The Beijing American Center is looking for American student volunteers to come to the Beijing American Center to chat with Chinese students over coffee and snacks for their continuing series of “coffee hours” twice a month. Our goal is to increase opportunities that Beijingers have to interact with “real live” Americans, giving them a chance to practice English by chatting with students about their studies, time in China, life back home, U.S. culture and education, etc. This is casual, informal conversation rather than any sort of presentation.

The Beijing American Center Wants You!

We are looking for American student volunteers to come to the Beijing American Center to chat with Chinese students over coffee and snacks. The Beijing American Center (BAC), part of the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Office, is a public outreach space that seeks to explain America to Chinese audiences. As part of our cultural outreach mission, we hold occasional events to bring Americans and Chinese together. This semester, we will again be hosting a series of student coffee hours. We normally seek 5-6 American Students to meet with 30-50 Chinese. Our center has free WIFI and a small English language library. Typically, Chinese college students meet with their American counterparts to discuss life in both China and America. It’s a friendly, fun time that has allowed many students to make good connections. We’re hoping that some of you will be able to join a future Coffee Hour –usually held about two to four times per month. We try to avoid exam schedule conflicts.

Interested? Contact the BAC at BeijingAmCenterPrograms@state.gov.

More information:

Our most up-to-date event information can be found on our Douban page: http://site.douban.com/127124/.
Address: Suite 2801, Jingguang Center Hu Jia Lou, Chaoyang District, Beijing
A map of the Center is available here: http://g.co/maps/6tazp