Ben Jenkin Posted December 6, 2006 at 01:26 PM Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 at 01:26 PM Hi, We have just opened a new chinese school in Ningbo in ZheJiang. At the moment we are only teaching part time courses to local residence of the area. However, if demand is big enougth we will consider having full time courses with accomodation. Anyone interested? Check out our website to see what we are about www.NingboChinese.cn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freefall Posted December 7, 2006 at 03:08 AM Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 at 03:08 AM Might want to fix those spelling errors on your 主页。 I wish you luck with your new business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luciano Posted December 7, 2006 at 04:01 AM Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 at 04:01 AM I guess I´m interested, but i would need more info on the program.... hope there are more people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jenkin Posted December 8, 2006 at 01:08 AM Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 at 01:08 AM We currently have 35 students and I expect to pick up about 10/15 more around January. Numbers are going downa bit at the moment as everyone is vanising for christmas. The idea for the full time study programe would be about 15 hours a week of chinese and then electives of calligraphy, chinese tea making (we already run these 2 courses), and some others which have yet to be decided - I'm trying to get some kind of Kong Fu class, Tai Qi and chinese cooking class together. Also we would run a trip out of the school every weekend. Places we would visit include 5 dragon pools Xi Kou Pu Tuo Shan Zhe Jiang Da Xia Gu I am just not sure if the numbers are there for a full time program as I would like to have at least 4 people in a class. Oh and thanks for the advice on the spelling mistakes. I fixed it a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted December 8, 2006 at 03:05 AM Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 at 03:05 AM Remember to provide accommodation at the deeply discounted rates you can get by buying in bulk and having local contacts, rather than at the inflated 'ah, they're only foreigners, they'll pay anything' prices that most schools charge - or at least change your name to Ben's Chinese School and Hotel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jenkin Posted December 8, 2006 at 05:49 AM Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 at 05:49 AM What kind of price are we talking about? A fully equiped 2 bedroom flat is about 1300 - 1500 rmb per month. Obviously if we have more bedrooms and have maybe 5/6 people sharing we could decrease the price somewhat. Also why change the name? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woliveri Posted December 31, 2006 at 10:11 AM Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 at 10:11 AM My questions would be: 1. What books are you using? (BLCU???) 2. What education do your teachers have (formal teacher training?) 3. What training/teaching methods are used? In my experience, here in Shanghai, there is a lot of emphasis on Writing, Reading, and Listening, but little on speaking even though there is a Kou Yu class. Also, I'm not that thrilled with most of the material from BLCU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted December 31, 2006 at 06:37 PM Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 at 06:37 PM Also why change the name? If I'm not mistaken, Roddy is referring to the 'school' making lots of money out of accommodation, like a hotel. Hence his suggestion 'Ben's Chinese School and Hotel' if you do this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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