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Mm, if one has hypothetically forgotten to renew their accommodation registration form (but still lives in the same apartment and is leaving Chengdu permanently in two weeks) what should they do?

Any ideas ha? About three months out of date.

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Mm, right, thanks for the info. Hadn’t considered that at all. I’ll have a think 🙂

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I think if you’re young and single, China is a great option for 1-3 years but the pollution and food safety issues make it increasingly unappealing as time goes on.

With a young child it simply isn’t worth it – their health and well-being must be paramount.

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In the end I did sign up for a semester at Sichuan University. As some of you warned me, the teaching quality is very poor but it provides me with the environment (and visa) to learn quickly which is great. I’d recommend this option but only if you are committed to learning outside the classroom with other students and Chinese friends.

Kathy: Thank you for your offer but I’m already having a lot of extra practice so I’ll pass 🙂

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Right, so I’ve decided I’ll do a semester studying here. Which is the best university to study Chinese at in Chengdu?

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Ah excellent reply, thank you! Great information.

As most of you have said it’s all about attitude and indeed, I have been too lazy in this area. I can speak bits and pieces of a few other languages (only one ‘fluently’) but I was immersed in those situations and perhaps that has coloured my view of language learning. But yes, it’s all about taking every opportunity to use the language. Also need to make my Chinese friends to actually speak to me more in Chinese, they of course want to speak English the whole time.

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Thanks guys, some good advice there. Think I’ll have proper look into doing a semester here in Chengdu 🙂

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Ah sorry, I should have added that I’ve had a private tutor for about 4 months now and she’s been great. Have the basic structures there now, it’s just I need more immersion. I want to commit a decent amount of time to it but of course I do need a visa so that’s why I was thinking the university route. Can always make a bit of money on the side tutoring or whatever.

My aims are really to get to a elementary/intermediate level if possible. I actually enjoy living in difficult situations but yes, I can imagine it would be very isolating in some places…

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Ok thanks for the replies guys, very helpful. I’ll have a look into the places mentioned 🙂

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Ah great, thanks for your help 🙂

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