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	<li>Combine studying in two very different cities in one course</li>
	<li>A combination course of Beijing and China's old summer capital: Chengde</li>
	<li>Total Chinese immersion in Chengde</li>
	<li>Choose from group or individual classes</li>
	<li>Certified teachers</li>
	<li>Rapid spoken Chinese progress</li>
	<li>Chinese homestays &amp; apartments</li>
	<li>Flexible duration and starting dates</li>
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The LTL Chinese immersion program combines a course in an international city like Beijing with studying in a different world in Chengde where you can visit historic temples, hike in the mountains and get away from all the other老外, Lǎowài (foreigners), experience Chinese life and be fully immersed into a Chinese language and culture environment.
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<h2>The Two Cities</h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Beijing</span>

It is hard to describe Beijing in words. One of the world’s fastest growing, energetic and exciting cities, millions of people come from all over China and the world to live and work here. There are new bars, restaurants, highways, skyscrapers opening every month – you will never get bored. The city is truly exceptional, but as such also life here can be quite different to other Chinese cities. It will be the first stop on your Chinese language immersion.[toggle title="Click for more information on Beijing"]

The first stop on your Two City Como program, Beijing is a contrast of new and old, big and small, modern and traditional that cannot really be explained, but has to be experienced. Ancient temples and palaces in old Beijing are next to the skyscrapers of the Central Business District, where the nighlife is crazier than anything you will have seen before and people walk, work, and live faster than any other city in the world. On your way to school you might cycle first past the Forbidden City and little noodle shops and then through Beijing skyline, past the skyscrapers, the shopping malls and the international nightlife district, all together in one city, with endless opportunities for entertainment. As the cultrual centre of China, the city has a very vibrant music, art, and student scene, while preserving the traditions of Beijing opera (京剧), tradtional stand up comedy (相声) and the Countries imperial legacy. Let 15 million Beijingers show you what is possible in today's China, between tradition and modernity.

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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Chengde</span>

The ancient Chinese imperial summer capital Chengde, is the second stop for LTL Chinese immersion programs and could not be more different to Beijing. About two hours Norteast of the capital, in the Northern Mountains next to the old Great Wall, China's old capital is today a quiet city, full of history, and moves at a much slower speed than China's big metropolises. Even though both the <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/703" target="_blank">Imperial Mountain Resort </a>and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putuo_Zongcheng_Temple" target="_blank">Putuo Temple</a> in Chengde are today UNESCO world heritage sites, the city is almost completely unkown outside of China and you will most likely not meet a single other foreigner during your stay there. LTL students live with a Chinese homestay family, study 1-on-1 classes and are fully immersed into a Chinese language and culture program.

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<strong>Language</strong>

<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/scenery_chengde_puletemple_l.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5784" alt="Chinese Immersion" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/scenery_chengde_puletemple_l-300x211.jpg" width="300" height="211" /></a>As the former imperial summer capital, many of Chengde's residents are descendants of China's old Manchu aristrocracy and as a result the Mandarin spoken in Chengde is considered one of the most standard in all of China. Students are surrounded by native speakers of Mandarin all day and all communications, from ordering food to discussing the history of the city in Mandarin will be in standard Manarin. It is one of the few places in China where people on the street speak almost exactly the same as the characters in your texbook.

<strong>Environment</strong>

Chengde is located in the mountains North of Beijing, with clean air, a lot of hiking trails, and a ski resort in the area. It is a city that can easily be navigated on foot or by bike, while taxis are easily available and very cheap. During the summer it has a refreshing breeze and is cooler than the cities in lower lying areas, which is why in the old days without air conditioning, the emperor chose to spend most of his summers there. With about half a million inhabitants, it would be considered a city in most other parts of the world, however by Chinese standards, it is little more than a big village.

<strong>History</strong>

<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chengde.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5782" alt="chinese immersion program" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/chengde-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a>Visiting the Putuo Temple and the Imperial Mountain Resort is a must when you are in Chengde. You can do so during the weekends or choose the Chengde Safari option, where your teacher will visit the sights with your teacher, learning Mandarin while exploring the city and it's sights. It is worth to do a bit of reading about the Chengde's history, to understand why the Qianlong emperor decided to build such a big Tibetan temple there and why the city was so important for the Qing dynasty.

