Class A: Intensive Taiji Course

Every foreigner that has studied Chinese has heard the name “Beijing Language and Culture University.” This school’s fame comes from the fact that it is China’s only university specifically designed to teach foreigners Chinese language and culture. This school has more international students than any other institution in China.

This course is tailored to Taiji enthusiasts and focuses on Taiji training with a supplemental language programme. It provides learning both inside and outside the classroom -- excursions in Beijing and beyond will allow participants to visit the birthplaces of Chinese martial arts and experience Chinese traditional culture.

Study Duration

June.24-July.19

Target & Core Items

• The standard set of Chen-style Taijiquan;
• Ten common skills for self-defence;
• Three lectures on culture and interchanges of Taiji;
• 24 class hours of Chinese;
• Excursions to eight famous cultural and historic resorts;
• A trip to two birthplaces of Chinese martial arts.

Highlights

• In-person instruction by Taiji masters from Chen Village;
• English-Chinese bilingual Taiji courses;
• Comprehensive course in Taiji, language, culture and travel;
• Immersion programme integrating language learning, Taiji training and sightseeing tours of historic resorts and natural landscapes.

Featured Services

• Low student-teacher ratio (minimum 8 students);
• One Stop Service: dormitories for international students (the International Students House), registration, all-in-one campus card, teaching, Taiji training and outings;
• Thorough full-time management;
• Special class logo and outfit.

Class Hours

76 class hours for Taiji training and cultural lectures; 24 for Chinese

Visits &Language field trip (outside Beijing)

Seven excursions in Beijing for Taiji training and sightseeing; a 3-day trip outside Beijing, including visits to the Shaolin Temple, the Longmen Grottoes, and the Chenjiagou Village in Henan Province — cradle of Chen-style Taijiquan.

Tuition fee (RMB 12150) includes tuition, textbooks, Taiji suit, visits, language field trip and 33 nights accommodation (twin room, per person).

"Join BLCU to create and share the multi-cultures." Beijing Language and Culture University is an international university where students from all over the world study together, and diversified cultures exchange with one another. For more than 40 years since its establishment, the university has carried on the consistent aim of “popularizing Chinese language and promoting Chinese culture”, constantly expanded the cause of teaching Chinese as a foreign language and the international popularization of Chinese language. Through all these efforts, we have developed distinctive disciplinary and educational features, with priorities on the subjects of Chinese Language and Culture as well as Foreign Languages and Cultures. Faculties in BLCU, intelligent and enlightening, have always strived to promote friendly relations among peoples. Under such guidance, we have cultivated thousands of talents for both China and other countries, who have been making great contribution to further mutual understanding and friendship among all nations.

Based on systematic management principles, the university focuses on innovation, discipline construction, and teacher-training in its development. Through the joint efforts of the BLCU staff and students, great progress has been made in the above-mentioned aspects.

Thanks to the continuous growth of China's economy, its comprehensive strength, and cooperation and exchange with the outside world, Chinese language has been put to wider use, thus creating an ever-increasing number of learners of both the Chinese language and Chinese culture. Therefore, as an established institution of teaching and researching Chinese language as a second/foreign language, we are faced with unprecedented opportunities. What we shall do is to fully display the superiority of the studies of Chinese as a second/foreign language, and to further strengthen the exchanges and co-operations with other institutions of higher education both at home and abroad. We are willing to contribute to the dissemination of human civilizations, the promotion of cultural diversity, and the world peace.

To ensure an integral and sustained development for our university, we will stick to the student-oriented teaching principles and teacher-oriented academic development to pursue excellence in teaching and research. We are making unremitting efforts to build BLCU into a highly recognized international university that is home to students from all parts of the world.

Accommodation fee:

 Single room: 150RMB/day

 Double room: 80RMB/day 

 Double room:

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Aged 16-50; In good health.