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Every weekday we have three hours of Chinese class, and then an additional one one-on-one one class with an assigned teacher. Although we have to wake up very early, the classes are always very interesting, and I think the teaching style is very effective.

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Every week we have classes and Chinese Table. This is not an easy program:: you have new classes to prepare and homework to write every day. If you

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get tired, Chinese Table is a time for you to relax whiling practicing Chinese with the teachers, classmates and Chinese Lang Language Buddies.

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sex to whether we should give money to beggars.

learned that day. I love this class because everyone has a different opinion!

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such as features of Chinese culture, issues of modern Chinese societies and how globalization has influenced us.

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In class we start with a dictation, learn new vocab and grammar, and

I believe studying the differences between written and spoken

then practice what we just learned in various games and activities. I

Chinese is one of the language’ss most interesting aspects.

have learned how to use Chinese to present and discuss many important

Chinese slang was also particularly interesting. I’ll I definitely

topics.

continue using the slang when I get back to America.

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teachers managed to keep the classes interesting. Since there are only six to ten

Every day students are in for new experiences.

students in one class, eachh student has a lot of chances to speak in class. Every day

This program has helped me dramatically increase

we had a different activity class, so that kept us engaged also. The classes were

both my Chinese ese speaking and writing capabilities.

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quite demanding, but it was also fun.

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