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The LTL Two City Combo is a uniqute Chinese immersion program and combines a course in an international city like Beijing, full of energy and excitement with studying in a different world in Chengde, visit historic temples, hike in the mountains and get away from all the other 老外, Lǎowài (foreigners) entering into a truly Chinese world. You will get to <strong>experience both worlds</strong>, spending the first weeks in Beijing before moving to the Chinese heartlands for a full Chinese immersion experience.
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<h2>Immersion Program Options</h2>
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You can choose from four different options, combining 1-on-1 classes, small group classes, and culture classes in the two cities. LTL can also arrange individual programs with different class combinations, please <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/" target="_blank">contact us</a> for details.
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<th>Beijing/Chengde Combination</th>
<th>Language Standard</th>
<th>Language Intensive</th>
<th>Language &amp; Culture</th>
<th>Language Individual</th>
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<th style="text-align: center;">Beijing</th>
<td style="text-align: center;">20h/wk small group</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">20h/wk small group &amp; 10h 1-on-1</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">20h/wk small group &amp; 10h Chinese Culture Classes</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">20h/wk 1-on-1</td>
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<th>Chengde</th>
<td style="text-align: center;">20h/wk 1-on-1</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">30h/wk 1-on-1</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">10h/wk 1-on-1 &amp; 10h Chinese Culture Classes</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">20h/wk 1-on-1</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 weeks</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 weeks</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 weeks</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">4, 6, 8, 12or 16 weeks</td>
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	<li><strong>Small Group - </strong>Maximum 7 students, 55 minutes per class at <strong>LTL's Beijing Central Business District </strong>campus</li>
	<li><strong>1-on-1 - </strong>60 minutes per class at either <strong>LTL </strong>in Beijing or in Chengde</li>
	<li><strong>Culture Classes - </strong>choose between Tai Qi, Chinese cooking, Calligraphy, Kong Fu, and Chinese music.</li>
	<li><strong>For complete beginners, Language Individual</strong> courses can start any Monday</li>
	<li><strong>For complete beginners, </strong>Language Standard, Language Intensive &amp; Language &amp; Culture courses start on <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/group-classes/" target="_blank">Beijing group class</a> starting dates, while Language Individual courses start any Monday of the year.</li>
	<li><strong>Students who studied some Mandarin previously</strong>, can start all Chinese Immersion programs on any Monday</li>
	<li><strong>All courses</strong> last a minimum of four and up to 48 weeks, half of the time spent in Beijing, the other in Chengde.</li>
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Programs start in Beijing and finish in Chengde with half the time spent in each.

<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Chengde Safari</strong></span>

Get out of the classroom and learn Mandarin while exploring the city and it's sights with your teacher.
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<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/XianTrip2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5792" alt="Experience China" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/XianTrip2-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a>Get out of the classroom and experience Chengde, to live, learn, and breathe Chinese. Instead of teaching you in a classroom, your teacher will take you every day to another part of the city to study Mandarin. Practice your tones in the Imperial Mountain Retreat, revise Chinese characters at the Eight Temples and use what you learned on the spot. Chengde Safari classes are not only fun and exciting, but help you to immerse yourself even further into a full Mandarin language environment and this amazing city.

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	<li>We have an organized program, but if you have specific interests - let your teacher know.</li>
	<li>Your teacher will pick you up at your homestay at the beginning of the class and drop you off at home when it finishes.</li>
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<h2>Accommodation Options</h2>
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<p align="left">For LTL Chinese Immersion Programs students always live with a homestay family in Chengde, but can choose between different accommodation options in Beijing.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/" target="_blank"><strong>Chinese Homestay</strong></a></p>
<p align="left">If you want to quickly improve your spoken Mandarin, experience Chinese culture, and eat some of the world's best food, there is no better choice than living with a C<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/" target="_blank">hinese homestay family</a>. LTL homestay families are usually middle or high income families that enjoy having a foreigners live with them, to show them Chinese culture and at the same time learn something themselves about the student's home country and how people live outside of China. Chinese families are very hospitable and in addition to the daily family feasts, you will most likely be invited to weekend outings, hiking trips to the Great Wall or family weddings - one LTL student went to no less than eight weddings with his homestay family in less than six months. Like in many countries, the best Chinese food is served at home and you will experience this in your homestay family. A Chinese meal always includes several dishes, including plenty of vegetables, and options for vegetarians or other dietary requirements are no problems. All of this will happen while speaking Mandarin of course and you will see your spoken Chinese language skills improve very fast while living in a homestay.</p>
<p align="left"><a href="www.livethelanguage.cn/traveling-to-china/apartment-offers-in-beijing/" target="_blank"><strong>Shared Apartment </strong></a>(only available in Beijing)</p>
<p align="left">Whether after a homestay or for your entire stay in Beijing, LTL also provides the option of living in a <a href="www.livethelanguage.cn/traveling-to-china/apartment-offers-in-beijing/" target="_blank">shared apartment</a>. Students are placed in a single room in an apartment shared with mainly local university students. Apartments are conveniently located for traveling to the school (four subway stops) and - while students are less immersed than with a homestay family - offer the opportunity to make local friends.</p>
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Homestay

Homestay families have apartments centrally located, student's live in a single room and are always the only non-Chinese person living with the family

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Apartment (only available in Beijing)

Depending on preference and availability, the appartments may be shared with other foreign students or local university students. Apartments are conveniently located for traveling to the school (four subway stops) and are located next to the China Media University.

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