Erik USA

I love Taipei, I knew I would before came I here. Coming here a second time just reinforced that to me!

Jassie, one of my teachers, was great. I appreciated her teaching style. We talked from textbooks, but not directly looking at it. This allowed us to discuss topics in more detail.

All the food is great here, it’s friendly as there are a lot of opportunities to use Chinese, but also there is always someone around who speaks English, when I was struggling.

Taiwan is small, so you can easily get to other places. For example, I went to Alishan on the weekend, Hualien also. There are lots of things with easy distances and the high speed rail is great.

Taipei is good homebase for the rest of Taiwan.

Catherine Hong Kong

My name is Catherine and I am from Hong Kong.

I researched online and came across the LTL website. I was looking specifically in Taiwan.

The website looked structured and informative and I liked that I could have 1-on-1 and study what I wanted to. LTL seemed very flexible, so I signed up!

I watched student videos which were very helpful, all the reviews and stuff. It looked a reliable and fun place. So it proved!

My Accommodation

I stayed in a homestay in Taiwan. The homestay was 10 minutes walk from the school.

The homestay was very laid back, which I appreciate. I was very satisfied, as they respect that I want my own private time. They were willing to help me with anything, in terms of navigating and especially when I arrived for the first time.

They also provided breakfast and dinner, which were really good.

My Teachers

I had Teacher Peinie on Mon/Wed/Fri afternoons, and Teacher Celine on Tue/Thu in mornings.

We followed a textbook but actually everything was very conversation based. We focused on topics of interest for me and we don’t rely on the textbook. It’s a very nice combination.

I was satisfied with what I was learning and the pace of the class.

LTL and Taipei

The LTL school facilities exceeded my expectations. Things like the coffee machine. It’s all very modern and looks smart

Taipei is a great city to be in, super convenient with things such as the Ubike. I also got the SIM at the airport when arrived.

All in all a very good experience with LTL that I would recommend.

Maxime French

After having been a student at the university in Taipei, where I first discovered Mandarin, I found a job in Taiwan.

Even if I was working during the day, I was still eager to continue my Mandarin learning experience.

However, I was facing a problem : I wasn’t able to find any university which was able to propose a program time that would match with my working schedule.

As a consequence, I searched among the private schools what would be a good fit for my needs. After having done some considerable search about mandarin schools in Taipei, I decided to pick LTL Mandarin School which features all the criteria : evening classes, small group (more or less 5 people), workbook based learning, central location in Taipei (Da’an District), agreeable premises & skilled teachers, affordable programs.

After joining the school, the feeling about those criteria has been confirmed. I’ve been able to enjoy a positive and pleasant learning environment.

The teacher is as nice as skilled and provides quality teaching. The teaching is diverse : speaking, listening, writing and reading equally used in order to deliver a full learning experience.

Moreover, the atmosphere at the school and the exchange with the teachers & other students are extremely enjoyable.

I’d like to thank the teachers and the organization team at the school for such a good work.

So far, I’ve been renewing the 12 weeks program 3 times, and I’m extremely satisfied with the service provided and my improvement.

Chris Germany

I’ve been studying with LTL for 8 months now. The organization of classes is very professional and I appreciate the flexibility.

The classes are clearly structured in terms of vocabulary and grammar in combination with examples and comprehensive exercises.

My teacher Nancy is wonderful. She is professional, experienced, reliable, speaks perfect English and always keeps me motivated during my after work classes in the evening.

Above all, I appreciate her patience and persistence to repeat and correct my pronunciation until I the right tones come out.

LTL is simply a good choice and it’s fun to learn Chinese like that!

Christopher Eiss，德国人

Brianna Australia

I originally found LTL by just googling “Mandarin schools in Taiwan”. I actually looked a year in advance. I really liked how clear it was and how flexible it was. 

It was my first time to Taipei, but it was really easy to adjust. I had one full day before starting.

Everything was fine, I felt that it’s going to be a good city to stay.

My teachers at LTL Taiwan

I had four teachers. Jesse, Eden, Celine and Shayla. I must admit I liked all of them, definitely. They all had different teaching styles and different personalities. It was a nice way to break up the week. I thought it was quite good to have alternating teachers in general.

Jesse was really good at explaining things, using slides to explain stuff. 

Eden also very approachable, I liked that she is always speaking in Chinese. Admittedly it was a bit difficult, sometimes hard to understand when she talks really fast, but it’s good. She’s really encouraging and really friendly, which is important to me.

Celine & Shayla I had for 1-on-1 classes. I feel everyone has been really great and I was able to ask whatever questions I had. Both provided really good explanations, and really patient when I didn’t understand multiple times.

Now I am a lot more confident in speaking. I honestly wasn’t sure if 2 weeks would be worth it, but definitely improved A LOT!

Even if you come for a short time, you would still gain a lot from the experience.

All my other classmates went for 2-3 months, so wasn’t sure if my time is enough, but now I know that it’s definitely worth it.

Taipei, the City

I really like Taipei as a city, I will definitely come back, already planning in fact. There’s so much to do, I feel I barely even scratched the surface.

I was a little worried if I only did the Group class, I wouldn’t know what to do with my time, but I was wrong. Taipei is a really good to come and learn.

Tristan UK

“I arrived at LTL in Taipei roughly 6 months ago, barely able to string together a couple of words in Mandarin. To begin with, locals all assumed (correctly) I could not speak to them in Mandarin and so directly spoke to me in English.

Although this was very frustrating, it pushed me to study hard in my group classes. We started off fairly simply, learning about greetings, directions and basic sentence structure.

Within about 2 months, “simple” interactions were no problem and I would have been fairly comfortable “getting around” in Chinese-speaking environments, though perhaps sometimes not very eloquently.

Fast forward to about halfway through my six months at LTL, I was beginning to be able to have conversations with locals and I could begin to properly converse to shop-owners or locals in general (though the topics were somewhat limited to begin with).

At this point, in class, we began discussing traditions and even cultural aspects of the Chinese-speaking world.

It was much easier to build stronger connections with the locals and it became possible to realistically have local friends and acquaintances with whom I could converse in Mandarin only.

Finally, by the end of my 6 months with LTL, I was making phone calls, went to the doctor and even extended my visa without speaking English.

I can now navigate Chinese-language websites without too much difficulty, consume Chinese-speaking media and generally follow movies and TV series in Chinese as long as the plot isn’t too complicated.

Every week I was choosing articles and discussing current affairs with my teachers, and subsequently was able to have much more meaningful conversations with the locals.

The content of my course by month 6 was fully about current affairs, ethics, economics and generally much more “grown-up” topics.

Looking back, I’ve made a lot of friends back at LTL, including both teachers, students and locals. Currently, my Chinese, though not always 100% accurate, allows me to express myself fairly comprehensively in pretty much any situation.

It was a very immersive experience and throughout my lessons I did not really speak any english at all, which I think was very important, and the length of my course also allowed me to dive deeper into more complicated topics.

I really can’t recommend LTL enough to anyone who is considering spending time learning Chinese. Taipei is a really cool city with lots to see and do and the locals are friendly and often encouraging when it comes to speaking Mandarin.

The warmth of the staff and stellar teaching at LTL make this a wonderful place to study.”