real chinese academy
London
Founded in 2006, Real Chinese Academy has been working towards all-around
“student development, teacher development and school development”, upholding the
principle of “quality-first”, and implementing the philosophy of integrating
cultural awareness into language learning. In the past decade or so, we have
enabled many students to acquire a broad knowledge of Chinese culture, and
practical skills of using the Chinese language. At the same time, our team of
dedicated teachers have raised their professionalism to a new level. Real
Chinese Academy is going from strength to strength. To ensure high-quality
teaching results, we group students based on their age, level of Chinese
language and family background (native/non-native Chinese speaker). All teachers
utilise multimedia method and self-designed entertaining materials to facilitate
teaching and enhance students’ achievements. Wechat and WhatsApp chat groups for
parents are created to strengthen parent-teacher communications. At the same
time, we hold regular parents meetings to discuss students’ progress at school
while listening to parents’ feedbacks. For parents’ convenience, relevant
information will be posted on our official website. Homework and assignments
will be published on our website to make it easier for parents to supervise
their children. Besides Chinese language teaching, we are honoured to have a
world-class renowned artist, Mr. Sheng Qi, to lead our Visual arts course. In
addition, English actress Helen Hobson teaches our Public Speaking course, and
dozens of students have achieved excellent results in LAMDA exams which lay the
foundation for all-round development of students. Headmistress Ms. Zoe Xu,
originally from Beijing, is a mother of two. She is well versed in the
comparative research of Chinese and British education as well as family
education. In the last two decades, she has written books related to education
such as Please Don’t Do This to Your Children, Chinese Orphans and Their Foreign
Parents, Alternative Route to Development, Ten Skills That Affect Your Child’s
Fortune. All the titles are published in mainland China. Real Chinese is
growing! From only six pupils at the very beginning for Mandarin only, we’ve
grown to be two hundred strong. Every year some of our students take GCSE
Chinese and each of them achieved A* grade. Real Chinese have developed from
simple teaching to a broader field of education. The school has found a
successful way of managing the Chinese language education as the core while
valuing all-around education. The road ahead will be long and rugged, yet we
shall search high and low, for the benefit of the community and the promotion of
the Chinese language and culture.
