High School Language & Cultural Immersion in China for Teens

大家好我是Louis, GoAbroadChina has offered me an amazing experience. As a Britain, living and staying in Beijing, I can say that the culture shocks were intense, But GoAbroadChina, and especially their host family, has really provided me with a wonderful experience. They have taught me elementary Mandarin and, most importantly, the basics of Chinese culture. I highly recommend GoAbroadChina.

I also like my Chinese course very much. The teachers are very good and they teach very seriously. I am immersed in the course and my Chinese has been greatly improved.

I've tried a lot of Chinese food and it's really delicious.

I really highly recommend GoabroadChina, they help us as first-timers to China not feel intimidated.

Hi, I am Alan. I'm currently enrolled in the GoAbroadChina Chinese language program. I’ve been in Beijing for two weeks. I’d like to talk about the features of the program.

You will have an excellent experience because the GoAbroadChina staff will arrange airport pickup, homestay, and weekend activities, and accommodate class schedules to fit your needs. They can also arrange internship opportunities if you're seeking employment in China.

They have access to the best schools for the best language program experience. Classes are structured small so students get more one-on-one time to enhance their language experience.

GoAbroadChina staff can accommodate cultural and arts-related activities such as calligraphy, and Beijing Opera. They can arrange tours to sightseeing places like the Great Wall. Some interesting aspects of China are language, culture, and history. China is an amazing place to see generations of architecture, old to Modern, such as the Beijing Huong towns.

The most interesting program experience is to allow students to experience Chin's daily life such as living with a family, cooking or even riding the subway station.

For the best way to experience China, go to GoabroadChina.

My name is Malin Stifler. I'm from Orlando Florida and I joined Go Abroad China's high school Chinese language immersion program for two weeks.

I am doing it with my sister and we are in Beijing staying with a host family. Every Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 12:00, we attend language classes and we take two classes. The first one is easier and then the second one is a bit harder but it's still really fun. I've been learning a lot from both of the classes and my Mandarin is improved a lot. It was really great to be immersed in the culture and in the language to learn so much and overall it was just a really great experience in the classes. We made a lot of new friends and we met so many people from so many different countries. The first class I think it really helped me with some like basic vocabulary and basic grammar and then the second class even though it's a bit harder it helped my comprehension a lot. I learned at a much quicker pace than I would have in the US. It was just a super great opportunity.

The school was only a few subway stops away and there's subway so fast here so it was not a problem taking it at all. The area that the school was very international so it was really cool to see all the different restaurants and see so many foreigners from different places. They're just cool to interact with everybody.

In the afternoons we would come home or we would go sightseeing. We went to the temple of heaven in the Forbidden City and so many other cool places like temples and places. Because Beijing is so big and has so many different places to visit and on the weekends we would hang out with the host family and the I always talk to the little girl and the mom.

We got to visit a lot of like daily Beijing life stuff like the supermarket and like the mall which are both really big and totally different from what we have in America. Being immersed here is just such an amazing experience and if I had the chance I would definitely do it again. I definitely take language classes again so I can meet all of these so cool like people there were so many different places.

Overall is just so cool being in Beijing and I had a really great time being here even though it was only for two weeks. I've learned so much I wish I could stay longer but overall the trip was really great.

Before I started college, I decided to get the experience of visiting China as I was planning on majoring in Mandarin. I discussed extensively with GAC, making sure they found me an appropriate college where I could gain and improve my Chinese language skills while also enjoy and explore China. GAC really did well and were attentive to my requests. I enjoyed my stay in China and gained memorable experiences

Before I left for China in June 2017, I was a very shy and quite kid, when I got back from China, after learning some Mandarin, visiting the Great Wall, making and eating dumplings and gaining some tai chi moves, I became more confident after all my experiences. I was in China for just 2 months, but Id like to repeat those 2 months again. Before I left, I had been studying some Mandarin and learning from my sister who had visited the previous year, so I was really looking forward to visiting China and practicing my “Ni Hao” and “Sie Sie”. I contacted Go Abroad China and they were able to get me a nice college in Guangzhou. We were very few in our class, about 12 of us which was really perfect as though the class was always noisy with jokes and laughs we still got to learn a lot about China and get some Chinese phrases.

I am a senior in high school but have had Chinese lessons mostly after school and some weekends. In the end, my parents agreed that I needed to go to China and learn from there as well. I searched a lot on the internet looking at different schools and options, at some point I came across some information that mentioned Go Abroad China. I emailed them to find out if they could help me, and that’s finally I decided that I would join their program. They advised me to join the small group program in Beijing, so I stayed there for 2 months. The language school that I went to was in Wudaokou – I can never forget this place, it has everything you need; lots of foreigners and lots of places to hang out, sometimes I forgot that this was still China. Some weekends GAC would organize something, that’s when I finally got to meet some other people who also signed with GAC, sometimes we ended up going out by ourselves. Beijing was really fun, I think I will probably go again since I plan to continue with my Chinese studies.

Go Abroad China brought me to China in order to participate in their High School Program. I got fascinated about China and its economic strides and at the same time got scared by negative news of pollution. To go or not to go was the dilemma i paid my participation fee with GAC in early 2013 but could not attend until late 2013. This was why i got hesitant. But i got to know that Shanghai was also an alternative so i took it. My main reason for joining the high school program was to better my Mandarin skills. I already study Mandarin in the UK with a mandarin school. I saw this as an opportunity to speak with natives and travel as well.
The program was properly designed with language studies as well as tour programs. Homestay is a special feature of the program. The program's unique elements focus in the practical acquisition of Chinese speaking and writing skills which was exactly my reason for joining. Apart from class arrangements, i also paid for extra one-on-one tutoring in the evenings so as to maximize my experience. It was properly put together such that my evening studies complemented what i studied during the day. This is what i call "intensive".

I owe it a duty to review this program because i promised Go Abroad China that if they are able to deliver a good service, i will act as their goodwill ambassador.
I embarked on this program because there is much variety. I am not restricted to a particular rigid program schedule.
Arriving in China, I took the Beijing Culture University Program. I was fascinated by the fact that a high school program has a university root and that was why i chose Go Abroad China.
We were taught by University Professors who understood the tactics of teaching mandarin without stress. The BLCU program is well diversified participation from all over the world. I met and made friends with similar career objectives.
Studies were mixed with trips and tours which gave me value for money.