INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5736, 2, '2013-09-18 03:10:15', '2013-09-18 03:10:15', '<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Xian-hero-686x262_tcm76-8515.gif"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5444" alt="Xian-hero-686x262_tcm76-8515" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Xian-hero-686x262_tcm76-8515-300x114.gif" width="300" height="114" /></a>Visit China\'s old capital, the ancient starting point of the Silk Road and home of the Terracotta Warriors together with other LTL students. Xian is one of the world\'s last cities major cities that still has it\'s full city walls standing and the Terracotta Warrios are a must see for any China visitor. Cycling on the old City Walls is an amazing experience, as is the old Huizu quarter, where you will eat what are probably Asia\'s tastiest noodles.\r\n\r\nWe leave on Friday after class and are back on Sunday evening in Beijing.\r\n\r\n<strong>Friday</strong>\r\n\r\n20:43                  Departure from Beijing West Station (night train)\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday</strong>\r\n\r\n07:58                   Arrival Xian<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/chinese-language-trip.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5448" alt="chinese language trip" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/chinese-language-trip-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a>\r\n\r\n08:00                  Pickup by the LTL bus, transport to hotel, and check-in\r\n\r\n09:00                  Breakfast\r\n\r\n10:00 - 14:00    Visit the Terracotta Warriors (about one hour outside the city)\r\n\r\n14:00 - 15:30    Lunch\r\n\r\n15:30 - 17:00    Big Goose Pagoda\r\n\r\n17:00 - 18:30    Drum &amp; Bell Tower\r\n\r\n18:30 - late       Traditional dinner in the old Huizu area\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunday</strong>\r\n\r\n09:30 - 10:30   Breakfast<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bell-tower.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-5449" alt="bell tower" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bell-tower.jpg" width="289" height="174" /></a>\r\n\r\n10:30 - 13:00   The old City Walls - opportunity to cycle on the City Walls\r\n\r\n13:00 - 14:30    Lunch\r\n\r\n14:30 - 16:00    Check out and transport to train station\r\n\r\n16:03                  Departure Xian\r\n\r\n21:32                   Arrival Beijing\r\n\r\n<strong>Cost: </strong>2,450 CNY\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes</strong>: Train tickets, transport to and from the Terracotta Warriors, transport inside Xian, guide, entrance tickets, and hotel\r\n\r\n<strong>Note: </strong>Train tickets to Xian need to be purchased at least three weeks in advance, as there is only one night train to Xian which sells out very early. So please make sure you book your trip early, as there will be no more train tickets available.\r\n\r\nRead more about the <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/great-wall-trip/">LTL Great Wall Trip </a>or other <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/language-holiday-in-china/">LTL social activities</a>.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Student feeback</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_5734" align="alignleft" width="300"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/XianTrip.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5734" alt="Christine, first from left, eating noodles with other LTL students in Xian." src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/XianTrip-300x180.jpg" width="300" height="180" /></a> Christine, first from left, eating noodles with students and the LTL guide in Xian<em>.</em>[/caption]\r\n\r\nI really liked Xian and it is a once in a life time experience to see in person the Terracotta warriors. It was very nice to go in a group with friends from the school and to have everything taken care of for you. It made for a very easy trip. The hotel was of a high standard, our guide was very personal and not only showed us around the city, but helped me with my Chinese homework for the whole next week. It was a great way to bond with other students and LTL staff. Definitely worth doing.\r\n\r\n<strong>- Christine, Australia</strong>\r\n\r\n<em>Eight weeks of <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/group-classes/">small group class </a>in Beijing</em>', 'Xian Trip', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '5442-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-09-18 03:10:15', '2013-09-18 03:10:15', '', 5442, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/5442-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5558, 2, '2013-08-23 03:51:19', '2013-08-23 03:51:19', '<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chinese-language-school-beijing-specials.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4757" alt="chinese language school beijing specials" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chinese-language-school-beijing-specials-300x209.jpg" width="300" height="209" /></a>Explore one of the world\'s most amazing sights and a must see for any Beijing visitor together with LTL: The Great Wall of China\r\n\r\nHowever, like other famous sights all over the world the official tourist entry points to the Great Wall are very touristy, full of souvenir shops, tour guides, and thousands of other tourists visiting sections of the Great Wall that were especially restrored four tourists. The tourist disney land includes cable cars, slides, overprices restaurants, and a whole range of scams available.\r\n\r\nAt LTL, we do not believe that this is how you should experience on of the world\'s greatest wonders. The LTL two day Great Wall trip will take you to a little visited section of the Great Wall in the Huairou area, away from the tourist hordes, where you can experience the real Great Wall.\r\n\r\nWe stay overnight in a little hostel, five minutes walk from the Great Wall in one of the villages that were built hundreds of years ago to supply and support the soldiers stationed on the Great Wall and remain to this day rural farming communities.\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday</strong>\r\n\r\n09:00                Departure from LTL school, Beijing Central Business District<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mauer2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5436" alt="China\'s Great Wall" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mauer2-198x300.jpg" width="198" height="300" /></a>\r\n\r\n12:00                 Arrival at the Hostel\r\n\r\n12:00 - 14:00   Lunch, rest, and check-in\r\n\r\n14:00 - 18:00   Climb the Dragon Cave section of the Great Wall\r\n\r\n18:00 - late       Dinner at the hostel\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunday</strong>\r\n\r\n09:30 - 10:30    Breakfast\r\n\r\n10:30 - 12:30    Climb the Upper Valley section of the Great Wall\r\n\r\n12:30 - 14:00     Lunch\r\n\r\n14:00 - 17:00    Drive back\r\n\r\n17:00                  Arrival LTL Mandarin School\r\n\r\n<strong>Cost</strong>: 1,000\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes</strong>: Transport, entrance tickets, accommodation, food, beers and guide\r\n\r\n<strong>Dates: </strong>2013.09.21, 2013.10.20, 2014.05.24, 2014.06.28, 2014.07.26, 2014.08.30, 2013.09.20, 2014.10.18<strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\nOn those weekends we will always have a group from LTL going to the Great Wall. There might be trips on other weekends too, <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/">contact us</a> to ask about the next upcoming trip.\r\n\r\nRead more about the <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/xian-trip">LTL Xian Trip</a> or other <a href=" http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/language-holiday-in-china/">LTL school social activities</a>.', 'Great Wall Trip', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '5427-revision-9', '', '', '2013-08-23 03:51:19', '2013-08-23 03:51:19', '', 5427, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/5427-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4566, 2, '2013-02-13 06:37:12', '2013-02-13 06:37:12', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0px margin_bottom=20px]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><a title="Language Holiday in China" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/language-holiday-in-china/"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Social Life at LTL</strong></span></a><strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DSC00732.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4552" alt="Holiday in China" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DSC00732-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a></strong></span>\r\n\r\n[list type=check ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Meet other students from all over the world</li>\r\n	<li>Great student community</li>\r\n	<li>School dinners, karaoke, drinks and many other activities</li>\r\n	<li>Climb the Great Wall together</li>\r\n	<li>Spend traditional Chinese Holidays with other students and LTL</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nCommunity is very important for us at LTL. Our students come from all over the world, with a very wide variety of backgrounds, language abilities and China experience but are all united in their passion for learning Chinese and discovering China\'s culture. We study together, meet for dinners, join for drinks, explore China\'s capital and hope to meet many friends along the way. Learning Chinese can be more fun than a <a title="Social Life at LTL" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/social-life-at-ltl/">holiday</a>. Join one of the Beijing\'s most fun little communities. [button color=blue url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/language-holiday-in-china/ target=blank]read more[/button]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Social Life at LTL', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4548-revision-7', '', '', '2013-02-13 06:37:12', '2013-02-13 06:37:12', '', 4548, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4548-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4941, 2, '2012-12-12 09:23:40', '2012-12-12 09:23:40', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/www.livethelanguage.cn-study-and-work.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2663" title="learn business chinese 1" alt="learn business chinese with LTL Mandarin School" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/www.livethelanguage.cn-study-and-work-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;" data-mce-mark="1"><strong>Quick facts:</strong></span><strong>[list type=check ]</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Super flexible schedule</li>\r\n	<li>Our most experienced teachers</li>\r\n	<li>All books and study material included</li>\r\n	<li>Business Chinese classes also available over skype worldwide</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<p align="left">LTL Mandarin School also offers a private Chinese study program designed specifically for busy Business professionals in Beijing who require a flexible schedule. Taught only by our most experienced teachers, you are able to arrange classes with only six hours notice and cancel any class up to two hours before without being charged.</p>\r\n<p align="left">If work commitments mean you are in and out of meetings all day or require you to travel on short notice then Executive Mandarin classes are the best way to continue studying your Business Chinese  alongside work.</p>', 'Overview', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2662-revision-4', '', '', '2012-12-12 09:23:40', '2012-12-12 09:23:40', '', 2662, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/2662-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (6983, 10, '2014-05-07 07:43:50', '2014-05-07 07:43:50', 'Learn Mandarin and experience the amazing history and culture hidden in bustling metropolis and beautiful ancient towns with a gap year in China. Choose from one of LTL\'s four programs, each designed to provide you with an unforgettable experience...\n[css3_grid id=\'ltl-gapyear\']\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\n<div class="row">\n<div class="col-text">\n<h1 id="study-intern">Study &amp; Intern</h1>\nOur Study &amp; Intern Gap Year Program is ideal for those who wish to have an amazing gap year experience whilst preparing for the future. For those of you looking to get ahead and boost your CV, this is your perfect gap year in China program. Not only do you get to learn another language, you get invaluable international work experience.\n\nThe program begins with 18 weeks on Chinese language classes. You will do 20 hours of Chinese class a week, divided into 4 hours a day, Monday to Friday. The will be in groups of no more than 6 students to ensure you get the attention you need in the classroom to advance quickly. Group classes allow you to make quick friends so you have someone to explore the thriving social scene in Beijing or Shanghai.\n\n</div>\n<div class="col-img"><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-intern.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6889" alt="gap-intern" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-intern.jpg" /></a></div>\n</div>\nOnce your Chinese language program ends, your 18 week Internship program begins. LTL will strive to find you an internship placement in the industry of your choice. It will be a great opportunity to learn more about your preferred industry on an international scale and allow you to continue to practice those Chinese language skills. At the end of the 18 weeks, LTL can help you extend your Internship, should you wish to, at no extra cost.\n\n[toggle title="<strong>Accommodation and other extras</strong>"]\n\n<strong>Accommodation</strong>\n\nThe preferred accommodation choice for those taking the Study &amp; Intern Gap Year Program in Beijing is the shared student apartment. This is situated on Line 1 which takes you straight to LTL Language school for your language classes and also into Tiananmen in the old city centre. The apartment is shared with Chinese University students so you will be sure to practice your language skills and get top tips to the best spots in the city.\n\nIn Shanghai...\n\nYou can sign up for 4 weeks accommodation, after which you can extend or find your own accommodation, or if you want total piece of mind, you can sign up for accommodation in our shared apartments for your full 36 week stay. Alternatively, you are welcome to find your own accommodation for your stay in China.\n\n<strong>Extras.</strong>\n\nThere are many add-ons to your  Gap Year program that be purchased either before or once you arrive in China. These include Culture classes such as Tai qi, Cooking and Mahjong. A great way to learn a little more about the wonderful culture in which you\'ll be living.\n[/toggle]\n[toggle title="<strong>Prices and dates</strong>"]\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Study and Internship.  Starting date 8th Sept 2014</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">18 wks study, 18 wks internship (option to extend internship at no extra cost)</p>\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Prices</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">No accommodation = 29,280 CNY</p>\n<p dir="ltr">+ 4wks accommodation* = 32,640 CNY</p>\n<p dir="ltr">+ Full 36wks accommodation* = 44,400 CNY</p>\n<p dir="ltr">*Based on stay in shared apartment small rooms. Upgrade available.</p>\nNB. We can be flexible on durations of study so please contact us if you have a specific request.\n[/toggle]\n\nIf you would like any more information about our Intern and Study Gap Year Program or a Quotation, please [button color=yellow url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button] .\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\n<div class="row">\n<div class="col-text">\n<h1 class="blue" id="language-year">Chinese Language Year</h1>\nOur Chinese Language Year Gap Year Program consists on one full academic year of Chinese language classes. Unlike many of the colleges and Universities, LTL ensures small class sizes of no more than 6. This is incredibly important in language learning and allows you ask your teacher any questions you have and get some more individual help in the areas in which you\'re struggling. Our courses are designed to get you speaking Chinese as soon as possible.\n\nThe academic year is made up of two semesters, each of these lasts 18 weeks. Each week there are 20 hours of Chinese language class. The is split into 4 hours a day from Monday to Friday. The semester is broken up by a 6 week holiday which begins around Chinese New Year. This is a great opportunity for you to travel around China and practice some of the language skills you have been learning. A great gap year program for those looking to gain an invaluable skill.\n\n</div>\n<div class="col-img"><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-languageyear.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6890" alt="gap-languageyear" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-languageyear.jpg" width="640" height="478" /></a></div>\n</div>\n[toggle title="<strong>Accommodation and other extras</strong>"]\n\n<strong>Accommodation</strong>\n\nMany long term students who come to Beijing choose to stay in a shared student apartment. These are situated on Line 1 which takes you straight to LTL Language school for your language classes and also into the city center. The journey from the apartments to school is around 30 minutes. The apartments are shared with Chinese University students so you will be sure to have many opportunities to practice the Chinese you are learning.\n\nThere is no obligation to book your accommodation through LTL Mandarin School. You are welcome to find your own accommodation for your stay in Beijing.\n\n<strong>Extras.</strong>\n\nThere are many add-ons to your  Gap Year program that be purchased either before or once you arrive in China. These include Culture classes such as Taiqi, Cooking and Mahjong. A great way to learn a little more about the wonderful culture in which you\'ll be living.\n\n<strong>Volunteer Program</strong>\n\nWhy not give something back to your community whilst living in Beijing? LTL can organise for you to teach English to local migrant children at weekends in the city of Beijing. The program has been set up by an NGO to provide a free education to Chinese children who are not entitled to state education in the city. We provide this service free of charge.\n[/toggle]\n[toggle title="<strong>Prices and dates</strong>"]\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Chinese Language Year dates.  </strong><strong>\n</strong></p>\nSemester 1: 8th September - 9th January\nSemester 2: 2nd March - 3rd July\n<p dir="ltr">Each semester consists of 18 weeks of 20hr week Chinese group classes in Beijing.\n(Totaling One Full Academic Year - 36 weeks)</p>\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Price</strong></p>\n<p dir="ltr">Program with no accommodation: 39,743 CNY</p>\n<p dir="ltr">+36weeks accommodation (Shared apartment - small room) : 69,983 CNY</p>\n<p dir="ltr">*Upgrades to large rooms can be provided at an extra cost.</p>\n[/toggle]\n\nIf you would like any more information about our Chinese Language Year Program or a Quotation, please [button color=blue url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button] .\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\n<div class="row">\n<div class="col-text col-big">\n<h1 id="full-immersion">Full Immersion Gap Year Program</h1>\nOur Full Immersion Gap Year Program is designed for those who really want an authentic China experience. Beginning with a group Chinese language course in Beijing and finishing with an intensive 1-on-1 Chinese language course in the ancient Chinese city of Chengde. Your group classes in Beijing are great for making friends and settling into city life. The classes are in groups of no more than 6 and are chosen to suit your level. Chengde is a completely different experience. Located in the hills two hours from Beijing, Chengde is the ancient summer vacation choice of the old Ming emperors. With so much nature, history and culture, it\'s a perfect place to relax and explore after the hustle and bustle of Beijing. The 1-on-1 intensive program is designed to improve your Chinese quickly and stop you from speaking any English! This programme will have you speaking Chinese faster than any other. All weeks consist of 20hrs of class, split into four hours a day, Monday to Friday.\n\n</div>\n<div class="col-img col-small"><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-immersion.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-6888" alt="gap-immersion" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-immersion-768x1024.jpeg" width="768" height="1024" /></a></div>\n</div>\nWe have carefully selected local Chinese families in both Beijing and Chengde for you to live with. The homestay package also includes breakfast and dinner. Sitting with your family around the dinner table is a great way to practice your Chinese and grow some confidence when speaking. Many of our students have found life long friends in their homestay families and they are also a great source of information for when you want to explore the city.\n\n[toggle title="<strong>Accommodation and other extras</strong>"]\n\n<strong>Accommodation</strong>\n\nAccommodation in both Beijing and Chengde is with a homestay family. You will get your own room and also be the only foreigner living in the house which is great for you Chinese language skills. In China, most socializing happens at the dinner table and eating with your homestay family will provide valuable Chinese practice, life-long memories and a great insight into Chinese life.\n\nHomestay families have apartments within the CBD area of Beijing, making travel to the LTL campus fast and convenient. Most LTL homestays are within walking distance of campus and all are within a 30 minute commute.\n\nOur homestay questionnaire form also ensures you are placed with a family compatible with your living preferences. LTL has a number of different food options available, including vegan and vegetarian Chinese homestays in Beijing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Extras.</strong>\n\nThere are many add-ons to your  Gap Year program that be purchased either before or once you arrive in China. These include Culture classes such as Tai qi, Cooking and Mahjong. A great way to learn a little more about the wonderful culture in which you\'ll be living. For more information on these, please contact our team.\n\n<strong>Volunteer Program.</strong>\n\nWhy not give something back to your community whilst living in Beijing? LTL can organise for you to teach English to local migrant children at weekends in the city of Beijing. The program has been set up by an NGO to provide a free education to Chinese children who are not entitled to state education in the city. We provide this service free of charge.