Learn Chinese and Travel in Guilin This Winter!

StudyCLI

Based in Guilin, one of China's most scenic destinations, the Chinese Language Institute (CLI) is the ideal location to quickly improve your Mandarin. Join us this winter to discover Guilin, meet new friends from around China, and take your language skills to the next level.

Study Chinese through customized, daily one-on-one lessons

Discover Guilin, one of China's most scenic destinations, through cultural activities and travel excursions

Live Comfortably in a private room at the five-story CLI Center or with a local host family

Chinese Lessons

With fully customizable study terms, 20 weekly hours of one-on-one Chinese lessons, and an array of weekly activities and excursions, CLI's Immersion Program provides complete language immersion in a comfortable environment designed to maximize learning speed and effectiveness.

Your daily one-on-one lessons with three unique CLI instructors will give you an individualized opportunity to advance and validate your Chinese language skills hour by hour, day by day, and week by week.

All professions, backgrounds, and language levels are welcome, from complete beginners to advanced speakers!

Accommodation Options

The CLI Center, CLI’s newly renovated 5-story learning center, is the perfect location to live, study, eat, relax, enjoy China, and learn Chinese.

All rooms have a range of amenities, including free WiFi, heating and AC, hot and cold water, and a Western-style bathroom.

Learn more about the CLI Center and community in the video below:

Alternatively, choose CLI's homestay option, which provides direct insight into a typical Chinese family’s lifestyle. If you choose this option, you’ll be provided a private room in the host family’s apartment.

All homestays are within a comfortable travel distance of CLI, and we carefully select our host families from within the CLI community.

Program Tuition

1 Week

CLI Center: 4,170 RMB

Homestay Family: 4,935 RMB

2 Weeks

CLI Center: 8,330 RMB

Homestay Family: 9,875 RMB

3 Weeks

CLI Center: 12,190 RMB

Homestay Family: 14,575 RMB

4 Weeks

CLI Center: 16,050 RMB

Homestay Family: 19,275 RMB

Tuition includes 20 hours of one-on-one Chinese lessons per week, housing accommodations, airport or train station pick-up and drop-off, a welcome dinner, program orientation, and more!

Enroll now and save 15% with offer code "GuilinThisWinter"

Scan to apply or visit us online at www.studycli.org

Learn Chinese Online

Learn Chinese online from anywhere in the world with your own personal Chinese teacher.

CLI’s online Chinese lessons bring the classroom directly to you, allowing you the flexibility to seamlessly continue your school and work commitments while learning Chinese.

About CLI

CLI was founded in 2009 by American brothers Robert and Bradford Fried. Drawing on a combined 20 years of experience in China, they created an educational model that provides students a unique path to learning Chinese and understanding the PRC through a high degree of customization and complete immersion within a Chinese language environment. Based in the picturesque city of Guilin, CLI delivers a highly effective intensive Mandarin Immersion Program, online one-on-one lessons, and travel seminars for students of all Chinese levels and backgrounds.

Testimonials

"The people, of course, are CLI's greatest strength." - Blair, Immersion Program Alum

"You can get an entire year’s worth of study in just one month. It’s amazing!" - Hanna, Immersion Program Alum

"[CLI teachers] cater class to the level of the student, and change their teaching styles to fit you." - Stephanie, Immersion Program Alum