Location
  • China
    • Beijing
Language
Chinese
Jan 21, 2025
Jun 12, 2025
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About Program

The General Chinese Course focuses on speaking, listening, writing, reading, grammar, and communication skills. Teachers are qualified, native speakers with experience teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

During the General Chinese lessons you will:
- Practice speaking, listening, writing, and reading.
- Learn to communicate in Chinese in real-life situations.
- Develop your understanding of grammar, vocabulary, and idioms.
- Work on your Chinese pronunciation.
- Improve your communication skills and your general knowledge of the Chinese language.

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Program Highlights

  • Develop your understanding of grammar, vocabulary and idioms.
  • Work on your Chinese pronunciation.
  • Improve on your comunication skills and on your general knowledge of the Chinese language.

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Program Reviews

4.86 Rating
based on 21 reviews
  • 5 rating 85.71%
  • 4 rating 14.29%
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  • Instruction 4.8
  • Support 4.95
  • Fun 4.85
  • Housing 4.75
  • Value 4.8
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Alessia
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Very interesting course!

I came to Beijing for work with my boyfriend, and we enrolled in this school to learn some basis of conversational Chinese. Some friends of us suggested it to us and it has been a great choice! The programme of the course is very well organised. Our teacher, miss Liang, is very prepared and competent and she can also speak a very fluent English. She makes the lessons very interesting and interactive, adding extra contents to the textbook. We are learning a lot about the language and the Chinese culture. We are very happy about this course and we highly recommend both the school and the teacher!

26 people found this review helpful.
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Li Ting
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Learn Chinese with joy

I'm a Chinese descendant girl in Singapore. Although both of my parents are Chinese and can speak Chinese, I don't usually communicate with them in Chinese in daily life.

To improve my Chinese speaking skills, I took the course "Elementary Spoken Chinese 2" at Global Village School. The vocabulary and texts in the textbook are commonly used in daily life. The teacher patiently helps me correct my pronunciation, and my classmates are extremely friendly.

During this one-month study process, I've reaped rich rewards. If I have enough time to stay in China in the future, I will surely continue to study Chinese in-depth.

25 people found this review helpful.
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Pasisa
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Chinese language skills

I came to China without knowing much. I could only say "Hi" and "Thank you" in Chinese. So, I decided to join this school to study the Chinese language. After just a couple of months here, my Chinese has improved a lot. I can now use basic conversation skills in my daily life. Coming here was a very good choice, and I highly recommend studying at this school.The prices are reasonable compared to what I have gained. My teacher is very friendly and helpful. I have never felt stressed during class. Our teachers always encourage us to communicate in Chinese with our classmates, which has helped me improve a lot.

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
My Chinese teacher very friendly, I feel comfortable every time when I come to this school. We have a good environment to study and improve my Chinese language skills.
23 people found this review helpful.
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Lea
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Wonderful expeience of Chinese

I just came to China this September and have always loved Chinese culture, so I enrolled in Global Village School in Wudaokou campus.

Now I'm taking the Basic Chinese course and I'm getting a lot out of it. The course starts with Pinyin and simple Chinese characters, and the teacher helps me to memorize the complicated strokes in many interesting ways, such as by playing a game of Chinese character cards. I used to think that Chinese characters were like complicated paintings and I couldn't learn them at all, but now I can recognize hundreds of commonly used characters and I can write simple sentences, so my progress is very obvious.

I also participated in a dumpling-making culture class organized by the organization, which was so much fun! Although the dumplings I made were very strange in shape, we all had a great time making dumplings and communicating with each other at the same time. Not only did I learn how to make dumplings, but I also gained a deeper understanding of Chinese food culture.

This school has a comfortable environment and a great learning atmosphere.

25 people found this review helpful.
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Leslie
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Amazing place to learn Chinese

Global Village offers great teachers and helpful environment to get involve with the culture and with the language. The classrooms are full equipped with the correct materials to have dynamic lessons. The books have the perfect level, they facilites the learning going fast and feeling how you are improving your Chinese in just some few weeks. All the stuff is very helpful and kind. You feel very welcome every day. Cultural activities are so incredible. China has too much history to share and Global shares it very well. I feel so happy to be part of the institution and grateful for the opportunity.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
Teachers will help you to easy communicate in real life.
Pros
  • Learning language
  • Cultural activities
  • Friends
32 people found this review helpful.
Response from Global Village School

I chose one-on-one sessions because most foreigners speak English. Even if we try to speak Chinese in class, we end up using English outside of class. So, I prefer to avoid using English.

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