\n\n[/toggle]\n[toggle title="<strong>Prices and dates</strong>"]\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Full Immersion Gap Year in China dates.  </strong><strong>\n</strong></p>\nThis program has 2 starting dates every month. Programs always begin on a Monday. Please contact us for more information.\n\n<strong>Prices</strong>\n\n<strong>3 months Full Immersion Program:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>6wks in Beijing with Chinese group classes,</li>\n	<li>6wks Chengde with 1-on-1 classes,</li>\n	<li>Homestay accommodation in both Beijing and Chengde (breakfast and dinner*) .</li>\n	<li>Return train ticket from Beijing to Chengde</li>\n	<li>Beijing and Chengde survival kit  including SIM card, maps, rental bike, bank account and much more.</li>\n</ul>\nPrice = 30,692 CNY\n<strong>6 months Full Immersion Program:</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>12wks in Beijing with Chinese group classes,</li>\n	<li>12wks Chengde with 1-on-1 classes,</li>\n	<li>Homestay accommodation in both Beijing and Chengde (breakfast and dinner*) .</li>\n	<li>Return train ticket from Beijing to Chengde</li>\n	<li>Beijing and Chengde survival kit including SIM card, maps, rental bike, bank account and much more.</li>\n</ul>\nPrice = 60,632 CNY\n\n*Options for vegetarians, vegans and those with special dietary requirements can be provided.\n\n[/toggle]\n\nFor more information on our Full Immersion Gap Year Program or a quotation, please [button color=yellow url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button]\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\n<div class="row">\n<div class="col-text">\n<h1 class="blue" id="chinese-english">Chinese &amp; English Gap Year Program</h1>\nDiscover China and have the experience of a lifetime whilst teaching English. You will spend the first month in Beijing studying the basics of the Chinese language so that you\'re well equipped for living in China for the following 4 months. You will take 20 hours of Chinese group classes a week for 4 weeks. Studying at the school will give you a great opportunity to make friends and will leave you with a little time to explore the amazing city of Beijing. The next 18 weeks you will be teaching English in one of China’s main cities. The teaching hours will be approximately 20 hours a week. Explore, discover, experience, and teach in China.\n\n</div>\n<div class="col-img"><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-teaching.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-6891" alt="gap-teaching" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gap-teaching-1024x696.jpg" width="980" height="666" /></a></div>\n</div>\nThis is a great gap year option for those on a tight budget. The school you will teach at will provide you with accommodation during your time there. They will also provide you with your lunches whilst you are working and give you a monthly stipend of 2000 CNY for expenses.\n\n[toggle title="<strong>Accommodation</strong>"]\n\n<strong>Accommodation</strong>\n\nThere are 2 different options for your initial 4 weeks in Beijing whilst you undertake your Chinese language course.\n\n<strong>1. Homestay</strong>\n\nThis is a great option for those who want to get a real authentic Beijing experience. You will leave with a local family and be provided with both breakfast and dinner. All homestays are within 30 minutes from the school and are often in walking distance. If you want to absorb as much of the Chinese language as possible in these 4 weeks, a homestay is the best option for you. Chatting with your Chinese family at the dinner table is great practice!\n\n<strong>2. Shared Apartment</strong>\n\nOur slightly cheaper option is a small room in a shared apartment. This is situated in the Communications University close to Line 1 and will take around 30 minutes to get to the LTL school. The shared apartment option leaves you with lots of independence and sharing a communal space with Chinese students also gives you the chance to practice your Chinese and get top tips from the locals.\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\n\nThe accommodation for the second part of the Chinese &amp; English Gap Year Program is provided by the school in which you\'ll be teaching and will differ slightly from school to school.\n\n[/toggle]\n[toggle title="<strong>Prices and dates</strong>"]\n<p dir="ltr"><strong>Start dates 2014.  </strong></p>\n\n<div style="float: left;">\n<ul>\n	<li>April 21, 2014</li>\n	<li>May 12, 2014</li>\n	<li>June 2, 2014</li>\n	<li>June 23, 2014</li>\n	<li>July 7, 2014</li>\n	<li>July 21, 2014</li>\n	<li>August 4, 2014</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div style="float: left;">\n<ul>\n	<li>August 25, 2014</li>\n	<li>September 15, 2014</li>\n	<li>October 13, 2014</li>\n	<li>November 3, 2014</li>\n	<li>November 24, 2014</li>\n	<li>December 15, 2014</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n<div style="clear: both;"></div>\n<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Prices</strong></span>\n<div style="clear: both;"></div>\n<strong>Homestay Option</strong>\n<div style="clear: both;">\n<ul>\n	<li>4 weeks in Beijing with Chinese group classes</li>\n	<li>4 weeks of homestay accommodation with 2 meals a day*</li>\n	<li>18 weeks in an teach English program in China with  school organised accommodation</li>\n	<li>Transportation from Beijing to the school where you are to teach</li>\n</ul>\nPrice = 18,500 CNY\n\n</div>\n*Options for vegetarians, vegans and those with special dietary requirements can be provided.\n\n<strong>Shared Apartment Option</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li>4 weeks in Beijing with Chinese group classes</li>\n	<li>4 weeks accommodation in a small room in a shared apartment</li>\n	<li>18 weeks in an teach English program in China with  school organised accommodation</li>\n	<li>Transportation from Beijing to the school where you are to teach</li>\n</ul>\nPrice = 15,000 CNY\n\n[/toggle]\n\nFor more information on our Chinese &amp; English Gap Year Program or a quotation, please [button color=blue url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button]', 'Gap Year in China', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '6854-autosave-v1', '', '', '2014-05-07 07:43:50', '2014-05-07 07:43:50', '', 6854, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/6854-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (6264, 2, '2013-11-13 06:17:05', '2013-11-13 06:17:05', '<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ten1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-6277" title="How to learn Chinese" alt="How to learn Chinese" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ten1.jpg" width="273" height="185" /></a>10 tips</strong> on how to learn Chinese for beginners. Based on our and our student\'s experience. Some of them might seem radical and hard to put into practice to people who haven\'t tried yet. It is up to everyone to decide if they want to follow them of course, but nobody ever said that learning Chinese wasn\'t hard and radical. It is - and that\'s why it is fun.\r\n\r\n<strong>1. Tones from the beginning</strong>\r\n\r\nIf your aim is to speak fluent Mandarin, learn the tones from the beginning and do not leave them until later. Once you get used to using tones wrong or even worse not at all, changing that behavior is a lot more time consuming than learning them right in the first place. It might slow you down at the beginning with your speaking, but it is worth it in the long run. Taking a short-cut with tones will come back to haunt you later.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSC00461.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6217" alt="Learn Mandarin" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSC00461-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>2. Move your head</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you struggle with saying tones at the beginning (pretty much everyone does), move your head with the tone for each syllable. It might look stupid, but it does make you say the tone more accurately.\r\n<em><strong>Tip</strong>: Works best with the fourth tone. A decisive up to down movement of your head while saying a syllable makes you automatically lower the tone while saying it.</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>3. Speak Slowly</strong>\r\n\r\nAt the beginning, speak slowly and clearly. Very slowly and clearly. Do no try to imitate accents, but speak the way your teacher tells you to. Do not listen to people who might tell you that "the Chinese use the tones wrong or leave them away all the time themselves" and that way justify not paying attention to tones themselves. Say every word and tone properly. Do not leave endings away and do not try to hide a tone by speaking quickly. You might have to speak very slowly, which might sound a bit stupid at the beginning, it will however, teach you proper pronunciation. Once you mastered that, then you can start to speed-up, learn accents and maybe in some cases you will even master the art of knowing when you can leave a tone away and when not, but this will come at a much more advanced stage.\r\n\r\n<strong>4. Do not speak English</strong>\r\n\r\nWhen a Chinese person speaks English with you, however bad your Chinese is, reply in Mandarin. It will slow you down, it will be annoying, but it will get you ahead. You think you saved time by buying a train ticket with an English speaking travel agent in 5 minutes instead of doing it with a dictionary and loads of work yourself in an twenty minutes? No you didn\'t - you lost 20 minutes of very valuable practice time - and the warm and fuzzy feeling that you did it all alone in Chinese once you got the ticket. In case you did not manage to get the ticket, go back to class, ask your teacher the words, practice them and try the next day again. You will get it - the harder the fight, the more you learn while doing it.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSCN6358.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6126" alt="how to learn" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSCN6358-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>5.Do not allow other people to use you for English practice</strong>\r\n\r\nStay away from Chinese people who want to practice their English with you - or speak with them in Mandarin until they give up. Reply in Mandarin, however much better that other person\'s English might be. They might tell you that they learn English and really want to practice that. They might very well do, however you didn\'t come to China to help other people to practice their English, but to improve your Mandarin. Tell them that在中国说中文  (Zài zhōngguó shuō zhōngwén - in China speak Chinese) and that\'s it. It is often a battle of minds you will have to win. It is how you learn Chinese. If you ever meet a Chinese person learning your language in your home country, return the favor by speaking to them in your language then. Require them to do the same to you when you are in China. You are not an English language practice dummy!\r\n\r\n<strong>6. Understand characters.</strong>\r\n\r\nDo not just memorize characters - understand them.  To do that, start with learning the radicals. There are 214 Chinese radicals and all characters are combinations of those. Once you know these, characters are not random drawings, but combinations of pieces that you already know.\r\n<em><strong>Tip</strong>: A lot of radicals are also Chinese characters alone you will learn anyways and you only need the most commonly used ones. So learning them will be a lot easier than you might think. We find Zhang Peng\'s book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Most-Common-Chinese-Radicals-Edition/dp/7800525767">the most common Chinese radicals</a> very useful.</em>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201203232491.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6187" alt="Mandarin homework" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/201203232491-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a>7. Trick your brain</strong>\r\n\r\nMake up stories to remember characters - we humans remember stories better than drawings. You can either use the radicals to make up a story or just make up any that makes sense to you. How you learn them is up to you. Often the more stupid, the better, because you will remember them.\r\n<em>Example: For me丽 (lì - beautiful) are "the crying eyes with the hat on". This is not at all how this character was created originally, however to me it makes sense and I remember it. Use whatever story works for you - it is often better to use your own than those of other people, because we all associate different things with different pictures.</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>8. Look up characters</strong>\r\n\r\nLook up characters when you see them. Whenever you see a character, it is a chance to learn one. China is full of characters, most of which you will not know. Use your dictionary to look them up.\r\n\r\n<strong>9. Travel time is study time.</strong>\r\n\r\nWhenever you are stuck in traffic, waiting for someone or on a train, get your homework, vocabulary list or Pleco flashcards out and start reviewing. Learning Chinese vocabulary requires a lot of repetition. Use the time you wouldn\'t be doing anything else to do it and save the rest of your day for more fun activities.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/panda.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6281" alt="learn Chinese!" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/panda-286x300.jpg" width="286" height="300" /></a>10.Post-it Notes</strong>\r\n\r\nPut post-it notes on your furniture and other objects at home with the Chinese character and pinyin, so you learn while living. Whenever you look at the table, think of the table or use the table, there will be a big yellow sign with the pinyin and Chinese character on it.\r\n<strong>Tip</strong>：A good place to put post-it notes with vocabulary where most people spend a lot of time without having too much to do is your toilet.\r\n\r\n<strong>And finally: do not give up</strong>. Never, ever! Learning Chinese can be quite a test of character. When you hit a low and feel like you are not progressing or nobody understand anything you say - that is the real test. Do you give up or not? Always keep in mind that frustrations and the feeling "I will never be able to learn this" are a part of learning Chinese. Most people who are fluent today will have plenty of stories to tell you when they thought they were never ever going to learn this. They did. So can you.', 'How to learn Chinese', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-to-learn-chinese', '', '', '2013-11-13 06:24:22', '2013-11-13 06:24:22', '', 0, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/?page_id=6264', 0, 'page', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (6234, 2, '2013-11-11 06:15:25', '2013-11-11 06:15:25', '<form action="https://www.salesforce.com/servlet/servlet.WebToLead?encoding=UTF-8" method="POST"><label for="first_name">First Name</label><input id="first_name" type="text" maxlength="40" name="first_name" size="20" /><label for="last_name">Last Name</label><input id="last_name" type="text" maxlength="80" name="last_name" size="20" />\r\n\r\n<label for="email">Email</label><input id="email" type="text" maxlength="80" name="email" size="20" />\r\n\r\n<label for="phone">Phone</label><input id="phone" type="text" maxlength="40" name="phone" size="20" />\r\n\r\n<label for="title">Title</label><input id="title" type="text" maxlength="40" name="title" size="20" />\r\n\r\n<label for="description">Description</label><textarea name="description"></textarea>\r\n\r\n<input type="submit" name="submit" />\r\n\r\n</form>', 'contact salesforce', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'contact-salesforce', '', '', '2013-11-11 06:16:58', '2013-11-11 06:16:58', '', 0, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/?page_id=6234', 0, 'page', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5274, 2, '2013-01-29 16:37:04', '2013-01-29 16:37:04', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nPrices are listed for a sample selection of course durations of our HSK classes in Beijing. To see prices for all durations, please <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/LTL-HSK-Courses-and-Accommodation-Prices-2014-by-week1.pdf">download them here.</a>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices for 2014 in CNY</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Description</th>\r\n<th>2</th>\r\n<th>3</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Week</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th>HSK Standard</th>\r\n<td><i>20h HSK 1-on-1 classes</i></td>\r\n<td> 10,062</td>\r\n<td> 13,721</td>\r\n<td> 17,380</td>\r\n<td> 31,834</td>\r\n<td> 43,908</td>\r\n<td> 3,659</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>HSK Intensive</th>\r\n<td><i>30h 1-on-1 HSK classes</i></td>\r\n<td> 15,094</td>\r\n<td> 20,582</td>\r\n<td> 26,071</td>\r\n<td> 47,750</td>\r\n<td> 65,863</td>\r\n<td> 5,489</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th>HSK &amp; Small Group</th>\r\n<td><i>10h 1-on-1 HSK &amp; 20h small group general Chinese</i></td>\r\n<td> 9,605</td>\r\n<td> 13,098</td>\r\n<td> 16,590</td>\r\n<td> 30,387</td>\r\n<td> 41,913</td>\r\n<td> 3,493</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th><b>HSK &amp; 1-on-1</b></th>\r\n<td><i>10h 1-on-1 HSK &amp; 10h 1-on-1 general Chinese</i></td>\r\n<td> 9,605</td>\r\n<td> 13,098</td>\r\n<td> 16,590</td>\r\n<td> 30,387</td>\r\n<td> 41,913</td>\r\n<td> 3,493</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th><b>HSK Intensive &amp; 1-on1</b></th>\r\n<td><i>20h 1-on-1 HSK &amp; 10h 1-on-1 general Chinese</i></td>\r\n<td> 14,636</td>\r\n<td> 19,958</td>\r\n<td> 25,281</td>\r\n<td> 46,303</td>\r\n<td> 63,867</td>\r\n<td> 5,322</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th><b>HSK &amp; 1-on-1 Intensive</b></th>\r\n<td><i>10h 1-on-1 HSK &amp; 20h 1-on-1 general Chinese</i></td>\r\n<td> 14,179</td>\r\n<td> 19,335</td>\r\n<td> 24,491</td>\r\n<td> 44,857</td>\r\n<td> 61,871</td>\r\n<td> 5,156</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n*Please not: all of our prices are in CNY.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Discount</strong>: Arrive during low season and save big. All students who start their LTL course in December 2013 receive a <strong>50% discount</strong> on all full time Chinese programs from the 23rd of Dec. to the 3rd of Jan.\r\n\r\n<strong>Prices include</strong>: Course tuition and your first text book.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=10 margin_bottom=10]\r\n\r\n<b>Other Fees:</b> Registration Fee 400 CNY\r\n\r\n<b>Discounts/Supplements 2014</b>\r\n\r\n<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Winter Discount</span> for students starting a 1 month or longer course on Dec. 15<sup>th</sup>: <b>50%</b> off all courses from <b>21<sup>st</sup></b><b> Dec 2014 - </b><b>3<sup>rd</sup></b><b> Jan 2015</b>\r\n\r\nFor details, please check the LTL <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/discounts-supplements" target="_blank">Chinese course discount/supplement page</a>.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=10 margin_bottom=10]\r\n\r\nFor a full quotation on a course please [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button]', 'Pricing', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pricing-6', '', '', '2014-02-17 02:31:20', '2014-02-17 02:31:20', '', 0, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/?post_type=services&#038;p=5274', 0, 'services', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5461, 2, '2013-08-07 04:17:47', '2013-08-07 04:17:47', '<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chinese-language-school-beijing-specials.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4757" alt="chinese language school beijing specials" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chinese-language-school-beijing-specials-300x209.jpg" width="300" height="209" /></a>Explore one of the world\'s most amazing sights and a must see for any Beijing visitor together with LTL: The Great Wall of China\r\n\r\nHowever, like other famous sights all over the world the official tourist entry points to the Great Wall are very touristy, full of souvenir shops, tour guides, and thousands of other tourists visiting sections of the Great Wall that were especially restrored four tourists. The tourist disney land includes cable cars, slides, overprices restaurants, and a whole range of scams available.\r\n\r\nAt LTL, we do not believe that this is how you should experience on of the world\'s greatest wonders. The LTL two day Great Wall trip will take you to a little visited section of the Great Wall in the Huairou area, away from the tourist hordes, where you can experience the real Great Wall.\r\n\r\nWe stay overnight in a little hostel, five minutes walk from the Great Wall in one of the villages that were built hundreds of years ago to supply and support the soldiers stationed on the Great Wall and remain to this day rural farming communities.\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday</strong>\r\n\r\n09:00                Departure from LTL school, Beijing Central Business District<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mauer2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5436" alt="China\'s Great Wall" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mauer2-198x300.jpg" width="198" height="300" /></a>\r\n\r\n12:00                 Arrival at the Hostel\r\n\r\n12:00 - 14:00   Lunch, rest, and check-in\r\n\r\n14:00 - 18:00   Climb the Dragon Cave section of the Great Wall\r\n\r\n18:00 - late       Dinner at the hostel\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunday</strong>\r\n\r\n09:30 - 10:30    Breakfast\r\n\r\n10:30 - 12:30    Climb the Upper Valley section of the Great Wall\r\n\r\n12:30 - 14:00     Lunch\r\n\r\n14:00 - 17:00    Drive back\r\n\r\n17:00                  Arrival LTL Mandarin School\r\n\r\n<strong>Cost</strong>: 1,000\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes</strong>: Transport, entrance tickets, accommodation, food, beers and guide\r\n\r\nRead more about the <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/xian-trip">LTL Xian Trip</a> or other <a href=" http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/language-holiday-in-china/">LTL school social activities</a>.', 'Great Wall Trip', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '5427-revision-7', '', '', '2013-08-07 04:17:47', '2013-08-07 04:17:47', '', 5427, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/5427-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4074, 2, '2012-11-20 02:16:04', '2012-11-20 02:16:04', 'Speaking a language like a native isn’t solely to do with whether you get the right tone, the right grammar, the right sentence structure and so on.