According to the Insider's Guide to Beijing, you can take Japanese classes at Beijing New Oriental School (15-1 Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian District, 8261 1818), Berlitz (Rm 801 Sunjoy Mansiion, 6 Ritan Lu Chaoyang District 6508 0244) and FESCO (14 Chaoyangmen Nandajie, 8561 8287).

But given the local interest in learning Japanese -- this, despite the animosity some Chinese harbor towards Japan -- there must be many other schools that teach the language in Beijing. And finding a Japanese tutor should be a piece of cake given the number of Japanese students here.

I don't know if they have websites, but you could check with Beijing's Japanese listings magazines like Walker and Super City. Another option would be to post an ad in a restaurant popular with Japanese students like Shuangma Canting in Wudaokou (14 Xiwazhuang, Wudaokou, 6261 2041). Surely, some Japanese students are looking for extra income -- they can't all be loaded.

I just found this old thread and was wondering if anyone had additional information on Japanese Beginners Classes preferably in DongCheng area. I did a search on Berlitz and FESCO but didn't see anything for the upcoming year. Thank you! Any leads would be appreciated.

Till you find a good class try using www.japanesepod101.com They have lots of lessons and things for free. (No i dont work for them)

In my experience, Japanese university students are not particularily interested in their studies, and are definately not hard up for cash. If they are tutoring, its as part of a language exchange in the hopes of improving their Chinese. I am sure there are exceptions to this hanging around Wudakou somewhere, but I will be surprised if there are very many.

Another idea would be to find a Japanese housewife who is here with her husband and arrange language exchange with her. You could either teach her or her children. Many of the women I have met here are former business women with very excellent communications skills and practical experience working with English-speaking foriegners. Most speak excellent English and are interesting people too.

My written skills are awful (I learned my Japanese "on the streets" more often than in a classroom) but my husband has 1 kyu and a Japanese university degree, and might me interested in a language exchange or some tutoring with the right person. FYI: My husband is a Chinese national.

If you are interested please PM me with your experience and what you are looking to work on.

もう一つのアイデアがあった。この掲示板に日本語ができそう。そしたら、新日本語のthreadを始めましょうか？
I told you my written Japanese was bad! But I am keen to practice with some like minded folks if there are any around the board. Let me know, and I'll start a thread for hacking it out in Japanese.

GracieLi
2000 - 2005 Japan

賛成です！そしたらいいですね！でも、この掲示板、日本語ができる人あんまり～～～～～ね！！！
There're not many Japanese people on this forum. I wonder why.. we've got British, Americans, Austrilians,Canadians, Chinese, French, Germans, African-courties...
Where's the Japanese???
　　　　　　　　　

Hi!
I am a Japanese who just arrived in Beijing.
I don’t know how many people will check this old thread but anyway if you are Chinese or German, I would like to have language-exchange.
If you are not, I may be able to be your tutor.
Since my time is limited (I mean I need time to learn Chinese and will stay here only for 2 months), the group lesson like zombie_chris suggested might be a good option.
Then I can help some people at same time.
What do you think?
I look forward to your contact!

No French? Haha. You should try the classifieds, more people check the ads there.

I wrote to you, but you didn't write back!

I can't help as I'm not in China, but here's a site for you where you can ask lots of questions: www.jlpt-study.com