Learn Mandarin Chinese with homestay
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Our Chinese immersion program offers a great opportunity to live with a Chinese family while you have one-on-one 20-hour per week of intensive Mandarin Chinese training. You have a close contact with Chinese culture and life while you¡¯re staying with your host family. It¡¯s the most effective way to learn Chinese language. Participants in our homestay program are offered a great opportunity to discover China and Chinese culture. By staying with a Chinese family, you will not only get a ¡°home-away-from-home¡± feeling, but will also have an opportunity to participate in a unique inter-cultural experience that you can¡¯t get from staying at campus dormitories.
Our homestay host families
¡¡¡¡We have different types of families for students to choose from. There¡¯re traditional families with 3 generations living under one roof. There¡¯re nuclear families, DINK families, and single parent families. The host families all speak standard Mandarin Chinese and most of them speak some English. Our homestay host families are carefully chosen and interviewed. They¡¯re all typical Chinese families, not westernized Chinese families. We¡¯ve worked with them with great success over the years.
Homestay facilities
¡¡¡¡Students have a private bedroom, closet, desk, TV and air conditioning. Students either have private bathroom or shared bathroom. Laundry is Chinese style. Students use washing machine and air dry the laundry. Breakfast and dinner are provided by the host family unless otherwise arranged. Students are welcome to use the kitchen to cook their own lunch. Host family will include our students in their weekend activities and some of them are educational field trips.
Lesson arrangement with homestay
¡¡¡¡ There¡¯re 4 hours of language lessons Monday to Friday. 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. There¡¯re 2 hours of self-studying and 2 hours of Mandarin conversation with the host family each day. Exams are on every Friday. Students take cultural excursions with the host family or on their own over the weekend. One-on-one tutorial program offer students the opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese whatever way they desire. Students enjoy the complete attention of their teachers.
Schedule and fees
¡¡¡¡ Homestay program starts from 1 week to as long as students desire. It can be arranged anytime of the year.Participants should apply for homestay service 2 weeks in advance so school will have enough time to match students with the most suitable host families and offer adquate help to students to obtain valid Chinese visas.
Fees in total are USD680/week.
High School Programs
About the Program
Our high school program is designed for students aged 14 to 18 to learn Chinese while participating in a homestay. Students will study Chinese in quality language programs catered to teenage learners, and at the same time, they will stay with a Chinese family with a resident teenager. These families are specially selected for hosting teenagers. In the families, students will be taken good care of and experience full immersion in the language and culture. Our program features a variety of activities, including cultural activities, volunteer events and weekend excursions provided by the host families. Programs we offer to high school students are:
¡ñ 4/5/6-Week High School Small Class Program
With a maximum of 5 students per class, our High School Small Class Program provides students a more intensive study-focused atmosphere for quick and effective learning.
The program includes 20 lessons per week from Monday to Friday. Students will be placed into appropriate classes according to their Chinese levels. Teachers use teaching methods that combine all aspects and skills of language such as grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, listening, reading, conversation and writing, in an interactive way that makes language learning productive and interesting. Our high school students are always surprised by how fast they learn with the program.
More than an academic in-class learning experience, the High School Small Class Program also features a variety of activities, including cultural activities, volunteer events, and weekend excursions while learning Mandarin in Shezhen.
Schedule & Fee
4-Week High School Small Class Program (Jun 24- Jul 22)
Program fee: US$ 2£¬720£¬which includes:
- Tuition fee and textbooks.
- Homestay in a family with teenager of similar age. The homestay includes a private bedroom, daily breakfast & dinner, computer and DSL service.
- Welcome dinner and other stuff prepared by the host family.
- Cultural activities, volunteer events and weekend excursions in Shezhen.
- pick-up and drop-off upon arrival and departure.
- Welcome Package, which includes: Chinese-English-Chinese dictionary, map of Shenzhen,
- Assistance and supervision, provided by our on-site staff.
Course |
Date |
Campus |
Application Deadline |
Fee |
4-week High School Small Class Program |
Jun 24-Jul 22 |
Linda Lee Shekou campus |
Jun 17 |
$ 2£¬720 |
5-week High School Small Class Program |
Jun 24-Jul 29 |
Linda Lee Shekou campus |
Jun 17 |
$ 3£¬400 |
6-week High School Small Class Program |
Jun 24-Aug 5 |
Linda Lee Shekou campus |
Jan 17 |
$ 4£¬080 |
¡ùunder the condition that the school can¡¯t find a compatible group for the student, the optional one-on-one tutoring class will be offered to the student at the same price. USD100 registration fee should be paid on the day of registration and is not refundable. Other fees should be transferred 2 weeks before the starting date to the following account and they are not refundable.
Bank of China
A/C NO. 4766966-0188-080979-0
IN A/C WITH LI JIAN CHUN
Notice of Understanding Between the Participants and Linda Lee School
(Terms and Conditions)
I understand and accept the conditions under which these programs will be conducted, particularly those which apply to the school courses, homestay, refund policy, and program cost.
I understand that I am traveling to China and will be expected to adapt to a different culture and ways of doing things and I realize I should not expect things to be exactly as I imagine them to be in my country. I understand that I am participating in this program at my own risk, that I am sending myself there and that I will consult with the on-site Director upon any problems that may arise during my stay.
In addition, I understand it is my responsibility to arrange all travel details to China and obtain adequate medical and accidental insurance that applies in China, to have a valid passport, to obtain a Visa, and to arrive at the school before the starting date.
Also, I realize I am traveling independently, and am responsible for all my actions in China. I am responsible for finding out and obeying the laws of China along with the rules of homestay, travel warnings, natural disasters, traffic accident, political unrest, and adapting to cultural differences, and Linda Lee school is not responsible for my actions (behavior) while participating in this program.
By participating in this program, I understand that I am taking my own risks with regard to traveling and being in China, and shall not hold Linda Lee school, its employees or host family liable for any damages or losses arising from my participation in the program.
RULES OF HOMESTAY
*Respect China and Chinese culture and the host family.
*Be responsible for your own belongings such as cash, important documents and other valuables while staying with your host family.
*You must tidy up your own room everyday.
*You must get host family's permission if you have visiting friends.
*No smoking or drinking at home before getting host family's permission.
*Don't use the family telephone to make long distance calls. Local calls can be made for short conversation (in China, telephone charges are based on the length of conversations, not per call)
*Inform your host family if you return home later than 21:00 Beijing time.
*Obey Chinese laws and regulations. You¡¯re solely responsible of all your actions.
*If you do not follow the above Rules of Homestay, we reserve the rights to terminate the accommodation for you. Your program fee will not be refunded.
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