Learn Chinese in China - Hutong School Intensive Program

In September/October 2019, I spent four weeks at the Hutong School in Shanghai. Although I do not belong to the typical scholar of this school, I am 69, I enjoyed the classes very much. Beforehand and also during my stay, Judy and Astrid helped me in organizational issues and did everything to accommodate my timetable. The classes with Fiona and Avery and later on with Zhang老师 were intensive but also with lots of fun. I seldom laughed so much. We also, 老师， 同学 celebrated the “pretended” birthday...

I really had a great experience when I was in Beijing, the people that I met over there and the staff were a big deal of it. When I arrived, I did not have to worry about anything. The staff took care of everything, which made the journey easier. The activities organised by the staff were awesome and got us to immerse even better into the Chinese culture. The school really put efforts to help us ease into the Chinese's life, and the language courses were handled pretty well which made the learni...