The Chinese Teaching and Learning Dictionary is a good tool for foreigners to learn Mandarin, which is often used by the foreign adults who have language ability and sound thinking ability of acquiring their native languages. Besides, all of them can learn Mandarin initiatively with clear purposes. But Chinese learningis different from the study of native languages. Therefore, the […]
ZHOU Jian and TANG Ling (2004) thought: “The main text of this lesson is Trying to Take Drugs. At the foundation of learning text, students who learn Mandarin in China have the specific guidance above, which can make them complete the assignment of paragraph expression with words they have learned more easily.” When we are training […]
As the number of foreigners who learn Mandarin is increasing, the teachers who teach Chinese as a foreign language is also improving. It was reported that there were 17 thousand volunteer Chinese teacherssent to the Confucius Institute around the world by the end of 2010. The excellent Chinese teachers are not only distributed in foreign countries, but also the domestic […]
Although it also emphasizes on the discrimination of the in-class exercise study for the students who learn Mandarin in China and the outside-class exercise, ZHOU Jian and TANG Ling (2004) have different opinion with ZHENG Rui (2001). They think that the in-class exercise pattern should be convenient to have communication activity between teachers and students who study […]
Grammar plays a very important role in any one language. In the following parts, some beneficial methods will be discussed to help students to learn Chinese in China more effectively. In order to train students to master the usage of the specific interrogation, we firstly help students learn Chinese language by play the game named “get to the bottom […]
Compared with the ordinary Chinese testing for the students who learn Mandarin in China , the specific Chinese testing has features as following: 1. High homogeny of examiner source Specific Chinese testing in Chinese Lessons is often facing to a certain field. Thus the target examiners are usually from a specific field or interested in […]
For every language, there are many certain ways of calling a specific things or people. If you learn Chinese in China, you will hear the words “靓女” very often. To understand this word, students should learn someChinese culture. In the very ancient China, the word “靓女” has been mentioned in “诗经•邶风•静女” : 静女其姝，俟我于城隅。爱而不见，搔首踟蹰。 静女其娈，贻我彤管。彤管有炜，说怿女美。 自牧归荑，洵美且异。匪女之为美，美人之贻。 Students learn […]
This is a hard-won truth that when people learn a second language, they can be affected by the mother language especially the students who learn Mandarin in China. However, there are some controversial questions about this fact all the time. How does the language transfer? How does the language transfer affect the process of learning […]
The analogue method is also called the method of pattern. During the process when foreigners learn Mandarin, they may know it is different from the comprehensive approach and deductive method because it resolves the grammar rules into some sentence patterns and then standardized the sentence patterns into some example sentences. After that, the learners who learn Mandarin can […]
According to the dating methods of twelve animals in Chinese Lunar Calendar, the year of 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit. In Chinese culture, there are many set phrases and idioms related to animals. In the following parts, some idioms related to the rabbit will be learned. For students who learn Chinese in China, some set […]
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All my classmates stay together for one year and we improved so much! The teachers at Keats are all very great. They like to organize a lot of activities to help us learn Chinese. I like Keats! I like Kunming!
My school is amazing. I recommend Keats School because it is a more convenient way to learn Chinese in Kunming.
I decided to learn Chinese in Kunming because I like smaller cities and I like the climate here. We had four hours a day study here and my dear teacher taught me very much and never lost her patience with me. It was a really wonderful experience to be here and I recommend Keats school and the teachers here to everyone who likes to learn Chinese in China.
My name is Sarah Fish. I am 81. I knew very little Chinese when I arrived. How was I going to survive 2 weeks of intensive Chinese course? I have to laugh when I think of that now. What a positive experience this has been! I really wish we could be here a little longer. The teachers are extremely encouraging, evaluating first how much someone knows, and then starting from there.
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.
We use a lot of games to learn grammar and new words. We have really good teachers, really patient. She helps us a lot. Our class is really nice and we have people from all over the world, different countries. We often discuss topics in Chinese in our class. I live in the dorm of Keats. It is very convenient. I don’t have to spend time traveling. You can just focus on learning Chinese.
I really enjoy studying Chinese in Kunming at Keats. The teachers are great and my classmates are awesome. It is an unforgettable experience for me. I also got the chance to travel to other places in Yunnan. Those places are amazing and you definitely need to visit these places when you study Chinese in China at Keats.