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I am one of the people in charge of themarketing for a private Chinese Language School in Beijing calledBeijing Gateway Academy. I really like my job as I do feel thatthe courses they offer are better than that of other schools and Ifeel like I can 'contribute to society' when I inform students aboutthe hard work of the program management team.The prices are reasonable for studentsthat want to learn mandarin in a small class environment, much lessthat for such schools as for example Mandarin House (who I would notwant to work for) and about 20% less than Hutong School (who also hasa very good offering).Just as with BGA Hutong School alsooffers internship programs and volunteering programs in China andthey have taken steps to become a much better option than themainstream cash factory, which I think is epitomized by suchschools Mandarin House or the recently closed ACLS. However, what does make BGA a differentschool, is the gargantuan time commitment made by my two bosses (YouYang and Xin Li Hong). They have created a mix of Chinese andWestern educational principles that will continue to let the schoolgrow for many years before other schools adopt the same ideas, mainlybecause they are very difficult to copy. The willingness to sit downand create quality before trying to charge for it is not somethingthat most people are keen to do, not in Sweden (where I am from) orin China (where I live) and it is a pretty nice thing to be part oftheir work. Especially in China, where I would say it is even lesscommon than in Sweden.The coolest of their ideas it theApplied Mandarin scheme that is linked to the normal class hours andoffered as an extra, free of charge. The scheme takes the work oflearning mandarin to the streets, where students are immediately ableto apply the language skills. In the beginning, the tasks are justeasy and fun: treasure hunts, navigation exercises and the like butit rapidly starts challenging students as soon they are able tocomplete more advanced tasks. After six or so months students areable to start creating things they were unable to create before,cooperate in ways they were not able to do before and they haveactually been made ready to start using their skills in a way thatwill be useful in their professional life. Don't get me wrong, not a single of thestudents are fully proficient in Mandarin, that would be completelyunrealistic, but with a acquired familiarity with the culturalbarriers that exist between chinese and western mindset, a vastlyheightened ability to communicate ideas that apply to the topics thatare important for the students own ambitions, and great secondaryskills such as a pretty perfect pronunciation (that comes from tinyclass sizes) students can stand on their own two legs. Currently, the last activity thatstudents get to take part in is creating a movie project in aprofessional studio located in one of the most prestigious middleschools (Ritan) in China in cooperation with Chinese natives. Thesuperb networks of You Yang and Xin Li Hong has given students accessto this resource and about 30 other similarly uniqueplaces/environments.To hang out with students that firstcome to China, green as apples, easily picked of by veteran Chinesemarket staff, to when they are veterans themselves of Chinesenegotiations, in basic Chinese (!), is a great thing; to see the seethe corresponding rise in the students self esteem (in the language),it is just a pretty beautiful process to watch and feel that one wasa part of creating. Have a look at their website. It is adifferent Chinese language school.
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