海淀区 Looking for study partners

[khokeson]

Plain and simple I'm looking for 1-3 foreigners near 魏公村站 （4号线） near 北外 and 人民大学 to study Chinese with. I've done 1 on 1 in the past and prefer having at least 1 other person to make things more lively and dynamic.

There's no scam or trick to this post. It will be 25-30 kuai/hr depending on the teacher we/I find and the number of students who want to study with me. I live very close to 魏公村站 and have a study (room in my apt.) appropriate for teaching and studying so that will be the location (unless there's some other really persuading reason). I'm hoping to study either 3 or 5 times a week (Mon Wed Fri or just Mon-Fri) depending on schedules really. Preferably every morning like 8 or 9 am but I suppose early afternoon is doable as well. I can't do evenings or weekends because I mostly work then.

About the level and material. My spoken is choppy but I can get by. I can watch a good amount of TV shows (我们约会吧，危险明清，全家福） with a high comprehension level of comprehension but I often find myself lost without subtitles. I've tried reading the news paper and I can drag my way through some simpler articles but it takes time for me and it's difficult, slightly above my current level. The news is too hard for me. Documentaries are hit or miss. And I often mess up or have trouble expressing myself when speaking and writing. I've got some pretty regular comprehensive studying books here but I'm open to other books as long as they are comprehensive. I don't just want to just study spoken Chinese.

So in short, if the time, region, and Chinese level feel appropriate for you, please reply or send a PM and lets discuss it.

~Karl

P.S. To schools - unless you are in my immediate area and very cheap, please don't reply to this message telling everyone about your shcool

P.S. To teachers - Simply put, if you can read this message I'm not interested. You may be a great person and probably a wonderful friend but I have no interest in learning from someone who already speaks English. The temptation to use English is too great and I hate it when teachers always revert to English.

P.P.S. I really hope this is posted in the right place, I am not trying to spam at all I promise.

[amandagmu]

Hi Karl,

I might be interested... I'm looking for people who might be interested in a small group class as well. I think it might be suitable. I tried to pm you a much longer message to no avail. Could you try and pm me? Thanks.