Just finished a 3 month Mandarin Chinese course at Q Language. Perfect experience. Student visa…read moreprocessing, housing arrangement & amazingly effective lessons. The Centre is right next to the MTR and free coffee, tea, water, magazines etc. Met lots of cool people and already planning another trip next year..Thanks Q !

I was at this place to learn Chinese. Really bad facility. The classroom is very small and smells…read more No toilet paper in the toilet and this happened very often. And only one toilet on the whole floor. Many times we had to go downstairs to a coffee shop just to use the toilets.

It's really a good place to learn English. The tutor is experienced and patient. Although it has…read morejust started running, the tutor is good enough to make your kids improve and gain knowledge.

Robert had been invited to my son's birthday party. He led a group of small kids and played…read morevarious games. There are great joys and fun! During the process, the kids learnt the truly "western" English through active interaction. It is really great experience to my son's English learning. Many Thanks for Ba Lao Shi! Really appreciate! 非常感謝巴老師在我兒子生日聚會中, 為孩子带來很大的樂趣。他率領小孩在各種互動游戲中,使孩子們在不知不覺間學會了地道英語。 這是十分難得的學習英文體驗, 謝謝巴老師!

I believe this is one of the best English learning institutes in Hong Kong. As a matter of that, I…read moredid work there few years ago and I hope I do not sound biased. Learning a foreign language is not easy. It takes so much effort and determination. Though as locals, we start learning English since Kindergarten, for some it still poses a huge challenge for most people here in Hong Kong. Places like this give you a second chance and to remind you that it is never too late to learn. Local schools here rely heavily on teaching the terminologies and grammar items like Gerunds and Infinitives, it seems to have missed the most crucial part - communication. One may be very good at writing and reading in English and yet they cannot utter an English sentence without stuttering. However, what impresses me the most is that the approach this place takes focuses heavily on listening and speaking. Instead of giving you a text to read, it first shows you a clip so that you have to rely on your listening skills; later on learning how to read the new vocabularies; and then you can finally see how the word looks like. It also has quite a few activities (social clubs they call) for you to enjoy yourself while practicing English with your friends and teachers. It strives to create a relaxing and care-free environment so that you can feel free to speak in English with confidence instead of embarrassment. Even though I now no longer work there, I have to say that their pedagogy and ideology are very well-thought. Together with your motivation and determination, mastering English is not really that difficult.

My good friend moves to live in Saint Martin where in the northeast Caribbean years ago, from what…read moreI see in her fb, the tropical town is tiny but still beautiful with many beaches and always sunny. She was still pregnant in my memory since last time in Hong Kong, and after few years she is back for holiday with the nearly four-year-old girl. Living in the island under the sovereignty of France, not to mention the girl can speak basic French, also is full of French character. Similar to many western children (and different from typical Hong Kong kids), my friend's daughter is friendly and curious to everything. She is independent, like to explore the city and enjoy outdoor. To help the girl keep learning and revise French, my friend brings her to French Touch child playgroup, and she gives a big thumb to this school. From what she says, the teachers are all native French and they can organize small class. The school understands student and the lesson suits her girl - just pick up and revise basic French, not to give too much pressures and assignment. I really like her kid, she is smart, easy going and super positive, I just wish more kids in Hong Kong can enjoy learning language rather than be forced to study.

I studied "Russian for Beginners" at the RLC's Wanchai site for around 8 months before visiting my…read morefather, who lives in Moscow. I found the Russian Language Center in Hong Kong after a quick Google search, and didn't know what to expect. After only the first month, I was surprised by how quickly my Russian language skills were developing! Dima - or Dmitry - was my teacher, a native Russian speaker who held the twice-weekly lessons in excellent English. He still holds the beginner and intermediate classes at Sheung Wan today. As I was working, I would attend night classes from 7pm to 8.30pm, Mondays and Thursdays. The group was fairly mixed, with around 5 people of a few different ethnicities. I liked how my course was very well suited to my beginner status, and Dima is an excellent teacher, keeping the classes informative, fun, and interactive. All you need to bring with you is a notebook and pen, and they provide you with the Russian textbook that comes with a CD with MP3 recordings of certain exercises. Learning Russian was quite difficult, but the classes were so well-structured that I noticed my speaking and writing improving after only a few months. The best part was that Dima would send 'follow-up' emails after every lesson, informing us of what was written on the whiteboard, extra notes, links, MP3 recordings, documents, and reminders for homework. It was important to get the homework done otherwise you'd feel a little left behind, as the course does move quite swiftly from introduction to quite challenging grammar. For anyone wanting to learn Russian, I would definitely recommend the RLC.

"Willkommen beim Goethe Institut Hongkong!"…read more Hong Kong is an international city and sometimes if you do not speak more than two or three languages, you may not be that of a competitive candidate in the eyes of employers, especially pretty much everyone hear speaks 3 languages already including English, Cantonese and Mandarin. If you are looking for a foreign language to pick up, and you are a big fan of Europe, try German. If you have decided to learn German, I have at least heard of two places in Hong Kong that are well-received. One is Goethe Institut. Located on the 14th floor of Art Centre in Wanchai, it is a non-profit German cultural association and it has branches over 159 countries to date. It mission of course is to promote cultural exchange and the study of German language. At times you may see some exhibitions at the gallery next to the reception that provides more information on German culture. There is also a library where you can borrow German textbooks, books, CDs or DVDs so that you can fully immersed yourself at home. As for the quality of the teaching, I have to say that it highly depends on the teachers. You will be expected to have a new teacher in every new term (which lasts around 9 to 10 weeks), therefore, chances are you may know quite a few teachers. Personally, there are quite a few good teachers there unfortunately I cannot go into details here but all I can say is they are i) a very funny male teacher who can make the class rather interesting; ii) a young male teacher who writes down the articles whenever we are introduced to a new noun; iii) a tall female teacher who comes up with interactive games to play with us, iv) a female teacher who sounds really professional. Though I have to admit it is not much useful to know German here in Hong Kong but who knows, it might come in handy one day and it certainly looks rather dashing to be able to have basic conversation in German; that might go a long way.

In my opinion, Jorge C. is a very kind and good Spanish teacher. He always asks any questions from…read morethe students. He is also willing to explain any aspect in Spanish learnings. I will in no doubt to recommend him to anyone who wants to learn Spanish. His way of teaching Spanish is so inspiring to keep me to learn Spanish in this school.

First time approaching Spanish was in Uni, my tutor is the best Antonio, he taught Spanish in funny…read moreand easy way, encouraged all to speak up loud. What was he asked everyone to get a Spanish name to feel like a family, mine is Paz, means peace, and that's simply because the spelling is easy to remember, haha. He also taught us numbers by playing bingo; we learned screaming words and emotional adjectives by watching scary movie, well but end up we all just got familiar with the f-word......learning language is always fun and happy. I can still easily imitate his voice to yell "per-fec-to!" While meeting with Trini last night just reminded how bad my Spanish is now, I probably forget everything I learnt. I do feel I need to work hard in the latin, not only because I love this language but also because I used to know it! Recently a good friend recommends this language school to me, she studied Spanish in there few years and now she can speak really good Spanish. I kind of feel like I should organize the lesson asap after yesterday, when I was attempting to speak with Trini, the Spaniard, and end up only came up "hola" from my mouth.