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BLCU Accommodation: Scholarship Students

Due to the high demand from my BLCU Dorm Accommodation post, I thought it best to make another post in hopes of answering questions regarding accommodation for scholarship students going to BLCU.

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5 Quick Questions About Going To BLCU

As you know, I get emailed about BLCU and my experience in Beijing, so I thought I’ld share my answers to these questions a reader emailed me just in case other people are also curious (seems very likely). more…

Worth going to BLCU?

I’ve received quite a few emails from readers about BLCU (Beijing Language and Culture University), and many people ask me about my exchange experience in Beijing… And then I got an email asking: “Was it worth it?” It wasn’t the first time, so I fell right into my automated response talking through rose-coloured glasses. But whilst writing a response, I had to stop when I realised that I wasn’t being objective enough.

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Language Partners and Tutors

A very common and useful way of improving your spoken Chinese (汉语) is to have a language partner (also known as tandem partner) or a private tutor. I only thought about language partners when I was studying at BLCU because that seemed to be the norm, but language partners can actually be really good if you can find the right one.

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BLCU Dorms

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BLCU Accommodation Rates if you want to have an idea of the cost of BLCU Dorms

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New Year Greetings 2008 from Beijing!


It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in Beijing for Christmas and New Years! It feels odd that I’m here in little Wudaokou studying for the up-coming exams (starting Friday 4th) when I’ve always had this time of year to sit back, relax and bum!

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