Lezioni di Gruppo

I wanted to visit Shanghai because I have a good friend who lives there and I found LTL through some really good reviews on Tripadvisor and other websites. I don’t often use Tripadvisor but the reviews were so impressive I thought I’d check them out further. I eventually signed up to a two week small group class program.

Callie exploring Shanghai

I came to Shanghai 11 years ago so I didn’t experience any culture shock or early problems. Everything was smooth and comfortable.

My accommodation was conveniently located just 20 minutes walk from the Shanghai school. Everything came as advertised. By Chinese standards the accommodation was clean so I was content with staying there for the two weeks.

I had four teachers overall and they were all great, I really liked them all. One of the teachers made a point in only speaking Chinese to us which I appreciated. Although it can be a challenge, you learn words quicker because you have to find a solution. I liked that a lot. I certainly felt I made good progression over the two weeks and I couldn’t complain about anything at LTL to be honest.

Callie and her friend in Shanghai

It was great to meet with other students and teachers and we also went for dinner together which was nice. I hope if I come back to Shanghai I get the chance to go to KTV! I plan on coming back so who knows.

I could certainly see myself living in Shanghai and definitely coming back to LTL Mandarin School so maybe I will get my chance to visit KTV in the end!

I already studied a little bit Chinese, and now I wanted to improve my basics. Since I have been to Shanghai already and liked it a lot, this time I wanted to attend a language school. The variety of schools made a decision very hard. So I finally decided for LTL, not only because of the small group classes but also because of the after class activities with other students which made it so attractive for me.

Henri – LTL Shanghai

The package was four hours a day, on five days a week. My group with two students was very small, which made the study nice and smooth. Later I even added another 1-on-1 class (single lesson). After all I had class with three different teachers, who were all very professional and designed the lesson according to my knowledge. We practiced both, the speaking and writing with Pinyin and Hanzi. Hanzi is quite difficult, I had some problems but never the less it’s a lot of fun.

I could improve my Chinese so far, that I was able to come along in Shanghai very well. Although many Chinese speak the Shanghainese dialect which is a little tricky, but when you once got it, and you can have simple conversations with Chinese, you can easily find new friends. That’s what i did, also thanks to the promised after class activities from LTL.

It was very versatile and started with visiting different restaurant to learn more about Chinese food and ended with nice movie night, of course with original Chinese movies. The Language Mix I liked most, where people from all over the world gather in a nice Café and talk in all kinds of languages (mostly Chinese of course). You can meet many different people and improve your Chinese listening comprehension a lot. After all you can have a nice stay in Shanghai.

The six weeks went by so fast, so that I’d like to add another one or two month. Unfortunately I have not enough time and so I hope to come back to Shanghai soon.

Henri in the school