Mandarin Centre and/or Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. JBC Centre?

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MIexpat

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Posted: Aug 11, 2004 - 01:04 AM
Post subject: Mandarin Centre and/or Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. JBC Centre?

can anyone with experience with either of these facilities comment on the quality of their programs?
thanks!

BudWeiser

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Joined: July 15, 2004
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Posted: Aug 11, 2004 - 05:39 PM

I have attended three language programs in Shanghai, one of them being the Mandarin Center. It was terrible. My teacher clearly did not enjoy her job and the school could care less about how things were going. We started with 10 students and ended with two because it was so bad.

I didn't go to Jiao Tong but some of my fellow students did. They said it was ok but the classes were large. 20 or more students. They also said many of the students didn't take it very seriously and were not really there to learn.