\r\n\r\nI have discovered that the older my child gets, the more he changes not only his speech, but his personality, depending on which language he is speaking.\r\n\r\nNot long after we moved to this apartment, we had a small children’s gathering in my courtyard, a public one which is great because there are dozens of steep, uneven stairways, broken bikes and other hidden dangers to play around to one’s heart’s content.\r\n\r\nMost of the children who came were my son’s Chinese classmates.\r\n\r\nThey were all playing quite nicely and we mothers were enjoying a couple of Yanjings and some hairy beans with half an eye on which child was throwing stones at which bikes, when suddenly I heard this whining whingeing banshee that screamed in pitch until I’m sure a few windows started cracking.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/100214_two_faces_in_circle.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3626" title="Fifth personality" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/100214_two_faces_in_circle-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>The voice was demanding something from another child, and the Beijing <em>hua</em> issuing forth was relentless, painful, excruciating.\r\n\r\nSwinging round to try and stem this eardrum blasting, I realised with horror that the voice belonged to none other than my very own child.\r\n\r\nIn English I immediately demanded an explanation for this tirade.\r\n\r\nHe immediately switched to sweet, pure English and explained in a very soft tone that one of his friends had thrown his Ben 10 doll down one of the stairwells and into a pile of rotting cat food.\r\n\r\nChinese playground hollering transformed into English parent-child communication. A case of adapting to circumstances.\r\n\r\nMe, on the other hand, no matter what situation I find myself in, I just stick with the English phrasing, the English politeness, the English reserve and the English inability to be understood. I will never be able to switch character according to language, no matter how much it would help everyone else’s comprehension.\r\n\r\nFor the rest of the afternoon I listened, and realised he has a completely different personality in Chinese. By the way it’s not pretty, either.\r\n\r\nPetulant, ordering, overreacting to everything, getting moody. Astonishing. He does not behave like that with his western playmates – and if he did, I’m sure he would have none left.\r\n\r\nBut it’s not just him – it seems to be the way Chinese children have to play—perhaps because there are so many of them in the class, at the park, in the playground, on the bus, in the toy shop – they simply have to whinge to get what they want.\r\n\r\nAnd at the end of it all, when it’s time to go home and everyone has moaned and shrieked and squabbled for three hours, everyone agrees they had a wonderful time. All that had gone before was clearly just normal behaviour.\r\n\r\nIt’s all fascinating to observe, and will continue to be so until we leave in August.\r\n\r\nI just hope when we do, we take the right personality with us.', 'Fifth Personality', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3625-revision-5', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:16:04', '2012-11-20 02:16:04', '', 3625, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3625-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4075, 2, '2012-11-30 06:25:58', '2012-11-30 06:25:58', 'Going abroad is the one thing many of us think about as being the best way to learn a new language.\r\n\r\nIf the opportunity arises, is it worth grabbing?\r\n\r\nI have talked about courses before, be self-study with Pimsleur or taught like Turkish course in Skopje.\r\n\r\nWhat about these “intensive courses” though? Just how much can you learn on one?\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Living the language</strong></span>\r\n\r\nLearning a language in-country can take many guises. You can move to a country indefinitely for work, love or study without a definite plan to return to your native land. Other options are exchanges (particularly for school/university students). The other option open is short to medium stays, learning the language as an independent learner or on a course. You could choose to do this in combination with a paid or unpaid work placement. Or you might choose to seek out language tuition in the country.\r\n\r\nAll of these options have pros and cons attached, including a number of factors ranging from cost and efficiency to personal experience and preference. I have done the language exchanges offered by my school, like Tim Doner from New York, who went to France on such an exchange this year. In this video he talks about his experience:\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nI have been on short courses abroad to brush up on my language skills and full year-long courses, working towards a diploma, like my Advanced Diploma in Czech Studies from Charles University in Prague.\r\n\r\nIf you are thinking about going on a course of study abroad with a language school or university, this new challenge is FOR YOU.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The set-up</span></strong>\r\n\r\nI am currently taking mandarin language lessons over Skype with LTL (Live The Language) in Beijing. The goal is to bring my very limited Chinese to a decent basic level in preparation for a one month stay in China at the start of 2013.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The China Program</span></strong>\r\n\r\nI will be taking part in the “<a title="Two city Combo" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/two-city-combo/">Two City Combo</a>” offered by LTL and spending two weeks in Beijing and then two further weeks in Chegde. I will live with local families in a bid to make the most of my language learning experience and really Live the Language. Whilst I am in both cities I will have twenty hours of tuition a week.\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>What do you expect to know after a month in China?</strong></span>\r\n\r\nI aim to get my Chinese to a solid A1 level before I go over. 80 hours of tuition in China should be sufficient to get to the next level. I hope to be able to speak it at a good A2 level by the end of my stay. Any more than that would be a bonus. The key is to get a solid grounding in the language to build on it after the stay.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Why Chinese? Why now?</span></strong>\r\n\r\nMandarin and I have had a rocky relationship with lots of starts and stops for a number of reasons. Without a doubt it is an important language in terms of numbers of people who speak it. It contains a the rich history and culture heritage. I would also like to support my daughter in her studies of the language, as she constantly expresses an interest in learning it too.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Recording my journey</span></strong>\r\n\r\nMy Chinese was very basic before starting the Skype lessons, so it makes little sense to record a video saying nothing, right? I will make a video in Chinese after I have studied for three months and then again at six months. When I arrive in China I will be assessed officially for the course. I will record this assessment too and then later show my progress at the end of the course.\r\n\r\n<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Join me on my journey</span></strong>\r\n\r\nShare your stories with me on here and on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/RichardSimcott">Facebook</a> page and let me know how I am getting on! <img src="http://ltlcdn1.ltl.netdna-cdn.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />\r\n\r\nRead the <a href="http://speakingfluently.com/2012/07/14/live-the-language-studying-in-country/">original post</a>\r\n\r\n</div>', 'Polyglot Richard Simcott studies with LTL', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3621-revision-6', '', '', '2012-11-30 06:25:58', '2012-11-30 06:25:58', '', 3621, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3621-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4076, 2, '2012-11-20 02:15:42', '2012-11-20 02:15:42', '<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Chinese Lesson – Live The Language Part 1. by Joy McKenzie</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3618" title="Tianjin Expat Magazine reports about LTL" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC00423-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />When I first arrived in China, learning the language seemed like an impossible task. Forgive me, but everything sounded like, ‘ching chong’, ‘ping pong’, ting tong’ and as for the characters, they just looked frightening and meant as much to me as looking at the lines on the palms of my hands………….yes, exactly ‘absolutely nothing!’ Pretty soon after my arrival I found that virtually every man, woman and child wanted to be my friend! They were all offering to help me with my Chinese, this was essentially to improve their English – which incidentally is nearly always better than our Chinese.\r\n\r\nWithin my first month not only did I have a full address book of Chinese friends, but I found that I had picked up some key words and phrases, just by hearing them repeatably said by the locals, namely, nǐ  hǎo (hello), zài jiàn (goodbye), xiè  xiè (thanks), méi  wèn  tí (no problem), méi  guān  xi (it doesn’t matter) and hǎo de (OK). I also picked up a host of other phrases from taxi drivers, the most popular being, nǐ  qù  nǎ er lǐ? (where are you going?), màn  zǒu (mind how you go) and bù kè qi (you’re welcome). Although I still had to carry little bits of paper with me to show taxi drivers my destination, which was either hand written or typed in Chinese by one of my Chinese colleagues, I found that I could now have a simple conversation or at least have some answers ready for questions which would come up time and time again such as, ’měi  guó rén?’ (American?) - for some unbeknown reason most taxi drivers thought that I was an American! I think that is because I’m black and if I wasn’t African, they assumed that I was American. I don’t think that many of them realise that there are black people in Britain!! My set answer to this question was, bù  shì , wǒ  shì  yīng  guó  rén (no, I’m English). Other  questions included, Q. nǐ lái  zhōng  guō  duō  cháng  shí  jiān  le (How long have you been in China?) A. liǎng  nián  bàn (two and a half years) and Q. nǐ  zuò  shén  me gōng  zuò (What work do you do?) A. wǒ  shì  yīng  wén  lǎo  shī (I am an English teacher). One very important question that I learnt was, duō  shǎo  qián? (How much is it?), as well as, yī èr  sān  sì  wǔ  liù  qī  bā  jiǔ  shí, (numbers one to ten).\r\n\r\nHaving mastered the numbers one to ten and then eleven and twelve, I found that that stood me in good stead for the next three months – there was a natural progression learning the time, days of the week and the months of the year, as they are all denoted using numbers, yī  diǎn  (1, o, clock), liǎng  diǎn  (2, o, clock), sān  diǎn (3, o,clock) etc, xīng  qī  yī  (Monday), xīng qī  èr  (Tuesday), xīng  qī  sān (Wednesday) etc and yī  yuè  (January), èr  yuè  (February), sān  yuè  (March) etc. One thing that confused me was the number two, as there’s two ways of saying this number with ‘èr ‘or ‘liǎng ‘. èr is used when counting and liǎng is used for everything else, which is not counting e.g. telling the time or for saying two of something,etc.\r\n\r\nBy twelve months, I was on my third teacher and as the saying goes, ‘third time lucky’ and was I lucky, because I bumped into a representative of ‘Live The Language’ at a networking event which I was attending. I was immediately attracted to the name, <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/">‘Live The Language’</a> and instantly wanted to find out more – so I enrolled for their three hour free trail. One of their teachers came to my home and discussed my goals, tested me and together we developed a tailored structure for my lessons to suit my learning style. We then started again, from the beginning (reviewing pinyin) and filling in all the gaps in my knowledge, covering topic by topic thoroughly, as outlined in my customised lesson structure.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3617" title="Chuan" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chuan-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />I am convinced that the best way to learn Chinese is to totally immerse oneself in the language as much as possible. Those of us lao wei (foreigners), already living here have a natural advantage, in that we can hear and practice the language 24/7, if we choose to. Apart from living in the country, the things which I found helpful were placing sticky notes all over my apartment, (labelling house-hold goods in Chinese characters, pinyin and English). Asking a Chinese friend (a different one) every day to come around to my apartment to practice conversation face-to-face. Carrying an A7 police-sized pocket note book around in my handbag, so whenever I hear a new word, I can write it down either using pinyin or phonetically and then I can ask my Chinese teacher later. A voice recorder (one on a smart phone is handy), for your Chinese teacher to record any words that you find difficult to pronounce – this way, you can play back the recording and listen to the words not only the ones which you had difficulty in pronouncing, but also the ones you forgot how to say.\r\n\r\n‘Sogo’ is also a good programme to download on to your computer, as you can practise writing in pinyin and it will translate it into Chinese characters for you! A good way to impress your Chinese friends and of course to learn the characters too. A really radical idea (for those of you who love your privacy and space, like myself), but are really determined to learn the language is to get a Chinese flatmate, (I mean some one who only speaks Chinese and not a word of English). This way, you’ll be forced to communicate in Chinese and there’s no way you can revert to English, because you simply won’t be understood. I’m seriously thinking about this option, as I feel it will accelerate my Chinese ten-fold! Finally, you could always get a Chinese boyfriend or girlfriend, so I’m told, but I haven’t explored that option yet!! To compliment all of these options are a host of dictionaries which you can choose from, from the good old-fashioned printed hard copy to those which you can find on-line, as well as apps for your phone. There are a lot out there, so there’s no excuse not to learn Chinese, if you really want to! What you need to do is to simply, ‘<a title="Testimonials" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/testimonials/">live the language’</a>!', 'Tianjin Expat Magazine reports about LTL', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3616-revision-3', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:15:42', '2012-11-20 02:15:42', '', 3616, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3616-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4077, 2, '2012-11-20 02:15:08', '2012-11-20 02:15:08', '<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3606" title="A little kindness" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC00342-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />Today, I was carrying a lot of stuff for our BBQ tomorrow and just about managed to squeeze into the train on my way to work. While standing among the crowd thinking about what I might have forgotten to bring, I suddenly notice the Chinese lady next to me starting to type very quickly, almost anxiously on her iPhone. Not thinking too much about it, I slowly start to think again about class scheduling time tables and BBQ ingredients, when suddenly, the lady shows me her phone and points at it. A bit confused, I first move back a bit, but then take a look. Not being able to speak English and assuming that I dont speak Chinese, she had via some electronic dictionary written on her phone: “Your bag is opening!”. I turn around and indeed my laptop is just about to fall out of my backpack. I quickly close it, the train is arriving at my stop and I just about manage to say “谢谢” Xièxiè (thank you) before drifting with the crowds towards the exit.\r\nThank you again for your help Ms. Unkown, you saved my computer and made my day today.', 'A Little Kindness', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3605-revision-4', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:15:08', '2012-11-20 02:15:08', '', 3605, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3605-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4078, 2, '2012-12-11 04:23:08', '2012-12-11 04:23:08', '<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Chinese Lesson – Live The Language Part 1. by Joy McKenzie</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3618" title="Tianjin Expat Magazine reports about LTL" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC00423-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />When I first arrived in China, learning the language seemed like an impossible task. Forgive me, but everything sounded like, ‘ching chong’, ‘ping pong’, ting tong’ and as for the characters, they just looked frightening and meant as much to me as looking at the lines on the palms of my hands………….yes, exactly ‘absolutely nothing!’ Pretty soon after my arrival I found that virtually every man, woman and child wanted to be my friend! They were all offering to help me with my Chinese, this was essentially to improve their English – which incidentally is nearly always better than our Chinese.\r\n\r\nWithin my first month not only did I have a full address book of Chinese friends, but I found that I had picked up some key words and phrases, just by hearing them repeatably said by the locals, namely, nǐ  hǎo (hello), zài jiàn (goodbye), xiè  xiè (thanks), méi  wèn  tí (no problem), méi  guān  xi (it doesn’t matter) and hǎo de (OK). I also picked up a host of other phrases from taxi drivers, the most popular being, nǐ  qù  nǎ er lǐ? (where are you going?), màn  zǒu (mind how you go) and bù kè qi (you’re welcome). Although I still had to carry little bits of paper with me to show taxi drivers my destination, which was either hand written or typed in Chinese by one of my Chinese colleagues, I found that I could now have a simple conversation or at least have some answers ready for questions which would come up time and time again such as, ’měi  guó rén?’ (American?) - for some unbeknown reason most taxi drivers thought that I was an American! I think that is because I’m black and if I wasn’t African, they assumed that I was American. I don’t think that many of them realise that there are black people in Britain!! My set answer to this question was, bù  shì , wǒ  shì  yīng  guó  rén (no, I’m English). Other  questions included, Q. nǐ lái  zhōng  guō  duō  cháng  shí  jiān  le (How long have you been in China?) A. liǎng  nián  bàn (two and a half years) and Q. nǐ  zuò  shén  me gōng  zuò (What work do you do?) A. wǒ  shì  yīng  wén  lǎo  shī (I am an English teacher). One very important question that I learnt was, duō  shǎo  qián? (How much is it?), as well as, yī èr  sān  sì  wǔ  liù  qī  bā  jiǔ  shí, (numbers one to ten).\r\n\r\nHaving mastered the numbers one to ten and then eleven and twelve, I found that that stood me in good stead for the next three months – there was a natural progression learning the time, days of the week and the months of the year, as they are all denoted using numbers, yī  diǎn  (1, o, clock), liǎng  diǎn  (2, o, clock), sān  diǎn (3, o,clock) etc, xīng  qī  yī  (Monday), xīng qī  èr  (Tuesday), xīng  qī  sān (Wednesday) etc and yī  yuè  (January), èr  yuè  (February), sān  yuè  (March) etc. One thing that confused me was the number two, as there’s two ways of saying this number with ‘èr ‘or ‘liǎng ‘. èr is used when counting and liǎng is used for everything else, which is not counting e.g. telling the time or for saying two of something,etc.\r\n\r\nBy twelve months, I was on my third teacher and as the saying goes, ‘third time lucky’ and was I lucky, because I bumped into a representative of ‘Live The Language’ at a networking event which I was attending. I was immediately attracted to the name, <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/">‘Live The Language’</a> and instantly wanted to find out more – so I enrolled for their three hour free trail. One of their teachers came to my home and discussed my goals, tested me and together we developed a tailored structure for my lessons to suit my learning style. We then started again, from the beginning (reviewing pinyin) and filling in all the gaps in my knowledge, covering topic by topic thoroughly, as outlined in my customised lesson structure.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3617" title="Chuan" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chuan-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />I am convinced that the best way to learn Chinese is to totally immerse oneself in the language as much as possible. Those of us lao wei (foreigners), already living here have a natural advantage, in that we can hear and practice the language 24/7, if we choose to. Apart from living in the country, the things which I found helpful were placing sticky notes all over my apartment, (labelling house-hold goods in Chinese characters, pinyin and English). Asking a Chinese friend (a different one) every day to come around to my apartment to practice conversation face-to-face. Carrying an A7 police-sized pocket note book around in my handbag, so whenever I hear a new word, I can write it down either using pinyin or phonetically and then I can ask my Chinese teacher later. A voice recorder (one on a smart phone is handy), for your Chinese teacher to record any words that you find difficult to pronounce – this way, you can play back the recording and listen to the words not only the ones which you had difficulty in pronouncing, but also the ones you forgot how to say.