Keats School is located in the city center of Kunming, China. As the best and biggest immersion Chinese language school in Kunming, it has served thousands of international Mandarin learners. GoKunming, the famous local social media platform, has honored Keats School with the “Best Mandarin School in Kunming” award twice.
Founded in 2004, Keats School now has 60 classrooms equipped with a computer and high-speed Wi-Fi, 54 single dorm rooms well furnished with private bathrooms, a Keats Cafeteria, and a Keats fitness center.
Heat is available in the classrooms and Cafeteria during winter at Keats School, so you wouldn’t be bothered by the coldness in south China, which is an annoying problem in other southern Chinese cities. The student rooms are fully furnished and equipped with an electric heater, so is 24 hours hot water and TV. Nicely decorated rooms at Keats bring you the comfort of home, so you can focus on your Chinese language classes. Getting to the classrooms is just a ride of the elevator.
At the Keats Time Cafeteria, you can appreciate the tasty authentic Chinese cuisine while maintaining a healthy diet. Keats kitchen applies the freshest food materials and top-quality oils to ensure every student’s nutrition intake.
Vegetarians can also enjoy their dining here in Keats Cafeteria. Yunnan is an internal province that is famous for its variation in plants. There are a great number of green vegetables that can be your meal options. While learning far away from home, you can still enjoy the art of vegetarian cuisine from a remote part of China.
It is not only a place for you to enjoy food but also a good occasion for you to meet and chat with other students from multiple backgrounds, or you can continue practicing your Chinese with Keats teachers while enjoying a meal together.
Besides study areas and dormitories, Keats students also have free access to the school library and fitness center. Keats Fitness Center is located in the same building as the school. Keats students are free to use it to keep fit during their stay in China. At the Keats library, you’re welcomed to enjoy a collection of more than 4 thousand books. There are both Chinese and English books for your choices. This library is also an ideal place for a small group meeting. Feel free to enjoy your reading or meeting time with others here.
For most ambitious Chinese language learners, one of the benefits of studying at Keats School is its convenient location. Your dorm room is located in the same building as the school, and it only takes a ride of the elevator or a 5-minute walk to approach the cafeteria, gym, and classrooms. Out of Keats School, you would find yourself in the city center of Kunming, and it’s convenient for you to approach anything you want or any direction you want to go forward.
Keats School is dedicated to providing students with top-quality Mandarin Chinese classes in China. With a strong sense of commitment to your learning, the Keats teaching team is dedicated to helping each individual who loves learning Mandarin make real progress within a short period.
When every student arrives, they will be assigned a “Study Advisor” and a “Life Advisor” to help them get fitted in China. Keats School provides 24-hours/7 days assistance to bring you the warmth of home.
As to your study at Keats School, your study advisor will help you through:
Listening to your learning feedback and suggestions;
Tracking your satisfaction with the program;
Easing your concerns about learning Chinese;
Helping with rearranging your learning plan and make-up lessons;
Assisting you to extend your stay and adding extra study hours;
Replying to any other questions related to your Chinese language studying.
Your “Life Advisor” will be helping you with:
School orientation;
Getting familiar with the surrounding area;
Arrangements of room cleaning and drinking water supply;
Booking airport pick-up and drop-off service;
Providing consulting service about travel destinations and popular traveling routes;
Advice and guidance about buying gifts and souvenirs;
Any other things that can ease your homesickness and can make you feel at home.
The typical teaching construction at Keats School Class consists of the following steps:
Based on your current Chinese proficiency, you will learn Chinese vocabulary, grammar, expression, and practice with topics and other materials under the instruction of your Chinese teacher. Besides the onsite learning time with your Mandarin teacher, you also have free access to the online learning platform that particularly opened for Keats School students.
Practices will be done in the manners of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Through comprehensive and intensive training, your Mandarin teacher will help you make progress in the shortest possible time, especially in a practical way. It means what you have learned and practiced can be fully applied in your real daily life.
