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	<title>Learn Chinese in Shanghai</title>
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		<title>How to choose your school to learn Chinese?</title>
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I was very much involved in Chinese language school business in China so am in good position to offer a few tips for those thinking of going to China to study Chinese.
Generally speaking, there are two main choices, either going to universities or private language schools. Universities such as BCLU (Beijing Culture and Language University) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/14</link>
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		<title>Odd Requirement for Mandarin Teachers</title>
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I’ve highlighted one issue in my previous discussions about learning Mandarin in China: quality of teaching, and would like to dwell on this topic a little more in this post.
If you have ever read recruitment advertisements of mandarin teachers posted by language schools or institutions in China, you may find one thing quite weird or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/13</link>
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		<title>Lack of professionalism in teaching Chinese language to foreigners</title>
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I always hold the view that Chinese language teaching to foreigners in China falls short of professionalsim and training. The authoritarian political system constrains the sort of teachers trained.
Another reason is probably because the emerging Chinese language schools do not want to pay attractive salaries to recruit good teachers.
Do you have any idea how much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/12</link>
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		<title>One on one lessons - learn Chinese in China</title>
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I would suggest you take one-on-one lessons if you come to China to study mandarin just for a short period of time. The reason? Quality of group class teaching is not guaranteed, and one-one-one lesson is not expensive.
With one-on-one lessons, you can control the pace and focus of your learning and your tutor has to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/11</link>
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		<title>What to choose? A language school or university?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to study Chinese in China for a few months, consider not to enrol in a Chinese language school, but in a university programme. I raise this issue here because I was asked about the topic and think it may be helpful to weigh in on the topic a little bit more.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/10</link>
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		<title>List of Chinese schools in Shanghai &#8230;(incomplete, please add more Chinese schools)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. BLS Shanghai
Descriptions found on their webiste:
Located downtown, in the former French Quarters behind the Bund, our school is based in a very nice newly-built group of houses, overlooking a central Chinese style garden square in a peaceful residential area. The complex is particularly well placed and makes an excellent setting for the school.
Within a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/9</link>
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		<title>Which Schools in Shanghai Are Accepting Foreign Students ?</title>
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My husband and I are considering sending our children, aged 12, 10 and 8 to school in Shanghai for the coming school year, in June 2004.
Currently, all three children are taking Mandarin classes in school but the level is very basic and listening comprehension is almost nil.
We would like some guidance as to which schools [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/8</link>
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		<title>Shanghai Teaching Experience, Shanghai Work Experience</title>
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Raffles Lasalle Shanghai 
Andy says:
You will work long hours for little personal reward or recognition. You MUST work a nine hour day. They have a questionable evaluation system and even more questionable curriculum.
The people in charge of you know nothing about ESL teaching and do not really care if students are learning or not as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/7</link>
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		<title>Learning Education Center, Shanghai</title>
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Shanghai is a wonderful city with many good schools. However some are just too dishonest for words and should be avoided.
I am a university professor and only teach English in my holidays. I have made it a policy to avoid small private schools, who may get into financial difficulties, and then not pay you, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/6</link>
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		<title>About Shanghai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shanghai is probably the most evocative city for an outsider in the whole of China. Beijing may be more purely, mysteriously Chinese but only Shanghai offers such a heady brew of half-digested images and preconceptions.
For the second city of the world&#8217;s oldest surviving ancient civilization, Shanghai is surprisingly new. Literally &#8216;On the Sea&#8217;, Shanghai is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.learnchineseshanghai.com/learnchinese/5</link>
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