Studying Mandarin at GoEast is FUN
I love studying Mandarin at GoEast! Studying Mandarin at GoEast is FUN!! GoEast’s small class sizes, engaging lessons, and highly responsive teachers have really accelerated my language learning. What do I mean by “highly responsive teachers”? Well, for example, several of my classmates and I were beginning our summer travels a few lessons before the end of our in-person course last spring, so our teacher postponed the final two lessons until the fall course, which we’ll use for review to get ready for the next level. Another example: whenever a student has to miss class, our teacher brings a webcam into the classroom and sets up a zoom call so you don’t have to miss out due to travel or illness. And the most important example of responsive teaching: our teacher is very skilled at deftly answering students’ questions (some *ahem* MANY of which may be lesson-adjacent or even unrelated to the lesson *sorry*) while still managing to complete the lesson of the day. But what do I really love about GoEast? Why do I endure an hour on the metro going to and coming from class twice a week? Because GoEast is a welcoming community. The classes are fun! There is a lot of laughter at GoEast - you hear it as soon as you walk in the door; the teachers are chatting and laughing with one another while getting ready for lessons. You hear laughter coming from the classrooms while you’re waiting for your lesson to begin. And you hear A LOT of laughter during your lesson as you and your classmates practice the lesson’s vocabulary and grammar in your class conversations. Studying Mandarin at GoEast is FUN (did I already say that??)!! Even the videos on the GoEast online learning platform are fun - the dialogue for Wang Xiao Mai and Liu Ai Li in the GoEast video lessons is always amusing and sometimes hilarious. I’m a teacher myself, so I know that when students are having fun studying, they are learning effectively. I highly recommend GoEast for your Mandarin studies!