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ATTENTION
From beginner to intermediate levels, courses are taught in English.
For other levels, in Chinese.
 

ATTENTION: Your enrolment request MUST reach us 6 to 8 weeks before the starting dates planned, and thus for administrative reasons with the People Republic of China.

For Canadian citizens, a visa is compulsory. 

VISA INFORMATION:
All students must come to China with a valid passport (at least 6 months) and a visa.
- For short stays under 30 days, a tourist visa (L) is sufficient. A letter of invitation is not always needed to apply for a tourist visa: please contact your local Chinese consulate.
- For longer stays (more than 30 days) it is compulsory to apply for a ‘F’ visa (visit on special purpose). This 90 day visa is renewable 3 times for a  maximum total duration of 12 months.
In this case, we provide a letter of invitation for 12 weeks (even for students who have applied for
a longer stay).
During the stay, students must renew their visa 7 days before expiry. The school provide a new letter of invitation and the staff are happy to help with the formalities.

Tuition Programs

• 1 lesson: 50 minutes.
• Minimum age: 16.
• Schedule: 09:00 AM, flexible depending on the choosen program.
• 8 students per class.
• Group or private courses: minimum 2 weeks.
• All levels available from beginner to advanced.
• School material.
• Internet access, high speed.
• Many activities organized by the school , optional and to be paid on the spot. 1 activity every afternoon: 5$US per activity.
• INTERNSHIP: for high intermediate or advanced level students only. 4 weeks course (20 lessons per week + working in a Chinese company from 4 to 24 weeks). A CV and letter of motivation are both compulsory: in ENGLISH and also in Chinese will be appreciated.
   
• ACADEMIC YEAR OR SEMESTER: 48 or 24 weeks accordingly, 30 lessons per week program.
   
• Test and certificate of course completion.

Subway station:
The school is located between Jing An Temple station (north) and Chang Shu Road (south).
Average price of a subway ticket: 3 Yuan (0.35 euros).
Distance to the ‘Bund’ around 50 mins by foot
(or 30 mins by taxi depending on the traffic)
Distance to ‘Nanjing Road’ (longest shopping street) around 25 mins by foot:
Distance to the airport: 50/60 mins drive

FOR SHANGHAI ONLY

Recent Rule: all visitors coming to Shanghai have to obtain a Registration Form of Temporary Residence within three days!
If students stay at hotels or serviced apartments, the reception staff will give them this form.
If students stay at our accommodation, we will help them to obtain this form
If students arrange their own accommodation, they must go to the local police station with their
landlord, bring their passport, a rental contract and owner certificate presented by their landlord.
Students without a valid Registration Form will be considered as illegal residents in China and will
receive a warning or a fine (500 eur or more).

Starting Dates

GROUP COURSE: Beginners MUST start on the following dates:

Other levels, any Monday.

Private courses (1 to 1): any Monday

School closing dates.

Tuition missed during these periods will be caught up except January 31st and February 1, 2, 3, 4.

Available options

• Airport transfer: one way 380 RMB
• Additional day: Family or shared apartment 200 RMB. Private studio 350 RMB
   
• Our prices are available from January 1st to December 31, 2011.These prices never include the plane ticket.

Number of classrooms : 9 (air conditioning throughout the school)
Small Cafeteria corner : Drinks available: cold water/ Jasmine tea/ black
tea/ coffee
Number of computers available for the students: 2
+ free internet access: WIFI or ethernet connection for student’s laptops
Small lounge for students:on second floor
The ‘Welcome package’ includes:
Course Material
Student Card
Information about School & Accommodation
Emergency and Useful Number
Consulates addresses
Tourist Map
Metro Map
Expatriate Magazines
Name and tel. of person in Charge of general information
Restaurants, supermarkets, groceries, dry-clean shops, travel agencies, medical service, drugstore and banks addresses.
Chinese test:
On first morning to assess student’s level and determine class. This test can also be an informal oral test according to students’ level

RATES

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Accommodation in family, shared apartment or private studio apartment..

• Arrival on Sunday.

• Departure on Saturday.
   

Shared apartment, single occupancy bedroom.

- located in residential buildings - apartments are simple, furnished and equipped - apartments and rooms of different sizes and characteristics - you will share the apartment with other international students - you will have your own bedroom - bedroom with bed, desk, chair, wardrobe - bed linen, towels, blanket provided - no meals are provided - each apartment has a kitchen - fridge, microwave, stove, pans and cutlery - shared bathroom - washing machine, TV, air-conditioning are provided - free broadband Internet access - telephone and free local phone calls - water, gas, electricity are provided - cleaning service once a week - average 25 minutes from the school

Private studio apartment.

- clean, private and comfortable living experience - in residential buildings - apartments are simple, furnished and equipped - bed, desk, chair, wardrobe - bed linen, towels, blanket provided - fridge, microwave, stove, pans and cutlery - washing machine, TV, air-conditioning are provided - free broadband Internet access - telephone and free local phone calls - water, gas, electricity are provided - cleaning service once a week - average 25 minutes from the school

Family.

- experience every day life first hand - share in meals, conversation, and daily activities - you will have your own single room - bed, desk, chair, wardrobe - bed linen, towels, blanket provided - access to shared equipped kitchen - fridge, microwave, stove, pans and cutlery - breakfast and dinner are provided - shared bathroom - washing machine, TV, air-conditioning are provided - free broadband Internet access - telephone and free local phone calls - water, gas, electricity are provided - average 30 minutes from the school - shops, banks and post office in the area

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Placement fees (once): 1500.

City information

The name means " going towards the sea ". Changjiang (River Yangzi) throw itself into the sea not far from there. Biggest city of China, more than 14 million inhabitants, extends over 6340 km. Economic and financial centre of China, 15 % of the national industrial production comes from Shanghai. The city knows an extraordinary development since the 90s: new constructions of shopping centres and peripheral highways
Shanghai is strewed with skyscrapers extreme reactionary modern dedicated to offices or private housing, varied in their architecture and well arranged in the townscape today. If it stays of numerous districts with dense houses or blocks without style inherited from the years 60/70, the Chinese old town was protected for the biggest pleasure of the western tourists.

The modern department stores look like those of the big western cities, because we meet only working, walking or purchasing Chinese there. Traced on this model, numerous big cities of China, often localized in the special economic zones, demonstrate the vitality of these people and its desire to catch up very quickly the most modern nations.

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