Beijing Language and Culture University – College of Chinese Studies

Beijing Language and Culture University teaches practical Mandarin on Xueyuan Road in Haidian. The College of Chinese Studies offers a non-degree route for visitors who want a period of concentrated language study. The practical language course is arranged across elementary, intermediate and advanced stages.

Practical and specialist Chinese

Students build a common foundation through integrated Chinese, listening, speaking, reading and writing. Specialist electives change the emphasis as proficiency develops. Options include language for business, tourism and the workplace, alongside subjects such as medical or technical Chinese. A learner interested in using Mandarin professionally can combine core work with topics drawn from the field where they expect to use it.

Studying on Xueyuan Road

The school is part of a university devoted to language and culture in Beijing. Learners choose the practical programme as a period of language study in its own right. The choice of electives depends on proficiency, so someone beginning Mandarin starts with a different timetable from a student already able to follow discussion of a specialist subject.