\r\n\r\n‘Sogo’ is also a good programme to download on to your computer, as you can practise writing in pinyin and it will translate it into Chinese characters for you! A good way to impress your Chinese friends and of course to learn the characters too. A really radical idea (for those of you who love your privacy and space, like myself), but are really determined to learn the language is to get a Chinese flatmate, (I mean some one who only speaks Chinese and not a word of English). This way, you’ll be forced to communicate in Chinese and there’s no way you can revert to English, because you simply won’t be understood. I’m seriously thinking about this option, as I feel it will accelerate my Chinese ten-fold! Finally, you could always get a Chinese boyfriend or girlfriend, so I’m told, but I haven’t explored that option yet!! To compliment all of these options are a host of dictionaries which you can choose from, from the good old-fashioned printed hard copy to those which you can find on-line, as well as apps for your phone. There are a lot out there, so there’s no excuse not to learn Chinese, if you really want to! What you need to do is to simply, ‘<a title="Testimonials" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/testimonials/">live the language’</a>!', 'Tianjin Expat Magazine reports about LTL', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3616-revision-4', '', '', '2012-12-11 04:23:08', '2012-12-11 04:23:08', '', 3616, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3616-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4079, 2, '2012-12-11 04:23:18', '2012-12-11 04:23:18', '<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3606" title="A little kindness" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC00342-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />Today, I was carrying a lot of stuff for our BBQ tomorrow and just about managed to squeeze into the train on my way to work. While standing among the crowd thinking about what I might have forgotten to bring, I suddenly notice the Chinese lady next to me starting to type very quickly, almost anxiously on her iPhone. Not thinking too much about it, I slowly start to think again about class scheduling time tables and BBQ ingredients, when suddenly, the lady shows me her phone and points at it. A bit confused, I first move back a bit, but then take a look. Not being able to speak English and assuming that I dont speak Chinese, she had via some electronic dictionary written on her phone: “Your bag is opening!”. I turn around and indeed my laptop is just about to fall out of my backpack. I quickly close it, the train is arriving at my stop and I just about manage to say “谢谢” Xièxiè (thank you) before drifting with the crowds towards the exit.\r\nThank you again for your help Ms. Unkown, you saved my computer and made my day today.', 'A Little Kindness', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3605-revision-5', '', '', '2012-12-11 04:23:18', '2012-12-11 04:23:18', '', 3605, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3605-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4080, 2, '2012-11-20 02:14:53', '2012-11-20 02:14:53', 'When I sent my child to a Chinese school, I didn’t realise how steep the learning curve would be.\r\n\r\nAnd I didn’t mean for him.\r\n\r\nIt’s calmed down now, but for the first two months we parents were subjected to reams and reams of daily text messages detailing what the children had done at school, what we had to buy for them, what after school clubs there were available, and yes, what the dreaded homework was for that day.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3601" title="hsk" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hsk1.jpg" alt="" width="362" height="510" />With the school text books came yet more Chinese that I, as an adult learner of a second language, had never come across. My teacher at Live the Language does not have the time to explain primary school lingo. Her unenviable task is to try and get me through the HSK.\r\n\r\nSomehow my teacher got me to understand, “The financial dependence of his family bolstered his immune system so that his internal defences were able to overcome the illness.” But it was now left to me to get over the challenge of how to say “join the dots.”\r\n\r\nThis is the register of primary school Chinese, that had I not had a dwarf in the house, I would never have faced.\r\n\r\nEvery language is made up of different so-called registers, whereby a different set of unwritten usage rules is used depending on context. The language in a court of law, say, would be carried out in a totally different register from that in a prison cell.\r\n\r\n<img class="size-full wp-image-3602 alignright" title="carrot1" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/carrot1.png" alt="" width="120" height="180" />Knowing how to bargain fluently at Yashow Market is not going to earn you respect if you are trying to discuss the necessity of irrigation trenches in arid regions. Nor vice versa, come to that, but it would be handy to know how to do both and apply them where relevant.\r\n\r\nAnd this was the problem. Where I had learned the character for “irrigation trench,” I hadn’t learned those for “draw a circle around the odd numbers,” or “draw a smiley face on the animals that can jump.”\r\n\r\nIn fact it should help my woeful attempts in the long run, as I am always being told that one of my many major problems is trying to make things far too complicated.\r\n\r\nI am slowly learning that it is not necessary to say, “In order to maintain consistency, select blue and complete the sphere to its perimeter with the selected utensil” when in fact I could just say “Color the circle blue.”\r\n\r\nSo while I plough my way through the mud that is adult Chinese, and try and navigate through the subtleties of when you can say “after all,” and when you have to instead say, “at the end of the day,” I thank my teacher at LTL for patiently supplying endless examples of when to use the right phrases.\r\n\r\nI also thank my son’s teachers for the opportunity to learn how to say, “Match the number on the basket with the little rabbit that has munched that many carrots.”\r\n\r\nDebbie Mason has lived in Beijing for more than ten years. She thought her Chinese was okay until she realized she could not understand her son and his Chinese playmates. In a bid to try and keep up with her 7-year-old, Debbie is taking Chinese classes at LTL.', 'Lost in Translation: Learning Chinese Phrases', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3600-revision-3', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:14:53', '2012-11-20 02:14:53', '', 3600, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3600-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4081, 2, '2012-11-20 02:14:38', '2012-11-20 02:14:38', '<em>Once a month we ask all our students to fill out a feedback form regarding their classes, so we know where we are already good and where we still need to improve. One LTL student sent us an email this month as well</em>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nDear LTL team,\r\n\r\nI am so happy with my learning experience that I would like to further express my deep satisfaction with my teacher this past semester, as I feel that I need to say a few words in addition to those on my evaluation form.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3597" title="kyle" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kyle.jpg" alt="" width="114" height="126" />After our first trial class, I had a strong feeling that my teacher would be a great fit for me – so strong in fact that I signed up for an entire semester with LTL, and it has turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long time.\r\n\r\nI have had professional Mandarin language teachers in ISB, college and a couple of private tutors since I’ve lived in Beijing, but none of them have been as good or as successful as my teacher. She is patient, very professional, and easy and fun to learn from. She makes lessons relevant to my life and genuinely cares about my progress. Her style suits me very well, and although it was difficult in the beginning, learning Chinese purely through Chinese has paid off.\r\n\r\nWhile we meet one another for three hours every day for intense one-on-one classes, I am always happy to see her and learn the language. My teacher’s positive attitude and friendly demeanor complement her excellent teaching ability. While some days after class I leave with the feeling that Mandarin is leaking out my ears, I have never once felt lost, drowning, or left behind. My teacher has ensured that I always understand the subject matter as well as how, and why it is used.\r\n\r\nWhen I first started back in November, I spoke very little Mandarin and was able to write “你好” at best. Under my teacher, I am now breaking into the intermediate level and have the ability to write texts, e-mails and even simple essays in Mandarin, all in under 6 months. It’s a feeling like no other, and while I know I have a way to go until I reach my goal of fluency, I have absolute confidence in my teacher’s abilities to help me get there. She is the reason I have eagerly signed up for another semester.\r\n\r\nMy life and confidence in Beijing has dramatically improved and I cannot thank my teacher and LTL enough for that. My teacher is a very special educator and I am incredibly lucky to have met her and benefited from her teaching. I am as satisfied as can be and wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. I look forward to the next semester and beyond, continuing my Chinese language journey with her and LTL.\r\n\r\nAll the best,\r\n\r\n<strong>Kyle</strong>', 'Student Feedback Email', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3596-revision-4', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:14:38', '2012-11-20 02:14:38', '', 3596, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3596-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4082, 2, '2012-11-30 06:25:13', '2012-11-30 06:25:13', 'I’ve always had a friendly argument with one of my friends (whose Chinese is wonderful) about the importance of tones.\r\n\r\nI have always believed that if you speak quickly enough, the context of the situation will fill in the blanks of any words whose tones have been uttered completely wrongly. To some extent this is true.\r\n\r\nI mean come on. The difference between the second and third tones is so slight, it’s impossible not to make the leap in understanding, surely? Well now, thanks to my teacher at Live the Language and my precocious little know-all at home, the truth of the matter is coming through, and it’s not particularly helpful.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3591" title="the four tones" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/4tones-300x180.gif" alt="" width="300" height="180" />Tones do matter. Yet another burden to lug up the mountain of learning Chinese. To Chinese people, words spoken with different tones are completely different words.\r\n\r\nThey simply do not hear how similar the words are, and this is by no means a shortcoming. The same problem occurs in English – for example the words ‘beat’ and ‘bit’ are impossible to confuse to a native speaker, but my Chinese friends claim they sound identical. It’s all to do with what you have in your own language as a basis on which to start learning another.\r\n\r\nBut bilingual people, clever devils that they are, have the marvellous gift of not only being able to hear the difference between wrongly pronounced words, they can also understand why speakers of second languages struggle.\r\n\r\nThey get it.\r\n\r\nMy little boy is very helpful. He has to be, or my neighbours and friends simply wouldn’t understand me half the time. So he is always chiming in with the right pronunciation when hisbabysitter smiles blankly at something I have just said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n‘Oh, I see!’ her face lights up when he explains that although I said I had just bought a new enemy spy, in fact I had acquired a new rug from IKEA. And to a bemused shopkeeper of whom I have just enquired the whereabouts of cat poop, he will explain that we need food for our pet. Those pesky second and third tones again.\r\n\r\nI do still recognise more characters than he does, though I am sure this will not last long.\r\n\r\nI don’t dwell on the fact that the ones he has learned to write in a few months are better than those I have been practising for years.\r\n\r\nSo when it comes to homework, I can help him. Sometimes this involves looking for certain characters in a text and writing down their pinyin. Because I invariably get the tone wrong, when I have spotted the right character I also have to tell him what it means in English so that he can say it correctly before he writes down the pinyin. Very, very occasionally I get it right by mere chance. ‘Mummy! That’s the right tone!’ he will exclaim in disbelief. ‘That was lucky!’\r\n\r\nI will never get them off pat like a native speaker, but I now realise it is important to try.\r\n\r\nAnd it includes, somehow, nailing that second and third.\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/" target="_blank">L</a>TL student Debbie Mason from the UK (Individual one-on-one classes)]', 'Learning Mandarin with a Bilingual Child', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3590-revision-6', '', '', '2012-11-30 06:25:13', '2012-11-30 06:25:13', '', 3590, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3590-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4083, 2, '2012-11-20 02:14:11', '2012-11-20 02:14:11', 'In China it has long been a Spring tradition to 踏青 tàqīng, meaning to get outside and enjoy nature. While a city like Beijing may not seem at first glance to be filled with nature, there are actually plenty of fun and interesting ways to 踏青.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3585" title="Taoranting Park" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/culturalchina33e74a769042d862a646-300x225.jpg" alt="Taoranting Park" width="300" height="225" />Taoranting Park</span>\r\n\r\n陶然亭公园 Táorántíng Gōngyuán is named for the main pavilion in the park, which was built during the Qing Dynasty. There are dozens of beautiful pavilions and gardens to explore, which is one of the reasons artists and writers have loved to gather here for hundreds of years. To get there, take the Subway Line 4 to Taoranting Station.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">Cycle the city</span>\r\n\r\nBeijing is a very bicycle-friendly city, with designated bike lanes on most major roads and a general friendliness towards riders within smaller neighborhoods. A great area to explore on a bike is 鼓楼 Gǔlóu (Drum Tower) because there is an interesting balance of courtyard homes alongside small shops and cafes.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3586" title="Happy Valley" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/image0022-300x224.jpg" alt="Happy Valley" width="300" height="224" />Happy Valley</span>\r\n\r\n北京欢乐谷 Běijīng huānlè gǔ (Happy Valley Beijing) is an amusement park located along the Southeast 4<sup>th</sup> Ring Road. Impossible to miss as you approach, Happy Valley is comprised of several themed areas with the highlight being the lost city of Atlantis. It is part water park, so be sure to bring a swimsuit or change of clothes. To get there from LTL, you can get on the #30 bus at 八王坟北 and get off at 厚俸桥.', 'Time to 踏青', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3584-revision-4', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:14:11', '2012-11-20 02:14:11', '', 3584, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3584-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4084, 2, '2012-11-30 06:26:19', '2012-11-30 06:26:19', '<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>北京国安 – 上海申花</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Beijing Guo An vs Shanghai Shen Hua</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3577" title="fans-small-150x150" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fans-small-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Friday night started out like any other by meeting up with fellow classmates and friends to grab and quick bite and celebrate the start of the weekend. But this Friday was not like any other I’ve experienced in Beijing because this Friday I was heading to my very first Chinese football match.\r\n\r\nAfter a quick bite to eat and a couple of the usual Qing Daos we were ready to cheer on Guo An. However we were soon informed that beer was not allowed in the stadium so cans were quickly bought at  a near by convenience store and tucked away in places I hoped would not be searched. That said, with a cold beer smuggled away I knew it was going to be a good night.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nAfter living in the UK for 3 years I thought I had seen it all in terms of football fans: the cheers, the jerseys and general rowdiness. However, upon arriving early to the Workers Stadium I quickly realised that Chinese football is in a league of its own. As we walked towards the Stadium the group was quickly approached by local street sellers displaying their best Beijing Guo An merchandise. But if you couldn’t tell from the merchandise that you were in Guo An territory then the thousands of enthusiastic fans dressed head to toe in green quickly gave away the fan favourite.\r\n\r\nAfter successfully passing the security checks and the looming glare of the riot police I soon realised that assigned seating was a myth in the Workers Stadium. Luckily we sent ahead fellow Guo An fans to secure enough seats in our general section. As the players warmed up I could feel the anticipation of the crowd rising and as soon as the game began the crowd erupted in cheers.\r\n\r\nTo say that Guo An fans are supportive of their team is an understatement, the stadium looked as thought there had been an explosion of green paint and somehow everyone seemed to know all the cheers. Whether they were cheering on their champions or using such colourful insults that even I couldn’t help but blushing. Clearly these fans were serious. Although the first half of the game was relatively uneventful in terms of the actual football, this didn’t stop the fans from yelling at everyone from the Shanghai players to the referee to their own players!\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3578" title="SAM_0044-Optimized-150x150" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SAM_0044-Optimized-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />After an admittedly slow first half, I was then further taken by surprise when the ‘half time show’ took to the pitch. A few dozen elderly Chinese then ‘ran’ to pitch and displayed their best dance and kite skills.  At least there was no possibility of a Janet Jackson Superbowl scandal with the performers smartly dressed in matching track suits.\r\n\r\nFinally the second half began and the game began to pick up momentum. Soon Guo An scored and the stadium (including myself) erupted into cheers as 50,000 fans jumped up and down and threw streamers and confetti into the air. Then soon after Guo An scored again which demanded a similar response from the excitable crowd. However, Shanghai responded with a goal of their own, given the colourful language earlier I was surprised by the silence of the crowd as the 30 Shanghai fans celebrated in their own protected section. When they then scored again I began to feel as anxious as my fellow Guo An fans.\r\n\r\nHowever, Guo An’s talent pulled through in the end and scored a third and final goal with only minutes left in the game. The crowd of course erupted with cheers and as the final seconds of the match passed scarves were raised over heads and the streaming confetti thrown in the air as the players addressed the fans.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nIn the end I not only experienced a good match but also learnt several new phrases that would impress any Chinese taxi driver and saw a less serious side to usual hustle and bustle of Beijing.\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by LTL student <strong>Anastasia Lau</strong> from <strong>Bermuda</strong>. (Homestay, Small Group Classes and Survival Kit Standard)]\r\n<strong></strong>\r\n\r\nIf you want to join LIGAF to watch a match together, please email Andreas at <a href="mailto:andreas@livethelanguage.cn">andreas@livethelanguage.cn</a> and we will get a ticket for you.', 'LTL International Football Fan Club', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3576-revision-7', '', '', '2012-11-30 06:26:19', '2012-11-30 06:26:19', '', 3576, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3576-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4085, 2, '2012-11-20 02:13:48', '2012-11-20 02:13:48', '<img class="size-full wp-image-3569 alignright" title="IMG_0119-small-300x225" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_0119-small-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />\r\n\r\nDuring Chinese New Year and the week after I decided to head down to Sichuan and see some more of China. As part of my trip I planned to scale Mount Emei (峨眉山), one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China. It is traditionally regarded as the place of enlightenment of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra. As such I was expecting a nice stroll through beautiful scenery. I never expected the path to enlightenment to have so many steps and so much snow![hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="size-full wp-image-3570 alignleft" title="IMG_0192-small-225x300" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_0192-small-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" />I was on a tight time schedule because naturally I wanted to see the pandas the day after climbing 峨眉山, so I decided to start climbing from a third of the way up the mountain. There are buses that take you to different starting points on the mountain- most tourists decide to get the bus straight to the peak. I scorned at this idea at the time but learned too late that this was probably the most sensible option. In order to make it up the trail in a day I started walking before sunrise. At the beginning the going was easy – a light fog, cool weather and steps of a reasonable incline. After an hour of steps I was beginning to regret my decisions and started doubting whether my body and mind was up for another 9 hours of climbing. I stopped for some noodles and while I was waiting for the noodles I struck up a conversation with some Chinese pilgrims. They were happy to see a ‘foreigner’ visiting and were impressed by the progress I had made thus far. I guess I walked faster since when climbing they would kneel, place their forehead on the ground, stand back up and continue walking after every 3 steps. By comparison I had nothing to complain about!\r\n\r\nAs I started walking again I was joined by a group of 7 young Chinese people living and working around Sichuan who had decided to check out 峨眉山 during their winter break. They gave me renewed courage to continue with their constant “加油’s”! Learning about what everyone did gave a welcome distraction to the climbing. After another hour of climbing the temperature had dropped well below 0C and it started snowing. Within the hour all the evergreens bowed under the weight of the snow and ice and arched over the pathways. Within 2 hours we were walking ankle deep in snow. We climbed for a total of 10 hours, with a few breaks for food along the way. Once we reached the top we were greeted by hordes of Chinese tourists playing in the snow (many Sichuanese having never seen snow before) and we decided to stay a night on the peak so we could see the sunrise in the morning.