sargx Posted October 31, 2005 at 01:39 AM Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 at 01:39 AM I haven't seen much discussion on Chinese Instruction at BeiDa on the forums. I'm curious how their (Short-term/1-semester) program is compared to the BNU/BLCU which most people seem to comment on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianlondon Posted November 15, 2005 at 07:20 AM Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 at 07:20 AM I've been looking at this. A friend has faxed me through some information. The course sounds good, the campus is great (albeit a bit far out - distance wise I mean rather than some hippy thing), and it has the best reputation. However, finding a decent review from a past student is proving difficult. Also, it costs 2000RMB more, per term (whoops, semester for you non-UKers) than BLCU. I'd consider 2000RMB extra to say you went to "Bei Da" instead of "BLCU" money well spent. However, it all comes down to the quality of the course and, of that, I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia_Shang Posted January 26, 2006 at 07:03 AM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 07:03 AM Well, Beijing University (BeiDa) is the BEST university in China, Beijing Normal University is an exellent place, too. As to BLCU... I'm afraid most Chinese have seldom heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianlondon Posted January 26, 2006 at 10:05 AM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 10:05 AM Yes, that's true, but I think this thread was all about teaching Mandarin to foreigners. Yes, Beida is the best University for standard degrees and above, and many chinese won't have heard of BLCU, but then not many chinese don't speak Mandarin and want to learn the language with loads of foreigners If someone asked me where to study in the UK, I'd start reeling off red-brick University names such as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham etc. but they're probably not the best places to learn English. And they'd be very expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 26, 2006 at 10:50 AM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 10:50 AM I studied at Beida from 2002-2003. The teaching was great and when placing you in classes, written and spoken Chinese were tested separately, so even if your reading/writing is poor you can still be in a higher level class for spoken Chinese. As far as location, both BLCU and Beida (and most other Universities) are out of the way if you're talking about downtown Beijing, and compared to BLCU, Beida probably isn't that much further away from the Wudaokou train station. And, if you end up living off campus you'll probably end up somewhere around Wudaokou anyway, making this a moot point. I used to live between the Forestry University and BLCU, and it'd take me 10 mintues to cycle in everyday. BLCU has a higher ratio of foreign students on campus, and it also has things like bars on campus too - something Beida didn't when I was studying there. Due to this Beida and BLCU tend to attract different crowds. In my own highly subjective opinion, I would say BLCU is a better place for socialising and Beida a better place for studying, but again all of this was 3-4 years ago now and things have quite possibly changed. Given the opportunity, I would go to Beida again, and if I had to choose now between the two of these schools, Beida would be my choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianlondon Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:08 AM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:08 AM Is it possible to study for less than a whole year at Beida? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:34 AM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:34 AM Yes, they also do a 1 semester course and various other short-term programmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deezy Posted January 26, 2006 at 10:23 PM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 10:23 PM ^ What about 1 month courses? BeiDa have those? Or just BLCU and BNU (BeiShiDa)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celso Pin Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:01 PM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:01 PM whats the website of beida and bnu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:14 PM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:14 PM beida's website is www.oir.pku.edu.cn. They also do 1 month programmes, but I don't what they are like. I'm not sure about BNU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deezy Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:42 PM Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 at 11:42 PM ^ Hmm, their enrollment qualifications include: master a vocabulary of over 800 Chinese characters or have studied Mandarin over 80 class hours altogether. Doh. How fast do y'all think I can learn 800 HSK characters autodidactically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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