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One important thing for students to study Chinese effectively is to open their mouth to speak more. Describing pictures is a good way to train their oral language. According to teaching contents and students’ language levels, teachers provide a brief, simple, understandable picture related to the teaching contents to the students. Then the students should describe the […]
As we all know, the aim of learning Mandarin Chinese is help the foreign learners to put the language knowledge into practical use in daily communication. Therefore, the oral language is very important. Besides, the students need good memory to learn language points. Therefore, we should train these two aspects in classroom teaching. In order to help […]
If the foreigners have learned Chinese language in qualified Mandarin program for a long time, they will see that a language point can be divided into several different types according to the different difficulty levels. Therefore, Chinese teachers should divide them accordingly and explain respectively when they teach grammar points. It will affect the teaching result if you want to handle […]
It is an effective method to help students to study Chinese in the lively and interesting teaching activities because the imaginable memory is better than text memory. If learners are not bored in teaching contents, they will be relaxing and easy to remember the words and knowledge points. The teaching with games is a beneficial one because […]
Every foreign student who comes to learn Mandarin in China may has a different experience comparing with what they experienced in their own countries. If the American students come to learn Mandarin, it is inevitable for them to visit some famous scenic spots like the Great Wall. However, they will find so many tiny differences […]
Most westerners who come to learn Chinese in China may have heard about the remarks made by the United States president Barack Obama in one high school graduation ceremony in Memphis. He said that when the students are looking for a job, they will not just compete with the young people from Nashville or Atlanta’s, but also […]
If the foreigners are just begin to learn Mandarin, the teachers should divide the teaching activity into two stages, one is grammar stage and the other is the words stage. As a matter of fact, they are closely combined. In the grammar stage, the focus is the functional words teaching because we regard them as […]
There are many mistakes are made by students in sentences during the process when they learn Mandarin. The first type of mistake is the incorrect collocation. In the sentence 这个书柜很重，我们两个抱不动, 抱 is not proper here. When we indicate to move, we should use 搬. Sometimes, the sentences are incomplete or the words are unnecessary. Students […]
On January 31st of the year 2007, some Chinese language schools in California of America objected to apply the immersion teaching method to the Chinese language teaching. It is disappointing news for those who like to learn Mandarin in this method. After all, it was California that forced the immigrant students to study English before. […]
I have 2 teachers, and I do 4 hours a day. So I have got Dong Laoshi and Jin Laoshi. Both of them are very good. They made the experience very nice to me. They are willing to help you whenever, so if you ever have a question here, the teachers are always there to help you whether it is visas, whether it is getting around the city. Everyone wants to talk to you.
I can’t tell you how much I liked it. The thing I liked about the teachers and the teaching method is that there is so much flexibility. The other thing I liked about the teaching is the combination of classic textbook learning and going outside. I loved it! I like getting to know other students. Everybody shared the same goal and that’s making their Chinese better. Kunming is a big city, but it is very safe to live here. Another thing I liked about Keats is the idea that people here help you. I can’t recommend it enough. I think it was a valuable experience. Looking forward to coming back!
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.
Before I came to Keats School, I had no confidence in my Chinese proficiency. I did not have the confidence to speak Mandarin Chinese and chat with Chinese people. However, after 4 months of study at Keats, I become more and more confident in speaking Chinese now. Studying Chinese in China at Keats School has been the best decision I have ever made. There are many games in the class, and my teacher’s teaching methods are also very interesting. My experience at Keats School has changed my view of China and Chinese people.
So during my first week at Keats, I didn’t dare to speak any Chinese words. I found out that my Chinese level quickly improved since then. Although I have many options to study in China, for example, some other schools have homestay, I found I could immerse myself and fully focus on learning Chinese by staying at Keats.
All teachers are really lovely. The teaching level at Keats is so much higher. I really love the city. It is very comfortable to get around. I fully recommend Keats. It is a great place to study Chinese in China. We are looking forward to coming back again later this year.
I have studied at Keats for 2 semesters. I highly recommend Keats School. If you are very interested in taking a Mandarin course in China, I would suggest you come to Kunming. Kunming people are very friendly. The weather in Kunming is great. So I recommend that you study Chinese at Keats in Kunming.
The best part of the school is the patience the instructors had and the time to focus on the fundamentals like pronunciation. I think it is very easy to skip over those and go to vocabulary. But by learning the pronunciation, I feel like it helped me gain a better understanding of the language.