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="size-full wp-image-3571 alignright" title="IMG_0197-small-300x225" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_0197-small-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />It was at this point I regretted not having walked faster so I could have got the bus back down at the end of the day. The outside temperature was about -15C and the inside temperature about -5C owing to the fact that places South of the Yellow River don’t have central heating. We shared a big room of 4 beds and all just lay in bed complaining about how cold it was. One of my favourite sentences in Chinese came in very useful: “我快要冻死了!” By the morning all the water in the room had frozen solid and I discovered a new ‘hate’: frozen socks! (I thought putting on wet socks was bad….) We awoke for the sunrise and all got the bus back down to town together and watched as the snow dissipated the lower down the mountain we got. In all, it was one of the most challenging holidays I have had in a while but one of the most rewarding! I missed the pandas but I made some new QQ friends, reignited my faith in the beauty of China and am 1 sacred Buddhist Mountain down with 3 more to go!\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Related Vocabulary</strong>\r\n\r\n爬山 páshān – Climb a mountain\r\n\r\n寺庙 sìmiào – Temple\r\n\r\n山顶 shāndǐng – Mountain peak\r\n\r\n“加油!” jiāyóu! – “Come on!”\r\n\r\n峨眉山 Éméishān – Mount Emei\r\n\r\n“我快要冻死了!” Wǒ kuàiyào dòng sǐle! – “I’m freezing to death!”\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by Daniel Greeves]', 'Enlightenment through immersion', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3568-revision-6', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:13:48', '2012-11-20 02:13:48', '', 3568, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3568-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4086, 2, '2012-11-20 02:13:36', '2012-11-20 02:13:36', 'LTL is proud to announce our involvement in this year’s 觉 JUE Festival, taking place March 9-25 in Beijing and Shanghai. We will be hosting a Beginners Mahjong Tournament on Sunday, March 18th to showcase this fascinating Chinese art form.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Introducing JUE | Music + Art</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.juefestival.com/" target="_blank">JUE | Music + Art</a> is an annual citywide arts and music festival in both Shanghai and Beijing, presented by Split Works. Now in its fourth year, JUE is all about celebrating the best of the local creative communities in these two great cities, and inviting artists from around the world to showcase their talent in China. JUE events are held at a variety of locations throughout Beijing and Shanghai over a three-week period. Performance art, film, spoken word, street art, workshops, photography exhibitions, live music, madness… all of these things and more fall under the creative umbrella that is JUE.\r\n\r\nThis year, headlining musical acts for JUE include Death Cab for Cutie and Summer Lei (雷光夏). With over 50 individual events in Beijing alone over the two-week period comprising the festival, JUE | Music + Art events range from acclaimed international and up-and-coming local musical performances, cutting-edge art exhibits, film screenings, children’s workshops, green initiatives and much more. It all begins March 9. We’ll see you there!\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3564" title="jue-header" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jue-header.jpeg" alt="" width="620" height="449" />', '觉 JUE Festival', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3563-revision-4', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:13:36', '2012-11-20 02:13:36', '', 3563, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3563-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4087, 2, '2012-11-20 02:13:22', '2012-11-20 02:13:22', '<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3557" title="SAM_1796-225x300" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SAM_1796-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" />On Sunday the 15<sup>th</sup> of January the LtL Chinese teaching crew decided to hit the slopes before a short break for Chinese New Year. We left early for a whole day of skiing at Nanshan (南山); the closest ski resort to Beijing (a short hour and fifteen minute drive from the city centre). On board we played numerous games of ‘Killer’ (杀人游戏), which I am slowly learning is a staple of Chinese get-togethers. I found myself deliberating over every word and sentence I used in fear of being ‘off-ed’ by the very enthusiastic yet unforgiving jury. A great game for practicing being precise with words in Chinese![hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nAfter getting kitted up and preparing ourselves against the cold our instructor (教练) helped us stretch and taught us the essentials , most importantly how to stop, before unleashing us upon the other skiers. Some of us took to it better than others (check <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.269499016448892.68001.142237312508397&amp;type=3">Facebook</a> for some pictures of everyone in the snow!) and by the end of the day some of our teachers were going down the middle slopes. We all skied for 4 hours straight and I think it is safe to say that everyone was feeling it afterwards. Our apologies to all students who had classes on Monday morning if your teacher moved a little slowly!\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3558" title="SAM_1808-300x225" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SAM_1808-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />On our way back to the city centre we once again played 杀人游戏 with the same intensity as before skiing even after 4 hours of trudging up hills and falling down them. We all had dinner (traditional Chinese all you can eat pizza buffet) and customarily ended up in KTV where the teachers astounded us with their singing (in both Chinese and English might I add) and where Mike entertained everyone with his repertoire of Chinese songs. All in all, a great day out- everyone had fun and fortunately for our students we didn’t lose any teachers to skiing accidents!\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Vocabulary</strong>:\r\n\r\nSnow: 雪 (Xuě)\r\n\r\nSkiing: 滑雪 (Huáxuě)\r\n\r\nFrostbite: 冻伤 (Dòngshāng)\r\n\r\n‘Killer’ (Game): 杀人游戏 (Shārén yóuxì)\r\n\r\nSports instructor/trainer: 教练 (Jiàoliàn)\r\n\r\nPizza: 披萨 (Pī sà)\r\n\r\nChinese song: 中文歌 (Zhōngwén gē)\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by Daniel Greeves]', 'Skiing in China', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3556-revision-5', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:13:22', '2012-11-20 02:13:22', '', 3556, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3556-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4088, 2, '2012-11-20 02:12:53', '2012-11-20 02:12:53', '<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3547" title="christmas-blog-300x212" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/christmas-blog-300x212.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="212" />Bringing your family home silk scarves and paper fans as gifts is all well and good, but what do you get for your friends in Beijing? This year, give them a gift that will stay with them always: Chinese classes!\r\n\r\nThis holiday season, LtL is offering <strong>vouchers in 20, 30, 50 and 100 hour blocks</strong>, which can be purchased for Group, 1-on-1 or Culture Classes.\r\n\r\nUnlike a bottle of wine (which will likely disappear in one day) or a phone (which will likely break in one month), Chinese skills will continue to delight your friends long after the holiday season is over. With regular use and a bit of practice, the gift of Mandarin lessons could keep on giving for the rest of their lives!\r\n\r\nWhile you’re at it, why not pick up a little something for yourself as well? Local students may take 1-on-1 classes between December 18-January 2nd at a <strong>30% discount</strong>. Lessons must be newly booked and hours used during the 2-week holiday period. Take advantage of the quiet time while other expats are away and show off your new Chinese skills in the new year.\r\n\r\nVouchers and Holiday Classes can be purchased by contacting your personal student advisor or [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n圣诞快乐！', 'LTL Holiday Specials', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3546-revision-3', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:12:53', '2012-11-20 02:12:53', '', 3546, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3546-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4089, 2, '2012-11-20 02:13:05', '2012-11-20 02:13:05', 'December usually signals a mass exodus of expats from Beijing as they head home; however, if you’re planning to stay in Beijing over the holiday season there is still plenty to see and do!\r\n\r\nLocals generally don’t take vacations until 春节 Chūn Jié (Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year), which falls at the end of January in 2012. This means that all the shops, restaurants, clubs and tourist sites will remain open throughout December. If you’re looking for winter activities to keep you entertained, here are a few fun options around town:[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3551" title="DSC04295-300x225" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC04295-300x2251.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />Ice Skating</span>\r\n\r\nOnce the weather gets cold enough (generally the beginning of January), the lake at 前海 Qiánhǎi freezes and you can go skating, ice sledding, or even scoot your favorite chair around on the ice (yes, we’ve seen it done). Whether you go with friends or go to meet new friends, you’re sure to enjoy the festival atmosphere. After you’re done skating, explore the historic area’s shops and cafes. Entrance and skate rental will cost around 30-40 RMB, depending on the day of the week.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">Hotpot</span>\r\n\r\nThese steamy restaurants are particularly satisfying in the winter months. Hotpot is also a great way to bring together a group of friends for a warm and filling meal on a cold December night. A local standout is <a href="http://www.haidilao.com/">海底捞 Hǎidǐlāo</a>, known not only for its delicious food but also for the free snacks and services (including manicures!) that they provide while you wait amongst the throngs of Chinese diners for a table. The best thing about Haidilao? There’s a location right near our main campus in the Huashang Building!\r\n\r\nAddress: 延静西里2号 (Yán jìng xīlǐ #2) The building is on the North side of 朝阳路 Chāoyáng lù, by the 红庙路口东 Hóng miào lùkǒu dōng bus stop.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">Shopping</span>\r\n\r\nIf you have any weekdays free, this is a great chance to avoid the weekend crowds and bargain your way into some great gifts to send home (or keep for yourself). The area around Xidan (Subway Line 1) is full of markets and shopping centers with everything from the standard clothes and electronics to the more bizarre ornate decorative telephones. It’s still possible to go shopping on the weekend, but it’s definitely a full-contact sport. Fuel your day of shopping with a sampling of the wide variety of street food available, especially on the South side of the 西单明珠 Xidān Míngzhū.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3550" style="font-size: large;" title="4247930944_ec9c180a1d_m" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/4247930944_ec9c180a1d_m.jpeg" alt="" width="240" height="180" />\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">Sightseeing</span>\r\n\r\nWe’re sure you’ve been to the Forbidden City with every friend or relative that passed through Beijing, but there are advantages to going back in the colder months. For starters, there are far fewer tourists this time of year; this means that you’ll have the chance to explore without the crowds. Also, many of the historic sites in and around Beijing take on a completely different look in winter weather. If there’s a snowy day, try heading up to the Summer Palace. It may be named for a warmer season, but it’s beautiful when covered in snow!\r\n\r\n圣诞快乐 Shèngdàn kuàilè (Merry Christmas) from everyone at LtL!', 'Winter fun in Beijing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3549-revision-5', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:13:05', '2012-11-20 02:13:05', '', 3549, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3549-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4090, 2, '2012-11-20 02:12:33', '2012-11-20 02:12:33', 'I came to China not knowing what to expect. I had studied Chinese in the classroom a little, but on arriving at my new homestay family in Beijing, my first thought was, “What have I let myself in for?” My host family didn’t speak English, the weather was hot, and the sights and smells were totally unfamiliar.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3542" title="calligraphy-park" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/calligraphy-park.jpeg" alt="" width="375" height="500" />Fortunately, within the week these problems had righted themselves. My host family were fantastic, not just for my Chinese but in looking after me. The smell turned out to be the smell of dinner, and having tasted it I pretty quickly began to love the smell, following the delicious aromas to the kitchen to enquire what they came from and practice my Chinese. Meeting Chinese people and making friends turned out to be a side-effect of practising my Chinese. Once I realised I could just start conversations with anyone, no matter how basic, I discovered that what I thought was a dissaproving glare (seen in old Chinese people wherever you go) turned out to be curiosity, a smile and a greeting makes the most stern looking Chinese person beam radiantly and start talking excitedly. I went on holiday three times with my host family, to the Buddhist holy mountains of WuTaiShan (for which I temporarily converted to Buddhism as a conversation piece), to Xi’an (where I was unwittingly lured into giving an Elvis impression to over a hundred old Chinese pensioners), to Sichuan (where in two weeks I, probably forever, ruined my digestion).\r\n\r\nThe biggest lesson I have learnt in China is to just go for it. No-one in China is standing still, everything is always moving, always shifting, and if you want something, just do it! Want to practice Tai Chi? Just find some old ladies in a park and ask if you can join in. Want to find an obscure item? Just ask anyone, from the taxi drivers to the security guards outside the building. Want to try/learn about Chinese tea ceremony? Just go to a tea shop and ask questions. Chinese people are invariably helpful and generous, and speaking Chinese is a sure ticket into any Chinese person’s heart.\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by <a title="Two city Combo" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/two-city-combo/">LTL Two City Combo</a> student Gibson]', 'The Chinese Immersion Experience', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3541-revision-4', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:12:33', '2012-11-20 02:12:33', '', 3541, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3541-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4091, 2, '2012-11-20 02:12:17', '2012-11-20 02:12:17', '<div>\r\n\r\nIn the United States, we see grandmothers and grandfathers on the buses, in the grocery stores, at family picnics, in nursing homes, in our offices and volunteering in museums. Some live highly social, sometimes professional, lives; some wile away lonely days in seclusion. Never, however, have I seen people with silver-tinged hair congregate in public spaces in such numbers as I regularly observe in China.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3534" title="night-dance-01-300x225" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/night-dance-01-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /><p>In my past few weeks in Beijing, wherever I have found a large space, I have found elderly people engaged in public activities. From my bedroom window I can look down into the courtyard of my residential community. Sometimes, I see grandparents accompanying children to the pond or on a walk over the little footbridge; frequently, however, they are gathered without children on the benches, engaged in conversation. In Wangfujing, a crowded, popular tourist spot, I find a corner, upon whose benches (and around and hovered above which) are huddled some twenty men with wizened fingers and sharp eyes, engaged in an animated chess game. And anywhere there is a park, amongst the sleepy weeping willow trees whose leaves just brush the lotus flowers floating quietly on the pond waters, I am met with the scene of at least one aged person engaged in some sort of exercise–perhaps tai chi, their slow movements reflecting the peacefulness of the ambience, or perhaps playing the pipa, its ancient notes inviting the ears of passersby old and young.</p>\r\n\r\nAnd then there are the simple machines scattered about the city in the most random of places, their bright blues, greens, and reds appearing in public parks, residential communities, on dusty curbs near subway stations and in front of auto body shops.  And these metal monstrosities, some of them shiny and some of them peeling and old, are well-used, as people with balding and greying heads swing from, stretch upon, and resist against them in these public places. However, the spectacles that put me most in awe are the mass choruses, the mass dancing groups, and the mass performance groups.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nThe Olympic Park is best-known for its Nest, its TV tower, its Cube, and perhaps even the spectacular Sen Ling Park at its northernmost part.  During the day, if no particular event is taking place, upon the vast spaces between its few monuments will tread map-scrutinizing, camera-wielding tourists of various languages and creeds, vendors hawking their wares at unbelievably loud volumes in strongly dialect-accented Mandarin, and a few locals enjoying the free outdoor space. Overall, the park’s atmosphere somewhat reflects its visitors: rather mellow and overall generally quiet (except for those vendors…).\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3535" title="night-dance-02-300x225" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/night-dance-02-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />Perhaps its best-kept secret, however, is what happens at night. Sometime after dinner, when all the tourists have gone home and the vendors have ceased their screaming, is when the Olympic Village truly comes alive. And the sight is incredible. At night, the main plaza walkway is lit from above by the palm-tree-shaped lamps and from around by the various screens presenting the park’s various features.  Surrounding the visitor is a cacophony of song, of color, of energy, and of movement. And the source of all this joyous ruckus, by my estimation, is at the very least 80% over retirement age (which in China, by the way, is nowhere near my American definition of “elderly”).\r\n\r\nFirst, there are the groups of Yang Ge dancers. To the side sit a small-in-number-but-not-small-in-sound music group, one man beating some kind of congo and three men wielding their crashing cymbals, brightly colored cloths streaming from each of the instruments. Dancing in two long columns, first facing each other, then turning away, then forming a third and fourth column, are 25-ish women and men dressed in neon-bright colors, their equally bright cloths streaming through the air as they move their arms in wide arcs, side to side, now over the head, now below the waist, their slippered feet keeping time to the banging of the drum and the clashing of the cymbals and the swinging of the cloths. The scene is one of color, of passion,  and of energy, and it is just surprising to see the wrinkles upon the faces of these beautiful figures.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3533" title="night-dance-03-300x225" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/night-dance-03-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />Next, I am drawn by the Western techno beat blasting from a crowd up ahead, and so I meander over to watch as a grandmother stands before perhaps 100 or more people, mostly (but not all) women, moving and grinding in unison. “Boom, boom, boom, I want you in my room, we’ll spend the night together, now until forever…;” the beat is rousing, exciting, and the dancers throw their arms, rotate their hips, turn left, turn right, look up, look right, turn around, bend the knees. I am in awe of how synchronized their movements are, how everyone seems to know every move without seeing their leader, and how these old folks are not afraid to swing them hips!  My grandma would find this nightscape a bit scandalous! And yet, as I continue down the plaza, I discover there are no fewer than four such humungous groups, exercising en masse in the brisk night air.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nThen, last but not least, I stop at the sound of many voices joined together in harmony. Huddled in a circle three people deep is a crowd of dignified ladies and gentlemen, their mouths open wide, engaged in a rousing song, whose topic  I so want to know!  What could they possibly be singing about with such energy, such perfect pitch, such volume, and such, well, such volume!!?? In the middle of the circle stands a very petite woman, gesturing broadly as many a conductor does, pointing to first the men and then the women, smiling at each person, her own motions eliciting louder and louder and more and more enthusiastic participation from the venerable singers surrounding her. I could have stood there and listened to their beautiful sounds forever.\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by LTL student Sarah Pinho]\r\n\r\n</div>', 'Beijing’s Old and Active', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3532-revision-5', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:12:17', '2012-11-20 02:12:17', '', 3532, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3532-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4092, 2, '2012-11-20 02:12:02', '2012-11-20 02:12:02', '<strong>Beijing Guo An vs. Henan Jian Ye</strong>\r\n\r\nA football game in Beijing starts with what all good things in Beijing start with: 羊肉串儿 (yáng ròu chuàn ér – lamb skewers) and 燕京 (yàn jīng) beer on gongtibeilu next to the Beijing Guo An Home Stadium: 工人体育场 (gōng rén tǐ yù chǎng – the Workers Stadium).\r\n\r\n<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3526" title="logo" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/logo-277x300.png" alt="" width="277" height="300" />\r\n\r\nThe waitress must have been the only person not wearing a green Guo An shirt and there was certainly no one who dared to wear anything blue (that would be Henan Jian Ye’s colour). As a foreigner wearing a green shirt with the Guo An logo, I was given a free pack of cigarettes and plenty of affection. Having tickets for stand Number 5, where season ticket holders and hard core fans assemble did seem to give me plenty of street credit too. Arriving in the stadium early is important, as every ticket does have a seat assigned to it, although actually trying to take this is considered very bad style.