Home Stay in China

If you are an English native speaker and want to learn Chinese in China, consider staying with a Chinese family. There is a Chinese language school in Beijing which has been in existence for some years, specializing in offering home stay to students. It charges hefty fees and I wonder why people are willing to pay the price. In fact, if you are a native English speaker, you can easily get free accomodation in exchange for teaching English. There is no need for you to pay a high price for a host family.

The Chinese would like their children to learn English so they would give you free accommodation just to get you to speak English to their kids.

Post on expatriate websites in beijing or shanghai, e.g www.thatbj.com, and I am sure you will find a lot of responses. But make sure that you have a clear deal with the parents that while you talk to their kids in English, you will also need to talk to them in Chinese during the stay, because you come to China to learn Chinese!