With sufficient accumulation from the previous two stages, you would be fully ready to move forwards to the next two important stages for a language learner. Those stages are recognition and production.
To recognize the target language, you have to understand other people’s words and be familiar with authentic expressions. For example, you should be able to read menus, street signs, and directions, as well as messages, notes, and news. Also, you should be able to make a difference between similar words.
To be able to express your opinion with the target language, you should be able to use the correct structures and correct words, make a speech, discuss advanced and professional topics, and create your own sentences based on the structures taught. What’s more, you should also write/type Chinese characters, be able to write Chinese sentences, write short essays, write long essays, and write formal letters/emails.
At Keats School, the teaching team has developed unique techniques and skills to help students achieve these important 2R stages. If you want to know more about it, you have to come to Keats School and explore it through your real experience here.
Keats School has developed a series of Chinese learning programs to meet various learning demands. Intensive One-on-one Chinese classes, Small group Chinese classes, HSK test preparation course, Online courses, and Study & Tour program. No matter what kind of language program you intend to have, Keats School will try its best to satisfy you.
At Keats School, every student comes to study Mandarin for the potential future relevant to China. It is their ambitions that create such a unique and elite community for Keats School and its students.
Keats community integrate over 40 countries culture and spirits. It continues to grow and provides an extraordinary chance for many students to make life-long friends here. This dynamic community creates a different way for Keats students to connect with the different parts of the world.
It’s time for you to take an action and start your Chinese language learning trip with Keats School! Keats School will fulfil your Mandarin dream!
My name is Sarah Fish. I am 81. I knew very little Chinese when I arrived. How was I going to survive 2 weeks of intensive Chinese course? I have to laugh when I think of that now. What a positive experience this has been! I really wish we could be here a little longer. The teachers are extremely encouraging, evaluating first how much someone knows, and then starting from there.
I found Keats School and I am so glad that I did. When you learn Chinese in China at Keats, you are fully being taken care of. My teacher is really great and we become lovely friends.
I really had a wonderful experience at the school. The teachers are very very friendly. In my class, we practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing. We play games and other fun activities. We have trips around town. The staff at Keats is phenomenal. My teacher is one of the best teachers I have ever had in my educational experience. She comes in with a smile every day.
I found Keats to be very good, teachers are excellent and really take the students seriously. Kunming is the best place to learn Mandarin in China. The environment is awesome, no pollution. The air quality is great, good weather. The people here are very friendly. I come to take classes every day. I feel comfortable studying Chinese at Keats. I learned so many things, although I only studied at Keats for 2 months. I am really satisfied with my teacher. For us foreigners, Keats is the best Chinese school in China. Therefore, I would highly recommend Keats to all of you.
It is very convenient to come to Kunming from Thailand. I really like my Chinese class and my Chinese improved a lot in a few months. There are many benefits of learning Chinese. The best thing I like about Keats is that it is in Kunming, a city with eternal spring. There is so much to see in Kunming and you will love this city after you come.
Since last semester, we started studying Chinese at Keats. It was the best choice we can ever make. It is a really good school. The classes are a lot of fun, you learn a lot, but very interactive, so you talk a lot which means it is not just books and writing. Kunming is a really pleasant city to live in, especially if you compare it to other cities in the east. If you like to travel, if you like to study Chinese in a fun way, Keats has the best Chinese language program for you.
My first semester that I studied at another school, and the pressure there was pretty high, the classroom hour was long, and the homework was pretty tedious. Since I came to Keats, I found I have a lot more opportunities to speak in the classroom. My classmates all are fluent and love speaking and participating in the class. We have great classroom dynamic.
I have 2 teachers, and I do 4 hours a day. So I have got Dong Laoshi and Jin Laoshi. Both of them are very good. They made the experience very nice to me. They are willing to help you whenever, so if you ever have a question here, the teachers are always there to help you whether it is visas, whether it is getting around the city. Everyone wants to talk to you.