BCI Class 1
What is BCI Class 1?
Beihu Chinese Institute launched a pilot program called BCI Class 1 to prove to the public that our advocated Chinese curriculum, Self-study Chinese Curriculum, is the most comprehensive Chinese learning curriculum for college students. We strive to be the most trustworthy partner for the Chinese professors by providing Self-study Chinese Curriculum for their college students who are learning Chinese language as their second language. To learn more details about our curriculum, please visit here.
How did BCI Class 1 get started?
Starting from March 2019, our institute started introducing BCI Class 1 to the public that we’re accepting 10 motivated students to test the quality and credibility of Self-study Chinese Curriculum. After careful selection, 10 applicants with completely different backgrounds concerning their previous Chinese exposures were recruited to join our program by the end of May 2019. The first in-person class started on June 6, 2019 and the last class ended on November 7, 2019. There are totally 6 in-person classes, once a month. Within these five months, each member finished 90 written and spoken assignments designed in our curriculum. Each member on average spent approximately two hours for each assignment, and they submitted assignments every other day. They then would receive formative feedback from the teacher for each individual assignment within 24 business hours.
What was the student profile to be eligible for BCI Class 1?
College students seeking to study in China
College students taking HSK tests - the Chinese proficiency test
Cross-cultural marriage whose spouse is a Chinese
Missionaries seeking to outreach to China for an extended period of time
Business people who have a strong Chinese presence
Any self-motivated individual who simply loves learning Chinese language
What were the promised outcomes should bci class 1 members followed all the instructions?
Perfectly fluent in your Chinese tones - this is done by exchanging daily recordings of Chinese pronunciations and tones
Able to translate all of your own English sentences into Chinese - this is what sets our curriculum apart from other Chinese language learning products in the market
Grasp over 1,200 Chinese characters and phrases - Self-study Chinese Curriculum enables learners to memorize 10-20 different Chinese phrases every day (there are about 2,500 frequently-used Chinese vocabulary in the mainland of China, 4,800 in Taiwan and 4,700 in Hong Kong)
What are the testimonial stories?
Chrissy Kline
Chrissy Kline is the ESL Program Director at the North Campus of Bethlehem Baptist Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Chrissy’s first language is English, she is fluent in Spanish, and Chinese is her third language acquisition. Previously joining BCI Class 1, Chrissy only “played” with the Chinese language through Chinese for Dummies. She only knew 25 Chinese characters, she was not accurate in Chinese pronunciations, and she never studied Chinese in a structured way. Chrissy holds an Associate of Language and Bible at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul and a BA in Biblical Counseling at Trinity College of the Bible. Enjoy Chrissy’s fun moments of learning Chinese at our institute here.
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Emma
Emma is a professional baseball referee. Due to Emma’s special schedule, she was the only member who travelled to different cities while taking her Chinese classes at our institute through a virtual method. Previously joining BCI Class 1, Emma only knew about 100-150 Chinese characters in the spoken form, she was leveled at 1/10 concerning her Chinese capabilities in listening, speaking, reading composing and translating, and she was neither accurate nor authentic concerning her Chinese pronunciations. Adopted from China, it is Emma’s dream to teach English in China some day. Emma holds a BA degree in Political Sociology at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Let’s enjoy Emma’s Chinese conquering history here.
Amy Haseltine
Amy is an ESL teacher at VIP English. Amy has a very strong background in world languages thanks to her passion for linguistics. She can readily observe the linguistic differences among languages in a structure way (syntax structure). Yet, Chinese language specifically was not her strong suit. Previously joining BCI Class 1, Amy had taken two semesters of Chinese language at Bethel University. Amy could count up to 99 in Chinese, only able to speak some common conversational Chinese sentences. Amy was leveled at 2/10 concerning her Chinese capabilities in listening, speaking, reading, composing and translating. Amy holds a BA degree in Linguistics at University of Minnesota. Let’s witness how Self-study Chinese Curriculum completely changed Amy’s Chinese level here.
Monica Ngo
Monica is a medical student at University of Minnesota. Coming from the background as an ABC (American Born Chinese), Monica dreams to be a medical doctor serving at the under-served communities by speaking at the heart language of her patients. Monica’s first dialect is Hokkien, and was able to speak basic Cantonese with her parents growing up in America. Previously joining BCI Class 1, Monica had never taken a college-level Mandarin Chinese class in a systematical way. Due to her previous exposure to Chinese-like dialects and languages, Monica tended to be bolder in challenging herself to translate the complicated English sentences into Chinese at BCI Class 1. Let’s enjoy how Self-study Chinese Curriculum provided food for thought that promoted Monica’s Chinese language to another level here.
Zac Benson
Zac Benson, adopted from South Korea, has developed a strong love and passion for people from all nations since he was very young. He has proven that his passion for diverse cultures is not merely just talk, but is demonstrated by action, through spending numerous time with the Karens, Chinese, Koreans, Hmongs, etc. Previously joining BCI Class 1, Zac had taken two semesters of beginning Chinese at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. Because of Zac's natural love for international people, most of the sentences he translated at our institute included his friends from other cultures. Of course, Zac loves talking about food! Five months ago, it was impossible for Zac to translate long and complicated English sentences into Chinese like he is able to today. Watch how Zac rocked Chinese grammar here.