\r\n\r\nOnce inside, the atmosphere is quite heated and everyone seems to be  老北京 (lǎo běi jīng – an old Beijinger). As the stadium fills, signs with how to swear at the Henanese are held up: 骗子 (piàn zǐ – liars/cheaters) comes up a lot, but the overriding theme of the night is : 偷井盖儿的贼 (tōu jǐng gài ér de zéi  – stealing manhole covers thieves). I am told there have been some recent reports in Beijing about gangs from Henan stealing manhole covers and selling them as scrap metal – a not very popular activity with the local Beijing population that should not go unpunished.\r\n\r\nBefore the game the national anthem is played, probably the only two minutes of the evening where a person from Henan would have felt comfortable in the stadium. Despite the manhole cover issue they are still Chinese after all. The game starts on time at 19:30 and Guo An quickly scores the first goal, after which for the first and only time I actually heard a cheer I would be used to from Europe: 国安必胜 (guó ān bì shèng  – Guo An must win).\r\n\r\nThen it’s straight back to swearing at the Henanese：抓贼抓贼，偷井盖儿的贼 (zhuā zéi zhuā zéi ，tōu jǐng gài ér de zéi  – catch the thief, catch the thief, the manhole cover stealing thief). After about 10 minutes three people wearing black shirts were identified as probably being from Henan and suddenly found 30,000 people pointing and screaming at them – they left the stadium in a rather hurried manner.\r\n\r\nBy halftime Beijing is still up 1:0 and the mood is good. In general the fans seem to be slightly less concerned with the game though and more preoccupied with having their own fun. People coming up with imaginative ways of shouting abuse at the Henanese (there don’t seem to actually be in the stadium) seem to get as much appreciation as the goalkeeper for making a good save.\r\n\r\nBeijing wins the game 3:0 and remains second after Guangzhou in the league. With some 40,000 people leaving the stadium, one can hear the best songs and swearwords of the evening being sung throughout the Sanlitun area. Despite all the swearing and abuse, it was interesting to see that Beijing football fans appear much less physically aggressive than in most other countries. There were no fights and even the most hardcore supporters seemed to actually be mainly university students or recent graduates, working as doctors and lawyers during the daytime and letting off a bit of steam on a Saturday evening.\r\n\r\nWhile walking home I start to think it may not have only been about the Henanese and lost manhole covers after all, but just as much about a few other issues that one is not allowed to scream about as loudly in China.\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by LTL Director Andreas Laimboeck]', 'Football and the Art of Insult', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3525-revision-6', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:12:02', '2012-11-20 02:12:02', '', 3525, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3525-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4093, 2, '2012-11-20 02:11:32', '2012-11-20 02:11:32', 'Live the Language is arranging a weekend camping and hiking trip next weekend on the Great Wall!\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n[toggle title="Read a review of the Great Wall Trip"]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright" title="IMG_0022SMALL" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_0022SMALL-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />I really enjoyed the great wall trip.  It was one of the highlights of my trip to Beijing.  My favorite parts were exploring the wild wall the first day and eating the amazing dinner that night.\r\n\r\nI really appreciated staying in a place far from tourists, and loved that after we started hiking up the mountain, we didn’t see any other tourists.  I had so much fun exploring the great wall, and was glad that we were able to take a different route down.   I wish I had had even more time to explore the wall.  One suggestion: start out a little earlier in the day, ask the hotel people to pack a lunch, and then carry it up the mountain and eat on the great wall.   Picnics are fun.\r\n\r\nAs for the food, I just loved the dinner we had (and the breakfast was simple but tasty).  I really liked that we were eating vegetables grown very close by.  I also liked how vegetable-heavy the meal was.  The lunch on the first day was good, but didn’t stand out to me.  I did really enjoy getting to gut a fish, and watching the man butcher the rabbit was a unique and interesting experience.  He, along with everyone we met on the trip, was friendly and accommodating.\r\n\r\nWhile I didn’t enjoy the great wall the second day quite as much as I did the first day (mostly because of the tourists), I’m still very glad we went.  It was nice to see what the wall was like when it was whole.  And, I went into the wild, non-tourist sections again so I got to explore the wild wall some more.  Ellen was absolutely right to have us get up early to beat the crowds.  When I was coming down, I noticed how many people were around.  I do wish I could have had an hour or two more there since two hours felt a little rushed.  Also, we passed a pick your own fruit orchard.  I would have enjoyed stopping there briefly, but I don’t feel strongly about this.\r\n\r\nEllen was a fantastic trip leader.  She hiked up the mountain even though it was an arduous trip, and she was very patient when we wanted more time to explore.  She asked us our preferences and was flexible when we suggested a change of plans.  The trip was very well planned and ran smoothly.  I would recommend this trip to anyone.  I had a wonderful time and am so glad I got to experience the great wall in this way!\r\n\r\n[This review was contributed by LTL student Eleanor.]\r\n\r\n[/toggle][hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Date:</strong> July 30th-31st\r\n\r\n<strong>Includes:</strong> transport, meals, accommodation, guide and all entrance tickets\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">Schedule</span>\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: medium;"><em><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3520" title="great wall" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/n61300728_36090519_7028-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" />Saturday, July 30th</em></span>\r\n\r\n8:30AM- Receive a bag lunch and depart the LtL school by car.\r\n\r\n10AM- Arrive at Gubeikou, where we will meet our guide and begin hiking. We will spend 5-6 hours (including lunch) hiking to Jinshanling.\r\n\r\n5PM- At Jinshanling we will have dinner of traditional local Chinese food in a farm house.\r\n\r\nWe will spend the evening camping next to the Great Wall. Tents and sleeping bags will be provided and there will be washing facilities nearby. In the event of bad weather, we will stay at a nearby guest house (with air conditioning).\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Sunday, July 31st</em></span>\r\n\r\n7:30AM- Breakfast and preparing for the day.\r\n\r\n8:30AM- Hike to Simatai area of the Great Wall.\r\n\r\n12:30PM- Return to Beijing by car.\r\n\r\n<strong>Notes:</strong>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Please wear appropriate shoes and clothing</li>\r\n	<li>Please bring a rain coat in case of bad weather</li>\r\n	<li>Please also bring your fully charged mobile phone</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<strong> Cost:</strong> 1,000 RMB/person\r\n\r\nFor more information or to reserve a space, please [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button]', 'Great Wall Hiking Weekend', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3519-revision-5', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:11:32', '2012-11-20 02:11:32', '', 3519, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3519-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4094, 2, '2012-11-20 02:15:25', '2012-11-20 02:15:25', '<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>How far did Benny get to learn fluent Mandarin in Three Months?  </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<a href="http://www.fluentin3months.com/" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3611" title="Benny Lewis with his teacher" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Benny-with-his-teacher.jpg" alt="benny lewis fluent in Chinese in 3 months" width="300" height="225" />Benny Lewis (“Fluent in 3 Months”)</a> came by <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/" target="_blank">LTL Mandarin School</a> last weekend for two hours of Chinese class and we spent about an hour chatting in Chinese afterwards  (well not the whole time – I was cutting vegetables for a BBQ also).\r\n\r\nHe is leaving the mainland tomorrow and it seemed there are quite a few people around on the internet who are interested to know how far he actually could progress. He didn’t sit any exam or something like this but based on what we saw, our school teacher and I wrote a quick review of his language skills:[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Tones</strong></span>\r\n\r\nVery good. Sometimes using the wrong tone on a word, but I would say that happens to any non native speaker. He has got the concept right, uses them consistently and clearly.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Pronunciation</strong></span>\r\n\r\nAlso very good, though for someone with mother tongue English who studied intensively for three months this is in our experience to be expected.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Grammar</strong></span>\r\n\r\nMakes some mistakes, for example\r\n\r\n得:  　我说汉语说不好 instead of 我说汉语说得不好\r\n\r\n比：　今天比昨天很热　instead of 今天比昨天热很多\r\n\r\n有点儿／一点儿：　这个一点儿贵 instead of 这个有点儿贵\r\n\r\nOverall knowledge of sentence structures definitely good enough for pretty much any day to day conversations and social occasions, however I do not think for business or advanced level conversations.\r\n\r\nHe knew the rather subtle difference between 咱们 and 我们 which I don’t think most learner after 3 months would know, especially when studying in Taiwan, as 咱们 is mainly a northern expression.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Chinese Characters</strong></span>\r\n\r\nHe focuses only on character recognition without writing by hand at all, which does make sense up to a point if you want to quickly progress. Overall his character recognition is a lot lower than his spoken ability though – this was obviously not a focus of his studies. Also, he studied in Taiwan, as a result being more familiar with traditional than simplified characters, which is obviously not that helpful on the mainland.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3610" title="Benny after class on the LTL school balcony in Beijing" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Benny-after-class-on-the-LTL-school-balcony-in-Beijing.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />Listening</strong></span>\r\n\r\nVery good. He obviously spent a lot of time listening to people talk in mandarin and that has improved his listening ability beyond what he knows in vocabulary, being able to get the meaning of sentences in most cases even if he does not know all the words/sentence structures used.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Studying Approach</strong></span>\r\n\r\nVery motivated and not afraid to speak which is what in my experience gets people ahead in mandarin, with impressive determination. We spoke for an hour in Chinese and he did not try to switch to English a single time, which many people after three months of studying would still do, especially when speaking to another “European”. He obviously feels comfortable to communicate in the language and is able to do so. I think from the <a href="http://www.fluentin3months.com/" target="_blank">way he uses the language in every situation possible</a>and forces himself not to use English a lot of other learners could benefit – you can clearly see the results with him or other people who studied that way.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Spoken</strong></span>\r\n\r\nSpeaks at good B1 (European Framework) level, but a lot of work left to get to fluency, which I think shouldn’t really surprise anyone who is involved in studying/teaching Chinese. If you look at his progress for someone who was in a full immersion program for three months and partly worked in English while studying (blog writing in his case) it is overall very impressive though. I would say it if he hadn’t been blogging in English while studying and had a few more grammar lessons with a good teacher he might have made it to spoken B2 level. To further progress he would need to start to focus more on Chinese characters though.[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>HSK/European Framework of Language Definition</strong></span>\r\n\r\nFor the European Language Framework I would say he definitely reached B1 level. For the HSK, HSK 3 is supposed to be B1, though most people think HSK 3 is a lot easier than B1 (a lot of discussion about this – will not get into details here). In any case, I would say he would pass HSK 3 for the spoken part without problems, though he would struggle with the characters. HSK 4 he might pass on a good day for the spoken part, definitely not for writing/reading though.\r\n\r\n<strong>Andreas Laimboeck</strong>, Director<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/"> LTL Mandarin School</a>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nWant to try a full immersion course in China? Study Chinese fully immersed in <a title="Traveling to China" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/">Beijing</a>, live with a Chinese only speaking <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/chinese-homestay/">homestay family</a> or study in the old imperial summer capital <a title="Two city Combo" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/two-city-combo/">Chengde and bannish English from your life.</a>', 'Benny Lewis (Fluent in 3 Months)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3609-revision-4', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:15:25', '2012-11-20 02:15:25', '', 3609, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3609-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4095, 2, '2012-11-20 02:11:06', '2012-11-20 02:11:06', 'I went to my first Chinese wedding reception today. My day started out as I woke up to visitors standing right outside my door weighing themselves on the scale that was sitting next to the water dispenser. It was two nieces of my Xīnglóng (兴隆) Māmā（妈妈). I dazzled them with my poor Chinese and my white face and we as a result had to take many pictures. We were able to see the arrival of the bride and the fireworks involved from the porch off Duan’s bedroom. The bride was carried on the back of the husband all the way from the car down the street to an apartment. I asked 兴隆 妈妈 whether she knew them and how old they were; little did I know I was later going to their wedding reception.\r\n\r\nWhen we arrived at the wedding, the girls I met earlier in the morning waved their hands furiously to get us to come and sit by them. Although I thought I was not appropriately dressed for attending a wedding reception, according to western standards, I noticed that besides the wedding party not many people were dressed up. Apparently we were to sit by the girls and as I walked through the large hotel dining hall everyone’s eyes were on me. It was like there wasn’t even a wedding taking place at that very moment.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3516" title="img_29112" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_29112.jpg" alt="" width="563" height="422" />\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nDuan Laoshi and I sat down at a table with 10 other middle aged to older men who were all very welcoming. One of the little girls motioned that she wanted to pour me soda when Duan Laoshi said, “You drink, báijiǔ (白酒)!” then he conceded because he saw the girl so preciously holding out a new glass for me. At one point, the mother and father of the new husband came and gave their good wishes. She realized she had overlooked me in her address to the table and said, “Oh lǎowài (老外), you also drink well and eat well.” The table was of course filled with men who Mr. Duan knew if they weren’t his family already I thought they had some connection one way or another. Every time I was introduced to someone I had to take a sip of 白酒. When you don’t need to gānbēi (干杯), you call it “yīkǒu” (一口)… one mouthful.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3513" title="img_29122" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_29122.jpg" alt="" width="563" height="422" />\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<p>The wedding reception itself (the performance part of it) only lasted a few minutes but we were a little late so I don’t know how long they really last. Of what I understood it was much like a western wedding, pledging to be a good husband and likewise a good wife to one another. Then they lit a bunch of candles on a candelabra shaped as a heart. It was all very tacky but I couldn’t help but get a little caught up in the adorableness of it. (Might be because I am a woman and prone to bouts of sentimentalism or the fact I had a bit of 白酒.)</p>\r\n\r\nBy the end of the wedding reception, and I mean THE END (we were the last table to leave), I had drank plenty and ate plenty, just as the mother of the groom had requested and was ready for a nap.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by <a title="LTL Two City Combo" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/two-city-combo/">LTL Chengde Immersion</a> student Hanna.]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Vocabulary explained:</strong>\r\n\r\nXīnglóng (兴隆): An area of Chengde, located in Hebei Province.\r\n\r\nMāmā（妈妈): Mother\r\n\r\nbáijiǔ (白酒): Chinese liquor known for its unique flavor and potency.\r\n\r\nlǎowài (老外): Foreigner\r\n\r\ngānbēi (干杯): Cheers! It can also mean to empty your glass.', 'A laowai at a Xinglong wedding', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3512-revision-5', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:11:06', '2012-11-20 02:11:06', '', 3512, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3512-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4096, 2, '2012-11-20 02:10:47', '2012-11-20 02:10:47', 'After living in the expat community for some time I decided to move outside my comfort zone and move in with Chinese roommates. Even though we had met a few times before, I was still nervous that there would be a culture clash when I moved in. To my (delighted) surprise, they were not only nice enough to help me transport my things but also open enough to involve me in their Qing Ming Jie rituals soon after I settled in.\r\n\r\nQing Ming Jie (清明节) is also known as Tomb Sweeping Day because it is traditionally when people honor their deceased ancestors. You do this by bringing offerings to their graves, or if you are not in their hometown you burn an offering for them. The first thing that my new roommates taught me was how to fold 金元宝 jīn yuán bǎo, little “treasures” made from gold paper.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3505" title="dsc030742" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc030742.jpg" alt="" width="461" height="346" />\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<p>These would later be used as an offering along with fake yuan notes, paper gold bars and yellow sheets of tissue paper. After cooking a fantastic dinner of braised tofu and stir-fried seaweed we packed up the offerings in a bag and went outside. They explained to me that we had to find a 十字路口 shízìlù kǒu (crossroads) so that the spirits of their relatives would be able to find the offering from any direction. We walked a block from the apartment and found an area covered in little piles of ash where others had been before us.</p>[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc030952.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3507" title="dsc030952" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc030952.jpg" alt="" width="346" height="461" /></a>[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<p>They first used a rock to each draw a circle in the dust, then placed a piece of paper in the circle on which they had written their relative’s name and address in their hometown. Then, they placed the yellow tissue paper in the circle and set it on fire. Carefully watching the circle of fire they added the paper money, followed by the paper gold bars and lastly the 金元宝.\r\n\r\nIt was a very solemn and very peaceful ritual, and I think it not only brought me closer to my new roommates but also to the lesser-known traditions of China. Additionally, it cemented my belief that living with Chinese people is the best way to truly experience the local culture. I can’t wait to see what I’ll learn next!</p>[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc030922.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3506" title="dsc030922" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc030922.jpg" alt="" width="461" height="346" /></a>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]This story was contributed by LTL staff member Natalie Litofsky.', 'New friends and old traditions', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3504-revision-5', '', '', '2012-11-20 02:10:47', '2012-11-20 02:10:47', '', 3504, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3504-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4107, 1, '2012-12-07 06:22:15', '2012-12-07 06:22:15', '', 'Cheap Homestay Beijing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3409-revision-8', '', '', '2012-12-07 06:22:15', '2012-12-07 06:22:15', '', 3409, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3409-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4108, 1, '2012-11-30 10:05:23', '2012-11-30 10:05:23', '[column size=third position=first ]\r\n[button color=gold url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/testimonials/ target=self]Testimonials[/button][/column]\r\n[column size=third position=last ][button color=gold url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/accreditations/ target=self]Accreditations[/button][/column]\r\n[column size=third position=last ][button color=blue target=self]LTL in the Media[/button][/column]\r\n[hr style=dashed-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<span style="font-size: medium;">We think LTL is pretty great, but don’t just take our word for it. Here are a few articles that highlight what makes LTL unique and effective.