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We are a newly set up private language school, so we want to get this right.... So what are the biggest mistakes you think schools for learning Chinese are making?
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I don't think this question is Spam at all, but I think what Mike is referring to is Chinese teachers spamming foreigners with individual emails through Linkedin and the likes, or just on Shanghai forums. So, doing a job of Marketing in a good manner is the take-away here.
My personal experiences with Chinese schools in the city have been decent - from Ease Mandarin to Panda Chinese. I guess sometimes the content can be pretty dull, so a good choice of textbook/material is good.
Feel free to email me if you want some other feedback if I can be of use
My personal experiences with Chinese schools in the city have been decent - from Ease Mandarin to Panda Chinese. I guess sometimes the content can be pretty dull, so a good choice of textbook/material is good.
Feel free to email me if you want some other feedback if I can be of use
Hey Ross thanks for that, yes I've seen the spam... And our school hopes to take a softer not so much in your face approach. We actually want to take part and be a member of the community and then if people decide to check out our school great, if not that's cool- as a laowai myself I quite like to just chat away with other laowai in Shanghai or whatever. I hate hard sales and as principal of my school we aint going down that path.... Thanks for your comments-I'll definately be shooting you off an email basically I think its fundamental to listen to what people are saying if we are going to offer a good educational experience. by Mandarin World ... 1 year ago
Cool :-)
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I have during my two years of taking Mandarin lessons "gone through" 8 or 9 different teachers, not my choice - they have simply changed jobs.
This is always inconvenient, having to get to know a new person, the teacher having to get to know my level of knowledge.
My advice is to try to keep the teachers longer than 3-6 months, to create more consistancy between student dand teacher, ensuring a more efficient learning curve.
This is always inconvenient, having to get to know a new person, the teacher having to get to know my level of knowledge.
My advice is to try to keep the teachers longer than 3-6 months, to create more consistancy between student dand teacher, ensuring a more efficient learning curve.
Thanks Daniel for not telling me to Get Lost-not yet at least! I guess that translates as be good to your staff so they will want to stay. Our school is set up by a company that has been running joint ventures between Ozzie and Chinese universities. So we do try to keep our staff and have pretty good staff retention- I hope the same will go for our Chinese teachers.
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I think the biggest problem is spamming. The second biggest problem is there are too many learning center language mills in Shanghai. Get lost.
I can understand your reaction and for seeing this as just another spam attempt...but the fact it I would like to hear from foreigners some actually advice about how to make a better Chinese language school. Get lost I guess is some advice worth considering considering the number of Chinese schools in Shanghai already...however I'd be interested to know if there is any other advice out there???