China's Your Guide

China's Your Guide
Mar 16, 2006 20:50
PINETREE Points: 2514 Join Date: Oct 9, 2005 Status: offline	I have to China very often - sometimes on my own, sometimes with tour groups. The times with tour groups, I find generally that the tour guides are very professional and know what they were talking about. I have come to understand that to be a qualified tour guide, one has to sit for a stringent exam and apparently being a tour guide is a popular choice, so competition is dead keen. Also there are 3 levels of guide - local, national & international. How difficult is the tour guide exam ? What are the qualifications required to even try sitting for the exam ? Some tour guides speak/write excellent English and maybe other foreign languages as well. How do they learn these in the 1st place ?

Mar 16, 2006 20:50

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I have to China very often - sometimes on my own, sometimes with tour groups. The times with tour groups, I find generally that the tour guides are very professional and know what they were talking about.
I have come to understand that to be a qualified tour guide, one has to sit for a stringent exam and apparently being a tour guide is a popular choice, so competition is dead keen.
Also there are 3 levels of guide - local, national & international.
How difficult is the tour guide exam ? What are the qualifications required to even try sitting for the exam ? Some tour guides speak/write excellent English and maybe other foreign languages as well. How do they learn these in the 1st place ?

Mar 16, 2006 21:03	#1
RITA Points: Join Date: May 10, 2005 Status: Offline	English is one of the compulsory subjects from junor middle school(some as early as primary level, even some kindergartens in big cities pick the subject, which is now surefire qualification/method to get more recruits) to collage. According to the present rule, only the students who pass the CET4 have choice not to attend the English classs.

Mar 17, 2006 00:12	#2
ROGERINCA Points: Join Date: Jun 28, 2005 Status: Offline	Pinetree, I think that for a non-primary English language speaker, your written English is quite good !!! Remember, we can [all] achieve our dreams !!! :) :) Roger

Mar 17, 2006 01:59	#3
CALIFORNIA Points: Join Date: Jul 22, 2005 Status: Offline	In China,there was a tour guide exam held in every year! In Beijing,it was held in Nov.I think!

Mar 17, 2006 02:42	#4
PINETREE Points: 2514 Join Date: Oct 9, 2005 Status: Offline	ROGERINCA \| -General- \| 2006-03-17 00:12:47 GMT-6 Reply this discussion Reply Back to Discussion list Back Pinetree, I think that for a non-primary English language speaker, your written English is quite good !!! Remember, we can [all] achieve our dreams !!! :) :) UNQUOTE Hahaha, Roger !! U write very well for a native English-speaker ! Hohoho ! Just teasing, just teasing. Old same, old same.

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