This article is written by Anna Rugg, who is now learning Chinese in China at Keats School. On Monday, September 12th I celebrated my first Mid-Autumn Festival (zhōngqiūjié, 中秋节) here in China. It is also known as the Moon or Mooncake festival. This is a harvest festival which starts on the 15th day of the 8th lunar […]
When foreigners attend to intensive Chinese courses in China to study Chinese language, they may be told that to help others for a just cause is a virtue in Chinese tradition. Recently, Yunnan provincial government rewarded those people who are willing to help others to encourage them and other people to offer the help to those who need […]
Daluo Forest Garden is a frontier garden opened since 1997. Locating at the Manjing Mountain of Daluo River, its garden gate is beside the Daluo Bridge. Some students who study in China may be told that it faces Daluo River at North and Daluo city at East. The South is economic developing area and the West is […]
Mount Jizu is one of the five famous Chinese Buddhist mountains, which against the northwest and facing the southeast. There are three peaks in front and one at back. When you come to study in China, you will be told the name comes from its shape like the foot if chicken. This mountain enjoys a quite […]
The Black Dragon Garden of Lijiang is also named the Jade Spring Garden, which is located at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain of Northern Lijiang. When the foreigners who study in China walk along the Yu River about 1 kilometer, they will see the crystal Black Dragon Lake. It‘s very famous in home and abroad because of […]
The Cave of Bodhidharma has been the holy land of Buddhism visited by countless Buddhists since a long time ago. When you come to study in China, you should know that Qizong village at Tacheng Town of Weixi County is a Tibetan people village, which possesses a beautiful landscape. Fields and gardens were made along river […]
Yulong Bay is located at the west suburb of Kunming, where there is a Taiping Village besides Shilin- Anning Expressway. It is convenient for you to go there when you study in China because it is just 23 kilometers away from downtown. It looks like a fairyland with beautiful scenery like clear water and layers of forests. […]
Zhengying is located at Shiping County of Yunnan Province. When you attend to school to study in China, you may know Shiping County is not only the hometown of Yuan Jiagu, who is the champion of economy examination in Qing Dynasty, but also the hometown of Li Jiating, the former provincial governor. However, those who study in […]
The Tu Nationality mainly concentrated in Qinghai Province and Gansu Province. They speak the Tu language which belongs to the Mongolian branch of the Altaic language family. The Tu are good at dancing and singing. When you study in China, you will have a better chance to get to know the Tu ethnic minority better. They […]
1. Dreaming of West Lake There are many beautiful lakes in China, the West Lake is considered as one of the most beautiful ones. It has a special place in China’s history and it received the most praise by the greatest number of historical figures. Some say every rock beside the lake has its own story, […]
Ne morem vam povedati, kako zelo mi je bilo všeč. Kar mi je bilo všeč pri učiteljih in metodi poučevanja, je bila velika prilagodljivost. Druga stvar, ki mi je bila všeč pri poučevanju, je bila kombinacija klasičnega učenja iz učbenikov in gibanja na prostem. Bilo mi je zelo všeč! Rad spoznavam druge učence. Vsi imajo isti cilj, in sicer izboljšati svojo kitajščino. Kunming je veliko mesto, vendar je tukaj zelo varno živeti. Druga stvar, ki mi je bila všeč pri Keatsu, je ideja, da ti ljudje tukaj pomagajo. Ne morem ga dovolj priporočiti. Mislim, da je bila to dragocena izkušnja. Veselim se vrnitve!
Prvi semester sem študiral na drugi šoli in tam je bil pritisk precej velik, ure v razredu so bile dolge, domače naloge pa precej dolgočasne. Odkar sem prišel na Keats, sem ugotovil, da imam veliko več priložnosti za govorjenje v razredu. Vsi moji sošolci tekoče govorijo in radi govorijo ter sodelujejo v razredu. Imamo odlično dinamiko v razredu.
V intenzivnem individualnem tečaju kitajščine lahko izberete metodo učenja, ki vam je všeč. Tečaj kitajščine v majhnih skupinah na Kitajskem v Keatsu poteka po učbeniku HSK. Učitelji pogosto zbirajo povratne informacije od učencev, poslušajo naše zahteve in mnenja. Občutek imam, da je moja ustna raven boljša kot prej.
Sem podiplomski študent, ki dela doktorat na Univerzi Columbia. Osredotočili smo se lahko na govorjenje, še posebej na govorjenje v slogu intervjujev, in izboljšali smo moje znanje branja in pisanja kitajščine, tako da se bom lahko, ko se vrnem na Columbio, udeležil formalnih tečajev kitajščine. To je bila res dobra izkušnja in resnično imam rad svojega učitelja.
Ta kraj mi je res všeč, ker imamo zasebne ure mandarinščine. Obiskovala sem 6-urni program, 4 ure zjutraj in 2 popoldne. Čeprav je to precej veliko, je pouk brezplačen. To je zelo koristno, saj sem lahko ponovila, kaj sem počela prej, in se naučila novih stvari. Moja dva učitelja sta fantastična. Živimo v šoli, zato je priročno. Zame je zanimivo spoznavati ljudi z vsega sveta.
Vsakodnevno poslušanje in govorjenje v razredu je izboljšalo moje komunikacijske sposobnosti. Po treh tednih so moje nove besede in stavki postajali vedno bolj naravni in tekoči. Zdaj sem navajen razmišljati v kitajščini in bolje razumem, kaj govorijo drugi ljudje, da se lahko z njimi resnično pogovarjam.
Kraj je zelo kul. V razredu sem z odlično skupino ljudi, zato je obiskovanje pouka zelo prijetno. Zabavno je, imamo veliko pogovorov, iger, dejavnosti. Tudi naši učitelji so zelo dobri, zelo spodbudni. Učenje kitajščine je na začetku zastrašujoče, ker imaš toliko vprašanj. Vendar bi priporočil obisk Keatsa, ker je vzdušje za učenje odlično. Je zelo sproščujoče. Priporočil bi šolo.
Ni pomembno, kakšno raven kitajščine imate, lahko začnete celo od ničelne ravni. Vaš učitelj bo pripravil lekcije glede na vaše zahteve. Prednost bivanja v šoli je, da boste imeli svoje inštrukcije, zasebno nastanitev z lastno kopalnico in vse obroke. Vsem toplo priporočam, da dejansko izkoristijo celoten paket, saj boste lahko spoznali druge učence.