■ Learn Chinese with Homestay

Our Chinese Immersion program offers you a great opportunity to live with a Chinese family and have close contact with the culture, while studying at reputable universities in China. Our Chinese language programs: BLCU: Beijing Language and Culture University BNU: Beijing Normal University One-on-One personally designed independent study And other customized learning packages Click to learn more about our Chinese program!

■ Students' Stories/Feedback

Lotus Study is an excellent program for anyone who would like to learn Chinese - the correct way. While classes provide students with the necessary grammar background, family life gives homestay participants constant listening and oral practice that any native speaker receives when learning a language. This combination intensifies your language study giving you an unbelievable advantage over the rest of the class.                -- Katherine Michonski, from the University of Chicago Read more of Lotus students' Stories See video testimonials of past participants

■ Host Families Staying with a local host family is the best way to learn the Chinese language and culture. Our host families are carefully interviewed and selected over years. We have large a database of families throughout Beijing and also in other cities in China. View Samples of our host families

■ Schedule & Fees Our program fee includes: tuition, homestay, course materials, excursions, assistance and supervision, airport pickup and drop off; welcome package and orientation, etc. Click for details Apply online now!

■ High School Program Our high school program is designed for students aged 14 to 18 to learn Chinese while participating in a homestay. Students will study Chinese in quality language programs catered for teenage learners, and at the same time, they will stay with a Chinese family has a resident teenager. Click for details See video testimonials of parents/students

■ About Us As a non-profit organization based in California, Lotus Educational Foundation is the top and oldest study-abroad organization facilitating homestay in China. Our mission is to foster international cultural exchange and also support charity organizations and activities in a variety of fields.

■ Cultural Activities Lotus organizes a number of cultural activities, including cultural excursions and volunteering activities, for students to learn about the Chinese culture, communicate with Chinese people, get to know each other, as well as have a chance to do volunteering work in China. Our cultural activities: Cultural excursion to the Lama Temple Charity excursion to rural senior centers and more! Click to learn more

■ Volunteer in China As a non-profit organization, Lotus sponsors and organizes a number of volunteer activities. These activities can help our international students to understand a different culture and way of life, and have an opportunity to do volunteer work in China. Volunteer opportunities: Charity Excursions to Chinese senior centers Teaching at Tibetan Orphan School Click to learn more