Ni Hao

These “language schools” are a rip off man… many people I meet have paid a year or two in advance, non refundable, with the dream of learning English… and some actually do learn something… most do not. Students usually leave with a few words added to their vocab and a lot lighter in the wallet.

IMHO, neither Wall Street nor EF, New Oriental and all these places are options to consider. Private businesses that mostly do not allow you to do a professional job; there are many horror stories about them in the internet.. Public schools are much safer and better to work for. OK, they pay much less bur [...]

Hi James, Wall Street is a well-known foreign language school in Qingdao, located at the most popular area in QD with convenient transportations. Should be good as a teacher there(but their classes are so expensive… and I heard many people complain about their teaching quality). However, we have many private language schools of this kind [...]

“early next year” as in early 2013? That will make it very hard to predict the price. You can rent something decent from RMB 3000 per month on. If you want seaview or want to be close to the entertainment parts, then it’s maybe from RMB 5000 on. Buying can be expensive and even in [...]