Ready to advance your Mandarin skills? Make strides in fast-paced Shanghai!
Take your Mandarin to new heights with four weeks of language immersion in China’s largest city, Shanghai. After language classes, hit the city’s trendy and ancient streets to practice your language skills with locals. Take a stroll along the Huangpu River, where you can admire the diverse architectural styles that define Shanghai's skyline. Wander among traditional Chinese temples, taste food from family-owned restaurants, and meet local teens. Enjoy traditional dance, sports, and calligraphy workshops and Chinese trivia nights.
Living with a host family, you’ll grow your Mandarin language and cultural knowledge even further as you prepare and share Chinese meals. On excursions, explore the water village of Qingpu and travel to the ancient city Wuxi. Along with forging new friendships, you’ll rapidly improve your Mandarin skills in an authentic setting, full of stunning scenery, historical sites, and multicultural influences.
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I would highly reccomend this program because it is an opportunity of a lifetime, especially for teenagers our age who have not yet traveled independently. It has not only developed my independence, but also expanded my comfort zone concerning socializing with locals and asking questions in the local language.
It is really fun, I met a lot of new people and had a lot of new experiences. I liked the overall structure of the CIEE program; the homestay, the short class in the morning with cultural activities in the afternoon, the scheduled free time, etc. The only thing I would say is that we sometimes got our schedules and things very last minute - I did not know anything about my host family until a week before my flight here. It would have been nicer to know further in advance so I could get to know them better beforehand. We also didn’t find out the details about things such as our excursions until the day before or even day-of, which made things uncertain and a little stressful.
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