3j School is one of the main services of Three Immersions, Inc. It is an on-line 3D school teaching Chinese to all the non-native speakers of the Chinese language (Chinese Mandarin) in the world. The school is built within the island of the Three Immersions, Inc. in the Second Life Virtual World. Rooting the teaching philosophy in the belief of “learning language for communication”.

It is practical. 3Immersion Chinese School provides the most practical training courses of Chinese Mandarin. Our school creates an authentic environment as if you were in China when you go to the location of our school in Second Life. This environment includes most of the situations where most common daily conversations will happen. The Chinese we teach in a communicative way is the Chinese you can use right after you arrive in China. The class will be taught in English by a live teacher who is experienced in teaching Chinese as a foreign language and is competent and friendly in cross-culture communication. (See “About the Teacher”)

It is systematic. When designing the course, we take not only practicability but also the laws of the language itself and the rules of the progress in learning this language as a foreign language into consideration. We try to lead you step by step into this language system so that you won’t feel overwhelmed. Basing on the general and fundamental lesson plans, we tailor the class according to your progress and your needs. In addition to the synchronous class meeting, you can also find the asynchronous learning sources in 3Immersion Chinese School. They will be on-line learning games, visual and aural supports and “take-home” textures for reviewing, etc. You will learn better in this “learning by doing” system.

It is flexible. You can come to 3Immersion Chinese School anywhere and anytime as long as you can access Second Life no matter where you are in the real life. The time schedule of our class is flexible because we offer the same class in different time so that we can maximize your opportunities to come to every class. In addition, we offer the notes of the classes; therefore, even if you happen to miss a class, you can still keep the consistency of your learning and can catch up quickly and easily. In addition, we will create a learning forum. If you have any questions, you are very welcome to post them and everybody can help. We always expect good communication between the instructor and the students, and among the students.