Konall Culture Exchange:
Situated in Shijiazhuang, 2 hours south of Beijing, Konall Culture Exchange (KCE) is a Mandarin Chinese language institution that provides a wide range of beginner to advanced level Mandarin immersion programs. Courses include Monthly Intensive Chinese lessons, HSK Exam preparation, Business Chinese classes, Cultural exchange programs, and more.
Located a convenient two hours south of Beijing, Shijiazhuang is a large, rapidly growing, and very modern Chinese city.
With over 9,000,000 native Mandarin speakers and very little western influence, Shijiazhuang offers a very high level of daily immersion. Students can choose to stay with local Chinese families (Homestay), or in rented apartment accommodation.
Our city in Hebei province is the ideal location to study Chinese. Shijiazhuang is very accessible but avoids the westernized English speaking environment and the incredibly high prices that make a program in Beijing or Shanghai less than ideal. Here in Shijiazhuang, Standard Mandarin is spoken on the street and there are very few foreigners.
While quite modern, Shijiazhuang is thoroughly Chinese and has had very little western influence.
Outside of the other students at our school, you probably won't see more than one other foreigner per month! This means that you MUST speak Chinese all day, every day.