craigrut on August 8, 2012 | reply

Hi Hans,

You should check your local colleges/universities. They often have courses available that are open for enrollment. If you want specifically oral lessons you may want to find a tutor instead. I only had one class at my school dedicated to spoken Chinese. The rest were broader and covered all topics of reading/writing/speaking/listening.

Craig

carolgreen986 on August 8, 2012 | reply

you may seek for a teacher who is specially for you

Echo on August 8, 2012 | reply

@hans.castorp.tahiti,

Hi Hans, are you looking for face to face classes? Are you in China?

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com

hans.castorp.tahiti on August 8, 2012 | reply

Hi everyone, and thanks for your answers!

I've been twice in China: first time was two years ago and that's what motivated me to learn Chinese. Second time was three weeks ago, but I only stayed one week in China (and one week in Hong Kong).

Unfortunately, going to China isn't so easy for me: twenty hours of flight or so to reach HK airport...

I have to ask for a visa too because I have french nationality (please forgive my bad english!).

I'm looking to improve speaking/listening... :)

hans.castorp.tahiti on August 11, 2012 | reply

Hi!

I made some research on the internet and found MANY many chinese courses in China and in Hong-Kong. Because of the dates, it seems I'll have to go for one-to-one courses.

Unfortunately, I have no idea which schools are good or not. Any recommendation?

I would prefer to find a school in Hong-Kong or Beijing; unless you know a really great school :)

gdeboeck on August 18, 2012 | reply

check out the website of BLCU, http://www.blcu.edu.cn/blcuweb/english/index-en.asp to see if they offer anything in December. I believe they do Dec 5 to Dec 28 for Chinese Teacher Training.

gdeboeck@mac.com

hans.castorp.tahiti on August 19, 2012 | reply

Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, I'll be on holidays only from Dec 17 :(

meldonte on August 18, 2012 | reply

If you want to go to Beijing, there are plenty of schools in the Wudaokou: 五道口 area.

All of them offer pay as you go lessons and you can simply turn up

Global Village School - 地球村 http://www.thebeijinger.com/directory/Global-Village-Language-School

Sinoland

http://www.sinolandchinese.com/index1.asp

Are some of the options available

Truth be told there are a plethora of options available in Beijing and almost all of them are good up to a point.

You'll have to get a tourist visa and find a place to live yourself, although some of the schools can provide a visa if you can contact them and organise it.

hans.castorp.tahiti on August 19, 2012 | reply

Thanks! I'll just take a look at those schools right after this message :)