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Wonder how many of you would like to study Chinese in China?

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  • 05-06-2009 10:28pm
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    yoko
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    Hi, everybody. as title, i wonder how many of you would like to travel to China one day and stay for a while to improve your Chinese or learn more Chinese there? Any favorate city in your mind?
    I'm a Chinese teacher in Galway, I have been teaching Chinese here for two years. And I would like to open a Chinese learning centre somewhere in China.
    Thx for any advice n suggestion
    :D


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    Henne220
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    I was in Shenzhen recently. I was amazed by China, it's like a whole different world over there. Outstanding. Will definetly go over again.


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    poncho000
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    What dialect are you teaching - mandarin or cantonese? I have just travelled around china and will be going again next year so would be interested in your learning centre. Hong kong is a fantastic city and would be good for non chinese speakers because they have have a reasonable level of english there anyway


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    yoko
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    i teach both Mandarin and Cantonese! Most of my students they have plan to travel or work in China. Some of them have now been working in China. I also know some friends who amazed me by their Chinese level. As i know they usually join a Chinese class in europe then go over to China and join a short or long term course which improve their Chinese a lot.
    Of course when you live in a country to learn their language is much easier and quicker.
    So that's why i think it should be interesting to open a learning centre in a popular tourist town in China.
    Yes, Hong Kong is such an international city, everybody speaks English. Also because Britian was there for a hundred years.
    but if you travel to any other place in China, speak a little bit Chinese will make your life so much easier.


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    Supercell
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    I'm seriously considering the TEFL route, not sure how much time that would allow for language study but I would be extra motivated as my partner is from Tianjin. We havent decided where to live after marriage...
    I'd love if there was a total immersion type course that ran for 2 weeks to a month where you had to speak Mandarin 24/7 for the whole time and there was classes and social activities during it, again exclusively in Mandarin.
    Hmm, must research this.
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    mojawoja
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    Would love to. Just started with the Michel Thomas Mandarin course, only on CD 2 out of 14 but I'm finding it far more accessible than I imagined. I take it that Shanghai and HK wouldn't be suitable, Beijing then?


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