</span>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=15 margin_bottom=15]\r\n\r\n<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3902" title="LTL in the media" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/china-lake_1992980b.jpeg" alt="" width="620" height="388" />\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=15 margin_bottom=15]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=first ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Telegraph</span> [English]\r\n\r\n“Language is never really learnt in a classroom, but only on the battlefield of everyday life: that is the core philosophy of an inventive Chinese language school in Beijing called “Live the Language” that arranges homestay visits for foreigners wanting to learn Chinese.”\r\n\r\n[button color=orange url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/8752950/China-Language-lessons-in-Chengde.html target=blank]Read more[/button]\r\n\r\n[/column]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=last ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Beijinger</span> [English]\r\n\r\n“German native Andy Zhou arrived in Beijing eight years ago as a student eager to learn Chinese through any means possible, trying BLCU, private language schools and even online learning programs. Learning from his own successes and mistakes studying Chinese, he has launched Live the Language School, a Chinese-language school for foreigners.”\r\n\r\n[button color=orange url=http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2010/10/05/Path-of-Immersion-Andy-Zhou-of-Live-the-Language-school target=blank]Read more[/button]\r\n\r\n[/column]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=15 margin_bottom=15]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=first ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;">China.org</span> [German]\r\n\r\n“Der Deutsch-Österreicher Andreas Laimböck ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer der Sprachschule LTL – “Live The Language”. Als er 1999 als Student zum ersten Mal nach China kam, war er sogleich von der chinesischen Sprache und Kultur begeistert. Eine Begeisterung, die ihn bis heute nicht losgelassen hat.”\r\n\r\n[button color=orange url=http://german.china.org.cn/interview/2012-01/13/content_24398902.htm target=blank]Mehr lesen[/button]\r\n\r\n[/column]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=last ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;">South China Morning Post</span> [English]\r\n\r\nTo learn the language, live the culture. Andreas Laimböck says expats must escape their bubble to achieve fluency in Putonghua, and his school in Beijing puts the emphasis on going. When Ausrian Laimböck, 33, came to China in 2002 to learn Putonghua, he ran into a wall of discouraging obstacles. But the hardship…\r\n\r\n[button color=orange url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SCMP-LTL-Andreas-Laimboeck.pdf target=blank]Read more[/button]\r\n\r\n[/column]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'LTL Mandarin School in the press', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2351-revision-v1', '', '', '2012-11-30 10:05:23', '2012-11-30 10:05:23', '', 2351, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/2351-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5159, 2, '2013-07-02 21:00:23', '2013-07-02 21:00:23', '<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/LizzyGreatWall.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5123" alt="Chinas Great Wall" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/LizzyGreatWall-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>Lizzy, originally from the US, studies the Two City Combo program and is blogging about her experiences in Beijing and Chengde on her <a href="http://ituraadasiam.blogspot.com/">study Chinese blog</a>. A lot of pictures and real life experiences about life as a student in China with frequent updates.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Lizzy blogging about studying in China', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '5121-revision-6', '', '', '2013-07-02 21:00:23', '2013-07-02 21:00:23', '', 5121, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/5121-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5162, 2, '2012-12-11 04:16:41', '2012-12-11 04:16:41', '<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3447" title="overcoming obstacles" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wall-small-3-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />How to push your Chinese to the next level: Someone once told me that studying Chinese was much like running a marathon; about half way through you hit a wall and it’s painful to go further but the rewards of doing so are great. More often than not we meet people who stop studying as soon as they can get around but this only takes you so far.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nA few useful tips for pushing yourself further:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Watch Chinese TV. Choose a TV series and watch it every other day over dinner. Some good ones are: 文明之旅 (Journey of civilization), about Chinese culture, and 舌尖上的中国 (Tastes of China), about different Chinese cuisine across China.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Learn a Chinese song. While you’ll probably never use much of the song in everyday speech it is always a great excuse to go to dinner and KTV with your Chinese co-workers and friends.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Travel in China! While Thailand and Malaysia may be tempting, China also has a lot to offer for tourists. We recommend going somewhere in China over the October holiday where you can practice your Chinese whilst also getting away. Want beaches? Try Hainan. Want climbing? Try Yangshuo. Hiking? Try Yunnan.</li>\r\n</ul>', 'Overcoming Those Obstacles', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3629-revision-v1', '', '', '2012-12-11 04:16:41', '2012-12-11 04:16:41', '', 3629, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3629-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5163, 2, '2012-12-11 04:25:42', '2012-12-11 04:25:42', 'I came to China not knowing what to expect. I had studied Chinese in the classroom a little, but on arriving at my new homestay family in Beijing, my first thought was, “What have I let myself in for?” My host family didn’t speak English, the weather was hot, and the sights and smells were totally unfamiliar.\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3542" title="calligraphy-park" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/calligraphy-park.jpeg" alt="" width="375" height="500" />Fortunately, within the week these problems had righted themselves. My host family were fantastic, not just for my Chinese but in looking after me. The smell turned out to be the smell of dinner, and having tasted it I pretty quickly began to love the smell, following the delicious aromas to the kitchen to enquire what they came from and practice my Chinese. Meeting Chinese people and making friends turned out to be a side-effect of practising my Chinese. Once I realised I could just start conversations with anyone, no matter how basic, I discovered that what I thought was a dissaproving glare (seen in old Chinese people wherever you go) turned out to be curiosity, a smile and a greeting makes the most stern looking Chinese person beam radiantly and start talking excitedly. I went on holiday three times with my host family, to the Buddhist holy mountains of WuTaiShan (for which I temporarily converted to Buddhism as a conversation piece), to Xi’an (where I was unwittingly lured into giving an Elvis impression to over a hundred old Chinese pensioners), to Sichuan (where in two weeks I, probably forever, ruined my digestion).\r\n\r\nThe biggest lesson I have learnt in China is to just go for it. No-one in China is standing still, everything is always moving, always shifting, and if you want something, just do it! Want to practice Tai Chi? Just find some old ladies in a park and ask if you can join in. Want to find an obscure item? Just ask anyone, from the taxi drivers to the security guards outside the building. Want to try/learn about Chinese tea ceremony? Just go to a tea shop and ask questions. Chinese people are invariably helpful and generous, and speaking Chinese is a sure ticket into any Chinese person’s heart.\r\n\r\n[This story was contributed by <a title="Two city Combo" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/two-city-combo/">LTL Two City Combo</a> student Gibson]', 'The Chinese Immersion Experience', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3541-revision-5', '', '', '2012-12-11 04:25:42', '2012-12-11 04:25:42', '', 3541, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3541-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5133, 3, '2013-07-02 23:31:27', '2013-07-02 23:31:27', 'It\'s the 3nd of July and it is finally time for the new visa regulations to be implemented. As some of you might already have been aware of, the Chinese government and the Public Security Bureau, specifically the department of immigration, have been thinking of changing the visa regulations much more than usual since last year. The date given for the visa changes implementation was the 1st of July, 2013.\r\n\r\nRecently the World of Chinese online and offline magazine released a <a title="World of Chinese - Visa Changes" href="http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2013/07/visa-pocolypse/">post</a> about some of the new proposed regulations and the changes made to the visa types. According to the post, aside from the already known changes that will take place (new professional visa, the change of the F visa to an M visa for business purposes, and proof of noncriminal record for people who wish to work in China), many other new changes will go into effect, mainly those dealing with new visa types, as well as the subgroups for some visa types, like the X student visa, the J journalism visa and the Z work visa, which will be split into short term and long term types.\r\n\r\nFour other types of new visas will also come into place: As previously mentioned, the M visa will act as the new F visa in its place for business and trade purposes, Q visas for visiting family members or long term residents, R visas for highly skilled professional workers (possibly including freelancers who work in China) and S visas for private activities (marriage, inheritance, medical services, etc.).\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_5115" align="alignright" width="186"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130702_VisaChangesWorldOfChinese.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5115" alt="Visa Changes" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130702_VisaChangesWorldOfChinese-186x300.jpg" width="186" height="300" /></a> Visa Changes[/caption]\r\n\r\nOur visa specialist called the Public Security Bureau to confirm the rumors, however no comments was given about the changes, so it is only left to wait and see how harshly, if at all, it will be implemented when foreigners try to come to China for different reasons, applying for different visa types.\r\n\r\nWe will keep you all posted!', 'New visa regulations come into play?', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '5114-revision-7', '', '', '2013-07-02 23:31:27', '2013-07-02 23:31:27', '', 5114, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/5114-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5135, 3, '2013-07-02 23:35:13', '2013-07-02 23:35:13', 'It\'s the 3nd of July and it is finally time for the new visa regulations to be implemented. As some of you might already have been aware of, the Chinese government and the Public Security Bureau, specifically the department of immigration, have been thinking of changing the visa regulations much more than usual since last year. The date given for the visa changes implementation was the 1st of July, 2013.\r\n\r\nRecently the World of Chinese online and offline magazine released a <a title="World of Chinese - Visa Changes" href="http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2013/07/visa-pocolypse/">post</a> about some of the new proposed regulations and the changes made to the visa types. According to the post, aside from the already known changes that will take place (new professional visa, the change of the F visa to an M visa for business purposes, and proof of noncriminal record for people who wish to work in China), many other new changes will go into effect, mainly those dealing with new visa types, as well as the subgroups for some visa types, like the X student visa, the J journalism visa and the Z work visa, which will be split into short term and long term types.\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_5115" align="alignright" width="569"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130702_VisaChangesWorldOfChinese.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-5115" alt="Visa Changes" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20130702_VisaChangesWorldOfChinese.jpg" width="569" height="913" /></a> Visa Changes[/caption]\r\n\r\nFour other types of new visas will also come into place: As previously mentioned, the M visa will act as the new F visa in its place for business and trade purposes, Q visas for visiting family members or long term residents, R visas for highly skilled professional workers (possibly including freelancers who work in China) and S visas for private activities (marriage, inheritance, medical services, etc.).\r\n\r\nOur visa specialist called the Public Security Bureau to confirm the rumors, however no comments was given about the changes, so it is only left to wait and see how harshly, if at all, it will be implemented when foreigners try to come to China for different reasons, applying for different visa types.\r\n\r\nWe will keep you all posted!', 'New visa regulations come into play?', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '5114-revision-8', '', '', '2013-07-02 23:35:13', '2013-07-02 23:35:13', '', 5114, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/5114-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4117, 1, '2012-11-08 03:01:55', '2012-11-08 03:01:55', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nWhen starting a course of Chinese study, it’s helpful to understand how the class levels are defined and divided. LTL uses the HSK/EU Classification System of Language Ability for all its courses. 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Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Words: 150</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td rowspan="2">HSK 2 Elementary with Honors</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">A2</td>\r\n<td>Characters: 349</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Words: 300</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td rowspan="2">HSK 2 to 3</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">B1</td>\r\n<td>Characters: 485</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">Can understand and express basic life topics clearly and understands sentence patterns, like forming a question, comparing things or describing objects.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Words: 450</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td rowspan="2">HSK 3 Intermediate with Honors</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">B1+</td>\r\n<td>Characters: 623</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes &amp; ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Words: 600</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td rowspan="2">HSK 4 Upper Intermediate</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">B2 to B2++</td>\r\n<td>Characters: 1071</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Words: 1200</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td rowspan="2">HSK 5 Advanced</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">C1 to C1+++</td>\r\n<td>Characters: 1709</td>\r\n<td rowspan="2">Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning. Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4174, 1, '2012-11-02 07:28:09', '2012-11-02 07:28:09', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Beijing Opera Mask Painting </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">脸谱</span>: </span>Beijing Opera is an art in many ways, but the parts that fascinate most viewers first are the elaborate costumes and painted masks. Learn why a hero’s masks are always red and what the color of a beard says about a character. You will learn the techniques and soon paint your own masks. 155 RMB/hr</p>\r\n<p align="left"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chinese Painting </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">国画</span>:</span> This artform is well known for depicting scenes of natural landscapes and daily life. You will learn about traditional painting styles as well as basic calligraphy as you create your own masterpiece. 135 RMB/hr</p>\r\n&nbsp;', 'Culture Classes', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2784-revision-3', '', '', '2012-11-02 07:28:09', '2012-11-02 07:28:09', '', 2784, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/2784-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4904, 2, '2013-05-27 00:16:57', '2013-05-27 00:16:57', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>1 on 1 pricing</strong></span>\r\n\r\nAt LTL we believe into simple pricing structures. Therefore for all 1-on-1 classes in Beijing we offer\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>the same price for studying in our school, your office, home, or preferred coffee shop within the 4th ring road</li>\r\n	<li>the same price for studying on weekends, mornings and evenings from 08:30 - 20:30 every day</li>\r\n	<li>no additional charges for teacher transport within the 4th ring road</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Hours</th>\r\n<th>&gt;150</th>\r\n<th>101-150</th>\r\n<th>51-100</th>\r\n<th>25-50</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Certified Mandarin Teacher</td>\r\n<td>125</td>\r\n<td>132</td>\r\n<td>136</td>\r\n<td>145</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<em>All prices above already include your 5% prompt payment discount.</em>\r\n\r\nIf you require a teacher who speaks a language other than English, please let us know. We have teachers who speak French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. An additional charge of 20RMB/hour applies. These teachers are in high demand and might be booked fully, please [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button] to check for availability.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=10 margin_bottom=10]\r\n\r\n<strong>The LTL Quality Guarantee</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you have never studied with LTL language school before, you are eligible for the LTL quality guarantee for all options on this page. We guarantee you an outstanding, fully certified, professional Chinese teacher. And you do not pay a single RMB until you tried us out for three hours or two lessons. If you then think we are not as good as we say we are – you do not owe us any money.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=10 margin_bottom=10]\r\n\r\nFull payment is due at the beginning of the course or after the Quality Guarantee. If payment is received later than that, the full prices apply:\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Hours</th>\r\n<th>&gt;150</th>\r\n<th>101-150</th>\r\n<th>51-100</th>\r\n<th>25-50</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Certified Mandarin Teacher</td>\r\n<td>133</td>\r\n<td>139</td>\r\n<td>143</td>\r\n<td>153</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong style="font-size: x-large;">2 on 1 pricing</strong>\r\n\r\nPlease see below for all pricing per hour for 2 on 1 classes (all prices are in RMB):\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Hours</th>\r\n<th>&gt;150</th>\r\n<th>101-150</th>\r\n<th>51-100</th>\r\n<th>25-50</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Certified Mandarin Teacher</td>\r\n<td>72</td>\r\n<td>74</td>\r\n<td>79</td>\r\n<td>84</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=10 margin_bottom=10]\r\n\r\nFull payment is due at the beginning of the course or after the Quality Guarantee. If payment is received later than that, the full prices apply:\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Hours</th>\r\n<th>&gt;150</th>\r\n<th>101-150</th>\r\n<th>51-100</th>\r\n<th>25-50</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Certified Mandarin Teacher</td>\r\n<td>76</td>\r\n<td>78</td>\r\n<td>82</td>\r\n<td>89</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nFor a full quotation on a course please [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]', 'Pricing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2061-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-05-27 00:16:57', '2013-05-27 00:16:57', '', 2061, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/2061-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4317, 2, '2013-01-08 20:27:52', '2013-01-08 20:27:52', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/dialect/dsc00383/" rel="attachment wp-att-4312"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4312" alt="ABC" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC00383-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Small classes (max 6 students)</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Certified teachers</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Monthly course Starting dates</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nStudents who grew up speaking Chinese accents like Cantonese, Hokkien or Hakka at home often learn Mandarin faster than most other students who only started to get exposed to Chinese from an adult age onwards. At the same time however their needs are different to most other students, in many cases quickly learning new vocabulary, but struggling with Chinese characters and pronunciation.\r\n\r\nLTL offers special 1-on-1 classes in Beijing, taught by certified teachers, to help Chinese heritage speakers to use the advantage of exposure to Chinese languages from an early age on to progress quickly with their Mandarin language studies.\r\n\r\nAs each student\'s linguistic background is different, the best way to study Mandarin Chinese for a speaker of Chinese dialect has to be individually planned and organized. As a first step we will organize a Skype call with you, where our Director of Studies will talk to you about your situation, background and study aims. Based on this, LTL will then design a specialized curriculum for you, to help you to utilize the linguistic advantages of your background and maximize your language progress during your course in Beijing.\r\n\r\nPlease note that certified teachers for speakers of Chinese dialects are only available in Beijing.