Pienso que Kunming es una gran ciudad, el clima es muy bueno. Realmente me gusta la Escuela Keats y la encuentro muy organizada. Los profesores aquí son muy buenos. Tienen una cafeteria y nuevos salones de clases, tienen una nueva area de estar, puedes relajarte con tus amigos y practical tu chino con nativos. Si consideras venir a Keats a estudiar, realmente la recomiendo. Es una buena idea y pienso que seria una gran experiencia para ti.

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? 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.

One thing I really liked was that I was able to work with my teacher to make an individual plan of study. Another really nice thing is that you live at the school, you feel completely safe.  You always have a group of people who are willing to do things with you on the weekends or in the evenings. They are serving you all the 3 meals a day, the food was excellent.

I think the 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.

La mejor parte de la escuela es la paciencia de los profesores y el tiempo para enfocarse en cosas fundamentales como la pronunciación. Pienso que es muy fácil pasarlo por alto e ir directamente al vocabulario. Pero aprendiendo la pronunciación, siento que me ayuda mucho a incrementar la comprensión del idioma.

Kunming’s scenery is very beautiful. Here my favorite learning method is one-on-one because it is suitable for everyone. My teacher is very good, very caring and lovely. My life in Kunming is very good and the weather is very good. The air is very good. It is good for the elderly’s body.

This is my second time coming. Last year, I also came for about 12 weeks. This time I came for 13 weeks. 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 more quickly than group classes. If I have a chance again to come next year, I certainly will.

It doesn’t matter what level of Chinese you have, or even you can start from the zero level. Your teacher will prepare the lessons according to your requirements. The advantage of living in the school is that you will have your tutoring, you will have your private accommodation with your own bathroom and all the meals provided. I highly recommend everybody to actually take the whole package because you get to meet other students.