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sirena3 -

I'm a graduate student interested in enrolling for a Chinese Language Course at Peking University.
I looked at Beida's website and I could only find a short-term application form, I am wondering if
there's a different one because I'm interested in enrolling for a 1 year Chinese Language Course
(setember 2008). Also what are the tuition fees for a full year course? To apply, is it only that
form that I need to submit?

From what I know of my friend that went to Beida last year, she had to fill out a short term form
twice..once at her home country and afterwards while at Beida.

Also, what offers a better language course overall? BLCU or Beida? Because I have friends at both
but they each have their own opinion..BLCU seems to be more 'relaxed' while Beida seems more
academic..

Any help/advice would be appreciated!!

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raymond23 -

I'm currently in BLCU.... so my opinion might be a little basis.

I've visited both schools before I came to Beijing and I chose BLCU because the school is focused
in teaching languages.

Aside from other differences in the two schools... I would recommend BLCU because if you need a
tutor for example, there are domestic students in BLCU that is majoring in language education. My
tutor is currently a graduate in teaching Chinese to foreign students, which is great for me
because while she's not like my teacher, she is able to point out most of my flaws in Chinese with
reasonable explanations.

While I'm not saying Beida isn't good for Chinese course, I'm just saying that the atmosphere in
BLCU is more geared to teaching the language, Chinese, to foreign students.

naonao -

I'm Japanese and I am going to study Chinese in BLCU in 2008 fall .

Based on my knowledge in Japan, it is difficult to apply Beida 1 year course now.
I heard the deadline of Beida 1 year course is March 31.
Beida also does not allow application from Japanese.
It only allows application from institution which arranges study in china.

If you are beginner, Beida is not good.
Some friends who study in Beijing said that Beida has very few classes for beginer and these
classes are not good.
If you want to study other theme using Chinese,
I guess Beida is good for you.

amphivera -

If you are considering Beida's 08 language program and haven't submitted your application yet, you
should email them ASAP to find out if there's space left. Their program typically fills up way in
advance of their published deadline and when I talked to one of the program administrator's 3
weeks ago, she'd told me there were few spaces left.

As people have mentioned, the big difference between the Beida program and BLCU is that Beida
doesn't accept pure beginners into their program. You need to have an HSK or make a declaration
that you know at least 800 words.

I should add that if anyone does end up applying to Beida you need to include in your application
a signed form stating you understand that they are not responsible for providing housing. It's a
form that, as far as I know, was not included in the downloadable application forms. Also, a
reminder that your guarantor needs to not only be a Chinese citizen but a Beijing resident. I was
ignorant of this but the Beida people were nice and contacted me right away so I could get the
issue fixed pretty quickly. I can see how this would be a challenge for anyone without contacts in
China, let alone Beijing.

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