A. Basic Chinese Learning Class (enrolling in both spring and fall):
Fall semester: start on September 1, with a 18-week-course
Spring semester: start on March 1, with a 18-week-course
B. Chinese Learning and Scholastic Traveling with Cultural Communication
Class: a group presentation learning class enrolling through the years, a
number of ten students can start a class, the learning period and traveling
routine can be arranged based on the students’ special requirements.
1. Enrollment Targets:
a. International students with a high school degree or above, and
foreigners with a good health condition from all walks of life.
b. Undergraduate and junior college students should reach a C-level in HSK
when entering school. The ones under 45-year-old with zero English could
begin with the preparatory course.
2. Application Procedures:
a. For international students sent by their schools or organizations, please
make a direct contact with Shaanxi Foreign Language Training Institution (see
bottom of the page for contact).
b. For individual applicants, please fill out the International Students
Application Form For Study, which should be asked for via phone call
or letter, send it back to us thereafter 2 months before school begins. If
approved, we will send Admission Notice and Chinese Visa Application
Form For International Students (Form JW202). Applicants have to appear in
person for visa application with the documents mentioned above at Chinese
Embassy or Consulate General headquartered in the applicant’s country or
area. Individual applicants may also contact with our agents working in the
applicant’s country or area and demand a surrogate application.
3. Teaching Arrangement:
a. Course Arrangement: Based on the level of Chinese, students are
ranked into basic, intermediate and advanced classes, with a respective
curriculum of Chinese Reading and Writing, Listening, Oral Speaking, Viewing
Listening and Speaking, comprehension, Writing, Basics of Characters, News,
Chinese Literature, Chinese History, Chinese Martial Arts, Chinese Painting,
etc.
b. Course Credit Assignment: 20 credit hours of compulsory courses
and 10-14 credit hours of optional courses respectively in the morning and
afternoon from Monday to Friday. Students will be tested at the end of each
semester and those who pass will be certificated correspondingly.
c. Level Test: HSK Test is held three times annually. A Chinese Level
Certificate will be issued to the qualified ones by Chinese government.
d. Language Practice: A visit to the Terra Cotta Warriors and other historical
sites during each semester, and long trips in and out of the province for
language practice and the social cognition of China.
4 Expenses (RMB)
a. Tuition: (teaching materials fee included)
Basic Chinese Class: 7500 Yuan/term (4 months); 15000Yuan/year.
Chinese Learning and Scholastic Traveling with Cultural Communication
Class: depending on the learning period and traveling routine.
b. Accommodation Expenses: Apartment for single: 1700/person/month;
Apartment for double: 1200/person/month;
(apartment equipped with shower room, bathroom, heat, airconditioning, fan,
refrigerator, washing machine)
c. Expenses of visa, residence permit, physical examination and
authentication should be paid to the departments relevant to Xi’an
government.
d. Students who abandon school due to a private reason, according to the
national regulation, will not get the tuition refunded.
e. Cost of living (for reference only): around 6000 Yuan/year for food, 1000
Yuan/year for transportation and others based on the prediction of a general
price and life consumption in Xi’an.
5. School Arrival:
1. A 20 minute taxi ride may cost 20 RMB.
2. A 20 minute taxi ride costing around 15 RMB after an hour airport express
ride cosing 27 RMB; or a direct taxi ride from the airport to school costing
around 160 RMB.
6. Registration Instructions:
a. Students should register in a timely manner, with the Admission Notice,
Form JW202 and 8 headshots of 2-inch, students who have already
completed one year of study may need an extra of physical examination
result. If students inform their flight number in advance, we will sent a free
pick up to the airport or the train station.
