Teacher Training & Partner Programme
Become a Certified Chinese Teacher
An 8-week certification programme in Professor Joël Bellassen's Snowballing Method — with a ready-made curriculum, a teaching platform, and a path into a paid classroom placement.
Education consultants, retailers and publishers already working with schools: introduce hihilulu’s training and curriculum to your network, so your partner schools can offer a ready-to-teach Mandarin programme as their NEP 2020 foreign-language option.
Know Your Trainer
Trained by one of the world's leading authorities on teaching Chinese
Professor Joël Bellassen is a French sinologist and the first Inspector General for Chinese Language Teaching at France’s Ministry of Education. He created the Snowballing Method, and it’s what you’ll be certified in.
Why train with hihilulu
Learn a method built specifically for how children pick up Chinese
Train with Professor Bellassen
An 8-week programme led by renowned sinologist Professor Joël Bellassen, covering his own teaching methodology.
Learn the Snowballing Method
A modern, structured approach that replaces traditional rote methods with a system built around 125 core components.
Join a global teacher community
Become part of a network of hihilulu-certified teachers across multiple countries, and hear directly from working hihilulu teachers in their own words below.
The methodology
Training begins with 125 foundational components. These combine progressively into characters, then words, then phrases, and finally full sentences, a natural, step-by-step path rather than rote memorisation.
What certified teachers get
Everything you need to start teaching already built
A placement opportunity
Certification gives you access to hihilulu’s pool of partner schools looking for Chinese teachers — placement is on a part-time, freelance basis.
You're not searching for students on your own — hihilulu connects you to schools.
Flexible, paid work
Set your own schedule and teach on a flexible basis, on an hourly-paid arrangement.
Work that fits around your life, not the other way round.
A ready-made curriculum
The hihilulu platform includes full lesson plans and resources, cutting down the time spent preparing lessons and marking homework.
Spend your time teaching, not building lesson plans from scratch.
A certificate of completion
A formal certificate confirming you’re trained in Professor Bellassen’s Snowballing Method and the hihilulu platform.
How certified teachers reach the classroom
There are two ways hihilulu gets you into a school
You walk in with the job
A hihilulu-certified teacher is placed directly with a partner school to deliver the programme, the school gets a ready-trained teacher, and you get the placement.
The school's own teacher gets certified
If a school already has a Chinese teacher, hihilulu can explore certifying them directly, so they can deliver the hihilulu curriculum. Ask us for details.
Who should apply
Are you who we're looking for?
- A genuine interest in Chinese language education
- Comfortable using modern teaching technology and platforms
- Open to new teaching methods, not just traditional approaches
- A bachelor's degree or above
- Legal right to work as a self-employed teacher in India
You don’t need to already be a Chinese teacher to apply relevant study, work experience, or a strong interest are all welcome.
Getting started
How it works
What's included
Your training programme
- 8 weeks of training with Professor Bellassen and the in-house teaching team
- Full training in the Dualism pedagogy and the Snowballing Method
- Exam and certificate of completion
- Access to the hihilulu teaching platform
- Access to paid placement opportunities with partner schools
Contact your hihilulu India representative for pricing details.
Hear from certified teachers
What hihilulu teachers say
Video testimonials from hihilulu-certified teachers already teaching in the UK, UAE and France
UK — Birmingham
UAE
France
For education consultants, retailers & publishers
Bring hihilulu training and curriculum to the schools you already work with
If you already have relationships with schools, this programme gives you something concrete to introduce them to.
Two ways to bring it in
Introduce a hihilulu-certified teacher for placement, or have a school’s existing teacher trained and certified — you can offer either route.
Group training packages
hihilulu offers group training packages for teams of teachers. This is relevant if you work with multiple schools or a teacher network.
One conversation can lead to training across several schools in your network.
A ready-made pitch
The training programme, curriculum and platform are already built. There’s nothing for you or your schools to design from scratch.
FAQs
Am I guaranteed a placement after training?
Certified teachers are recommended to hihilulu’s partner schools for an interview and trial class — placement depends on passing that assessment, so it isn’t guaranteed automatically. Once placed, there’s a 6-month probation period during which your teaching and client feedback are evaluated before continued placement is confirmed.
Can I take the training without committing to a placement?
Yes. Completing the training doesn’t obligate you to accept a placement. Using the hihilulu platform independently afterwards involves a separate platform fee.
Ready to get started?
Whether you’re applying to train as a teacher, or looking to bring hihilulu into the schools you work with : start here.
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