Introducing CLI's New Learning Center!

Introducing CLI's New Learning Center!The CLI Team October 28, 2024CLI News Learn Chinese in China or on Zoom and gain fluency in Chinese!Join CLI and learn Chinese with your personal team of Mandarin teachers online or in person at the CLI Center in Guilin, China. CLI is proud to unveil our new 5-story Mandarin learning center, completed just in time for the Chinese Spring Festival! Featuring twelve classrooms, a spacious recreation room, kitchen and dining area, teachers' lounge, and three floors of private accommodations, CLI is located within convenient walking distance of our university affiliate, Guangxi Normal University (GXNU). The new 5-story CLI Center Every week, CLI offers a variety of cultural activities to acquaint our students with Chinese holidays, pastimes, customs, and traditions. On Tuesdays, CLI teachers and students come together to learn about a featured aspect of the modern Chinese lifestyle — playing Chinese games, participating in a calligraphy class, holding a ping pong tournament, or watching a Chinese movie on our state-of-the-art projector screen, for example. On Wednesdays, our students, local friends, and teachers participate in cultural exchange seminars, providing a learning opportunity for participants to express their impressions of Chinese and Western ways of life. On Thursdays, CLI offers a Chinese history class, taught by a local professor; and on Fridays, students and teachers learn about Chinese cuisine by holding cooking classes or visiting a local specialty restaurant. In addition to an array of weekly cultural activities, CLI also provides home-cooked lunches and dinners throughout the study week. Students can enjoy each meal for 20 CNY; common dishes include Sichuan, northern, and local southern specialties, including vegetarian options. As a top-notch Chinese language school, CLI strives to provide continuous training and a one-of-a-kind work environment for our teaching and administrative staff. Alongside our regular cultural exchange seminars, we hold weekly teachers' meetings to chart student progress, to discuss the importance of employing creative teaching methods, to consider how best to teach Chinese characters, and to evaluate teacher effectiveness. We also offer regular training sessions in spoken English to minimize any possibility of language difficulties between our students and teachers. Ultimately, our most important aim is to create a conducive learning environment for achieving fluency in Mandarin Chinese, as well as bridge cultural differences and form long-lasting friendships among students, staff, and local friends. Please see below for additional photos of CLI's new learning center: CLI's Comfortable New Dining Area The CLI Building Has Three Stories of Private Living Space One of CLI's Private Rooms CLI's Recreation and Movie Room One of Two Student Lounges The CLI Kitchen, Ideal for Preparing Home-Cooked Meals Adela and Nancy Practicing Chinese Characters CLI's Seminar and Group Discussion Room Students and Teachers Enjoying Lunch at CLI Greg and Liu Qing Studying Traditional Chinese Foods CLI Teachers' Lounge This summer, CLI will welcome three unique study tours to China: the China Sustainability Initiative, to be held in mid-May; Rising China, a 2-week study tour held in conjunction with Virginia's Lynchburg College; and a 4-week Chinese language intensive program, funded by the International Community Centers for Academic Excellence. We are eager to welcome all of our upcoming students to our new Guilin learning center! 桂林欢迎您！ The CLI TeamThe Chinese Language Institute (CLI) is a center for Chinese language and cultural studies based in Guilin, China. Founded in 2009, CLI has hosted over 5,000 students from more than 50 countries and maintains a 4.95 out of 5.00 rating on GoOverseas. CLI's team includes Chinese language educators, program managers, and China specialists holding advanced degrees in Chinese studies, teaching Chinese as a foreign language, education, and related fields. Articles published under The CLI Team draw on the collective expertise of this group, informed by years of experience designing and delivering Chinese language immersion programs in Guilin and across China. 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