tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565819618639827505.post6611365409313331051..comments2023-06-17T19:22:06.927+08:00Comments on Dan In China: Studying Chinese at NTNU's MTC: a guideDan Gilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113508269924643258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565819618639827505.post-30143601655404903542014-06-05T19:06:25.045+08:002014-06-05T19:06:25.045+08:00When studying in Taiwan back in the day, I took NT...When studying in Taiwan back in the day, I took NTNU classes. We had always heard that NTU had the best Mandarin teaching in Taiwan. Some people even said best in the world at that time.<br /><br />I have taken Mandarin classes AND teaching Chinese as a Second Language (a.k.a. 对外汉语) at ECNU in China. The Chinese teacher training is supposed to be the best in the PRC (and very few places outside the PRC offer this kind of training); however, I found their 15 hours / week language classes to be all right but not super effective. There weren't enough advanced classes to pick and choose between Koreans and others. Also, I found that while some Koreans had very good skills, many had serious pronunciation issues from L1 interference.<br /><br />I have a feeling Princeton in Beijing rakes in the cash... they pay the Chinese teachers 13k RMB for the whole program (minimum education: graduate school) and they charge $5500 USD per student.Kaiwennoreply@blogger.com