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$ 1150
Jul 2007
New York, New York
Three weeks of intensive Mandarin  more... close row
$ 500
Jan 2009
Des Moines, IA
Chinese lessons through a college were very helpful  more... close row
$ 625
Jun 2007
Los Angeles,CA
40 hours of Chinese lessons  more... close row
$ 2000
Nov 2007
New York, NY
Lessons in Chinese important for work  more... close row
$ 1100
Feb 2008
San Diego, CA
Three and a half month long Chinese class  more... close row
$ 5000
Jun 2007
NYC, New York
A month of intensive Mandarin  more... close row

Description of service

Took a month long intensive Mandarin Chinese course. It was 6 hours daily, 5 days a week. The price paid included one lesson book and daily group lessons (4 hours) and private one on one lesson (2 hours). The group lessons were taught by 2 instructors, private lessons by one instructor. At the end of the course we did have a weekend review to prepare for the HSK Chinese proficiency exam.


Review of Service

I felt the quality of the language school varied a lot with different instructors. Some classes would be very beneficial while others were either too advanced or too basic. While the instructors seemed to be helpful and concerned about our learning the target language, I could tell that they wanted to use traditional Chinese teaching methodology (rote memorization) which doesn't work well for learning a 2nd language. I wished the classes would have been more interactive between students (i.e. role plays) instead of predominantly lecture based.


Tips

Request a demo lesson. If you will have group classes and private classes, ask to sit in on both to see how the teaching methods vary for each. See if the school offers any type of extra practice classes (i.e. Language corners to practice speaking with many people in that language). Review the materials that will be used. Make friends with other students to help practice outside of school. Speak and use the target language as much as possible, it might be difficult but will be come easier the more you do it.


$ 360
Sep 2007
New York, New York
10 weeks of Mandarin classes  more... close row
$ 30
Mar 2007
Kansas City, Missouri
Chinese instructor had good English but no teaching experience  more... close row
$ 1200
Mar 2007
Atlanta GA
Small class size in beginning Chinese  more... close row
$ 1350
Mar 2008
Louisville, KY
Beginning Chinese class  more... close row
$ 140
Jul 2009
Los Angeles, CA
First phase of Chinese lessons  more... close row
$ 500
Jun 2008
Portland, OR
Chinese course failed to meet expectations  more... close row
$ 0
Oct 2010
City, State
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$ 550
Feb 2009
Dallas, Texas
Wanted to learn Chinese just as a matter of interest  more... close row
$ 350
Jun 2007
San Francisco, CA
Two month Chinese class was worthless  more... close row
$ 200
Sep 2008
San Diego, CA
One month of too-large Chinese class  more... close row