color, smell, taste and shape. But the taste is the most importance in Sichuan cuisine. It is famous for various types of tastes […]
Hu Die’s career of performance was from the late 1920s to the 1960s. However, when you come to study Mandarin in China, you may hear that the peak period was from the 1930s to 1940s. Hu Die became famous when she acted in the first sound film in China in the beginning of the 1930s […]
At Keats, I have a lot of opportunities to practice what I have learned. I really like this school, because I can learn Chinese in one-on-one style, so I think this is the best immersion program in China and my teacher is the best teacher. I feel that without my teacher, my Chinese will definitely not improve so much. I’m very happy because, at Keats, I have improved my Chinese significantly.
It has been notable because I have met a lot of people who I met first time last year like me to come back to Keats this year. The teaching has been fantastic. The teachers carefully prepare each lesson. I think this one-on-one approach is really a great way to rapidly increase your level of Chinese and increase your confidence and fluency with the language.
I think the Chinese learning environment here is great. The teaching methods are also very interactive and fun. What I particularly enjoy here is the fact that my teacher does not stick to the textbook. We spend a lot of time discussing general topics, such as Chinese culture, world news, typical expressions used by local people. We also discuss social and economic topics.
I am a graduate student working on my doctorate degree at Columbia University. We were able to really focus on speaking especially interview-style speaking and we are able to really up my Chinese reading and writing skills, so when I go back to Columbia, I can take formal Chinese classes. It has been a really good experience and I really love my teacher.
This is my second time coming. Last year, I also came for about 12 weeks. This time I came for 13 weeks of a summer program in China. The reason why I particularly want to come to this school was because of the one-on-one classes. I was able to increase my level and learn Chinese more quickly than in group classes. If I have a chance again to come next year, I certainly will.
About studying Chinese here, I think the living condition is very convenient because the dorm is very close to the classroom. Our teachers really enjoy teaching Chinese. They are also very passionate. Compared with other cities in China, Kunming has really good weather.
Listening and speaking in the classroom every day has improved my communication skills. After three weeks, my new words and sentences became more and more natural and fluent. Now I am used to thinking in Chinese, and I understand better what other people say, to be able to have real conversations with other people.
Kunming is a fantastic city. The weather here is great. The school is excellent. The instructors are very helpful, very friendly. I strongly recommend that anybody who is looking for a Chinese language school in China come here to study. Kunming and Keats school are much better than any other place.