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nFor more detailed information about programs for speakers of Chinese dialects, [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]', 'Speakers of Chinese Dialects', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4308-revision-5', '', '', '2013-01-08 20:27:52', '2013-01-08 20:27:52', '', 4308, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4308-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4318, 2, '2013-01-08 20:29:08', '2013-01-08 20:29:08', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/dialect/dsc00383/" rel="attachment wp-att-4312"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4312" alt="ABC" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC00383-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Certified teachers\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Individual study plan\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Quick progress\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nStudents who grew up speaking Chinese accents like Cantonese, Hokkien or Hakka at home often learn Mandarin faster than most other students who only started to get exposed to Chinese from an adult age onwards. At the same time however their needs are different to most other students, in many cases quickly learning new vocabulary, but struggling with Chinese characters and pronunciation.\r\n\r\nLTL offers special 1-on-1 classes in Beijing, taught by certified teachers, to help Chinese heritage speakers to use the advantage of exposure to Chinese languages from an early age on to progress quickly with their Mandarin language studies.\r\n\r\nAs each student\'s linguistic background is different, the best way to study Mandarin Chinese for a speaker of Chinese dialect has to be individually planned and organized. As a first step we will organize a Skype call with you, where our Director of Studies will talk to you about your situation, background and study aims. Based on this, LTL will then design a specialized curriculum for you, to help you to utilize the linguistic advantages of your background and maximize your language progress during your course in Beijing.\r\n\r\nPlease note that certified teachers for speakers of Chinese dialects are only available in Beijing.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nFor more detailed information about programs for speakers of Chinese dialects, [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]', 'Speakers of Chinese Dialects', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4308-revision-6', '', '', '2013-01-08 20:29:08', '2013-01-08 20:29:08', '', 4308, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4308-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4319, 2, '2012-11-28 20:46:50', '2012-11-28 20:46:50', 'Students mainly from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and other overseas Chinese societies\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/mandarin-heritage-speakers/ltl-chinese-area/" rel="attachment wp-att-4320"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4320" alt="Mandarin only" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/LTL-Chinese-Area-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Learn the usage of words and phrases in China today - which often differs from other Chinese societies abroad</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Study contemporary mainland Mandarin</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Courses in Chinese newspaper reading</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Individual assessment of each students spoken &amp; written level\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Personal study plan</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Specialized teachers\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nMany LTL students from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, often called Chinese heritage speakers, have been exposed to Mandarin from an early age on, either at school or at home, but do not use it as their main language during their education and daily life. Many overseas Chinese also have a quite uneven spoken/written Chinese level, due to the way they learned the language.\r\n\r\nJoining a standard advanced Chinese group class is usually not be very effective with this background, as classmates from countries like Japan and Korea or students who studied Mandarin at universities outside of China might be very good in reading and writing Chinese, but lack in speaking. Further, many overseas Chinese have had a lot of practice speaking Chinese in specific areas, for example at home, but not in other settings, for example business or law, requiring special attention in those areas.\r\n\r\nLTL offers special 1-on-1 classes for advanced speakers of Chinese, with a focus on helping you to improve your Mandarin in the areas that you need most, while building on your existing language knowledge. This always starts with a personal assessment of your current Mandarin level, both spoken and written by our Director of Studies before you come to China. Based on this assessment LTL will create a personalized study plan for you taught by a specially trained teacher to help you to reach fluency in Mandarin as quickly as possible.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nFor more detailed information, [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]', 'Mandarin Heritage Speakers', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'mandarin-heritage-speakers', '', '', '2013-01-11 08:28:37', '2013-01-11 08:28:37', '', 0, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/?post_type=services&#038;p=4319', 0, 'services', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4321, 2, '2013-01-08 20:46:21', '2013-01-08 20:46:21', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/?attachment_id=4320" rel="attachment wp-att-4320"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4320" alt="Mandarin only" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/LTL-Chinese-Area-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></strong>\n\n<strong>[list type=check ]</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Small classes (max 6 students)</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Certified teachers</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Monthly course Starting dates</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\nMany LTL students from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, often called Chinese heritage speakers, have been exposed to Mandarin from an early age on, either at school or at home, but do not use it as their main language during their education and daily life. Many overseas Chinese also have a quite uneven spoken/written Chinese level, due to the way they learned the language.\n\nJoining a standard advanced Chinese group class is usually not be very effective with this background, as classmates from countries like Japan and Korea or students who studied Mandarin at universities outside of China might be very good in reading and writing Chinese, but lack in speaking. Further, many overseas Chinese have had a lot of practice speaking Chinese in specific areas, for example at home, but not in other settings, for example business or law, requiring special attention in those areas.\n\nLTL offers special 1-on-1 classes for advanced speakers of Chinese, with a focus on helping you to improve your Mandarin in the areas that you need most, while building on your existing language knowledge. This always starts with a personal assessment of your current Mandarin level, both spoken and written by our Director of Studies before you come to China. Based on this assessment LTL will create a personalized study plan for you taught by a specially trained teacher\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\nFor more detailed information, [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]', 'Mandarin Heritage Speakers', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4319-revision', '', '', '2013-01-08 20:46:21', '2013-01-08 20:46:21', '', 4319, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4319-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4314, 2, '2013-01-08 20:07:46', '2013-01-08 20:07:46', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/benny-lewis-fluent-in-3-months/benny-with-his-teacher/" rel="attachment wp-att-3611"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3611" alt="benny lewis fluent in Chinese in 3 months" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Benny-with-his-teacher-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Small classes (max 6 students)</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Certified teachers</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Monthly course Starting dates</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Mandarin Group Classes </strong>are perfect for beginners who would like to immerse themselves in Chinese language while interacting with other students and making new friends. This intensive course includes 20 hours per week of Small Group Class. A Small Group Class on average has 3/4 students, but is guaranteed to never have more than 6 students to make sure everyone still gets individual interaction with our teachers and can really improve their Chinese quickly. Our Mandarin group classes follow a general curriculum covering all aspects of the language from speaking, listening, reading to writing with the aim of achieving general fluency in Chinese.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Mandarin Group Classes and Individual Classes </strong>are perfect for those students interested in intensive Chinese study. This course includes 20 hours per week of Small Group Class and 10 hours per week of individual class.  Here the student not only benefits from general Mandarin tuition but also from individual personalized coaching with a teacher. Students who wish to achieve fluency quickly or only have a short time to study, this option guarantees rapid progress.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Mandarin Group Classes and Culture Classes </strong>are a great option for those interested in both studying Mandarin and learning about Chinese arts and culture. This course includes 20 hours per week of Mandarin Group Class and 10 hours per week of Chinese culture classes. Chinese Culture Classes are taught by trained professionals in each field. Options range from kung fu to calligraphy to cooking and much more.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<h2>Course overview</h2>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Weekly Courses- all year round</th>\r\n<th colspan="3">Course Content (h)</th>\r\n<th colspan="2">Beijing Upgrades</th>\r\n<th colspan="3">Locations</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group</th>\r\n<th>1-on-1 Classes</th>\r\n<th>Culture Classes</th>\r\n<th>Beijing Safari</th>\r\n<th>Discover Beijing</th>\r\n<th>Beijing</th>\r\n<th>Tianjin</th>\r\n<th>Chengde</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group</th>\r\n<td>20</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group &amp; Individual</th>\r\n<td>20</td>\r\n<td>10</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group &amp; Culture Classes</th>\r\n<td>20</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>10</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[list type=bullets-blue ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Small Group - </strong>Intensive Chinese Group Classes in Beijing,<strong> </strong>Maximum 6 students, 55 minutes per class at <strong>LTL </strong>Sunshine 100 Campus</li>\r\n	<li><strong>1-on-1 - </strong>60 minutes individual Chinese education per class at <strong>LTL </strong>Sunshine 100 Campus, your home or preferred downtown location</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Culture Classes - </strong>Each Culture Class lasts 60 minutes, and you may take different classes each week.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<h2>Upgrade options</h2>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n[toggle title="Click to find out more about <strong>Beijing Safari</strong>"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/life-in-china.jpg"><img title="life in china" alt="" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/life-in-china-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>Beijing Safari teaches you Chinese by speaking it where it is spoken best: the streets of Beijing! Learn how to shop not by studying a textbook, but by going out and shopping. With Beijing Safari the best place to learn how to buy a subway card is not a classroom, but a subway station; how to understand a menu, a restaurant. You will be at all times accompanied by a certified Mandarin Teacher who not only knows where to go, but also the vocabulary you will need when you get there. The instructor will teach you necessary words in advance, take you to places where you can engage in conversations and then listen to you while you have them. Your teacher will help if necessary, but more importantly give you feedback on the spot. During your “cool down” session the teacher will also give you a detailed explanation about additional sentences that could have been used and what the words meant you did not understand.\r\n\r\n<strong> How a session works:</strong>\r\n\r\n1) First you “warm up” with your teacher, who will explain which situations will be practiced today and go through the vocabulary and sentence patterns needed.\r\n\r\n2) The Safari starts, from buying blue trousers with a pair of socks at a shop to discussing rental prices with a property agent, according to your Mandarin level, increasing in complexity of vocabulary and sentence patterns used with each session. Live the Language has twenty different Safari Trips pre-prepared for you.\r\n\r\n3) During your “cool down” session, your teacher reviews with you the additional vocabulary that has been learned and when, how and why misunderstandings might have occurred.\r\n\r\n<strong>Course information:[list type=check ]</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Beijing Safari is a beginner course, best suited to level A1</li>\r\n	<li>Beijing Safari is only available in Beijing</li>\r\n	<li>Course includes 10 hr/wk of specialized 1-on-1 Chinese classes</li>\r\n	<li>Maximum length of the course is 2 weeks</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\nBeijing Safari is a 1-on-1 course upgrade. To book this course, please first choose a program that includes at least 10 hr/wk of individual classes. 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All Chinese Culture Classes are taught in Mandarin,giving you the opportunity to build upon your classroom study and practice speaking.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2487.jpg"><img title="immersion2" alt="Great immersion options at LTL Mandarin school" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2487-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>Tai Qi </strong><strong>太极拳</strong>: Founded in the 12<sup>th</sup> century by Taoist monk Zhang Sanfeng, Tai Qi has been used to treat stress and hi\r\ngh blood pressure for centuries. Join the legions of Chinese who practice Tai Qi in parks all over the Middle Kingdom. LTL offers courses from beginner to advanced level teaching all five major styles from Yang to Sun.\r\n\r\n<strong>Kung Fu</strong><strong>功夫</strong>: From Hong Kong action heroes to the PLA, Kung Fu refers to a variety of Chinese martial arts. Physically more challenging than Tai Qi, courses are available for all levels and different styles, with or without weapons.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese Cooking </strong><strong>做饭</strong>: Always wanted to know how the gong bao gets into the ji ding? Learn to prepare food Chinese family-style as LTL takes you on a culinary journey through different Chinese cooking traditions. Your teacher will not only provide the kitchen and ingredients, but also join you for dinner and conversation afterwards.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_2500-e1310719658621.jpg"><img title="calligraphy" alt="" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_2500-e1310719658621-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese Music: Er Hu </strong><strong>二胡</strong>: Learn how to master China’s quintessential classical instrument. A two-stringed bowed musical instrument played since the 10<sup>th</sup>century, Er Hu is today taught at all of China’s major musical schools. Offering classes from beginner to advanced level LTL will provide you with an Er Hu until you decide it is time to buy your own. A beginner can expect to play his/her first songs after the second lesson.\r\n\r\n<strong>Mahjong </strong><strong>麻将</strong>: Lose a fortune and win it back in the same night. LTL Mahjong classes will teach you the tricks for peanuts before you try your hand at your local Mahjong parlor. A four-person game, three students learn and play together with one teacher.\r\n\r\n<strong>Calligraphy </strong><strong>书法</strong>: Called Shodo in Japan and Seoye in Korea, Chinese calligraphy is one of the world’s oldest art forms. Learn how Chinese characters developed from tortoise shell carvings to today’s word processing. Your instructor will teach you about stylistic evolution from Jinwen to Kaishu and how to write Chinese worthy of an emperor.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beijing Opera Mask Painting </strong><strong>脸谱</strong>: Beijing Opera is an art in many ways, but the parts that fascinate most viewers first are the elaborate costumes and painted masks. Learn why a hero’s masks are always red and what the color of a beard says about a character. You will learn the techniques and soon paint your own masks.\r\n\r\n<strong>Paper Cutting </strong><strong>剪纸</strong>: While the days when a potential bride’s attractiveness depended on her paper cutting skills are gone, this ancient Chinese art form continues to be passed on from generation to generation. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4315, 2, '2013-01-08 20:10:31', '2013-01-08 20:10:31', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/benny-lewis-fluent-in-3-months/benny-with-his-teacher/" rel="attachment wp-att-3611"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3611" alt="benny lewis fluent in Chinese in 3 months" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Benny-with-his-teacher-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Small classes (max 6 students)</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Certified teachers</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Monthly course Starting dates</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Mandarin Group Classes </strong>are perfect for beginners who would like to immerse themselves in Chinese language while interacting with other students and making new friends. This intensive course includes 20 hours per week of Small Group Class. A Small Group Class on average has 3/4 students, but is guaranteed to never have more than 6 students to make sure everyone still gets individual interaction with our teachers and can really improve their Chinese quickly. Our Mandarin group classes follow a general curriculum covering all aspects of the language from speaking, listening, reading to writing with the aim of achieving general fluency in Chinese.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Mandarin Group Classes and Individual Classes </strong>are perfect for those students interested in intensive Chinese study. This course includes 20 hours per week of Small Group Class and 10 hours per week of individual class.  Here the student not only benefits from general Mandarin tuition but also from individual personalized coaching with a teacher. Students who wish to achieve fluency quickly or only have a short time to study, this option guarantees rapid progress.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Mandarin Group Classes and Culture Classes </strong>are a great option for those interested in both studying Mandarin and learning about Chinese arts and culture. This course includes 20 hours per week of Mandarin Group Class and 10 hours per week of Chinese culture classes. Chinese Culture Classes are taught by trained professionals in each field. Options range from kung fu to calligraphy to cooking and much more.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<h2>Course overview</h2>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Weekly Courses- all year round</th>\r\n<th colspan="3">Course Content (h)</th>\r\n<th colspan="2">Beijing Upgrades</th>\r\n<th colspan="3">Locations</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group</th>\r\n<th>1-on-1 Classes</th>\r\n<th>Culture Classes</th>\r\n<th>Beijing Safari</th>\r\n<th>Discover Beijing</th>\r\n<th>Beijing</th>\r\n<th>Tianjin</th>\r\n<th>Chengde</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group</th>\r\n<td>20</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group &amp; Individual</th>\r\n<td>20</td>\r\n<td>10</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Small Group &amp; Culture Classes</th>\r\n<td>20</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>10</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>✔</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n<td>N/A</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[list type=bullets-blue ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Small Group - </strong>Intensive Chinese Group Classes in Beijing,<strong> </strong>Maximum 6 students, 55 minutes per class at <strong>LTL </strong>Sunshine 100 Campus</li>\r\n	<li><strong>1-on-1 - </strong>60 minutes individual Chinese education per class at <strong>LTL </strong>Sunshine 100 Campus, your home or preferred downtown location</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Culture Classes - </strong>Each Culture Class lasts 60 minutes, and you may take different classes each week.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<h2>Upgrade options</h2>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n[toggle title="Click to find out more about <strong>Beijing Safari</strong>"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/life-in-china.jpg"><img title="life in china" alt="" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/life-in-china-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>Beijing Safari teaches you Chinese by speaking it where it is spoken best: the streets of Beijing! Learn how to shop not by studying a textbook, but by going out and shopping. With Beijing Safari the best place to learn how to buy a subway card is not a classroom, but a subway station; how to understand a menu, a restaurant. You will be at all times accompanied by a certified Mandarin Teacher who not only knows where to go, but also the vocabulary you will need when you get there. The instructor will teach you necessary words in advance, take you to places where you can engage in conversations and then listen to you while you have them. Your teacher will help if necessary, but more importantly give you feedback on the spot. During your “cool down” session the teacher will also give you a detailed explanation about additional sentences that could have been used and what the words meant you did not understand.\r\n\r\n<strong> How a session works:</strong>\r\n\r\n1) First you “warm up” with your teacher, who will explain which situations will be practiced today and go through the vocabulary and sentence patterns needed.\r\n\r\n2) The Safari starts, from buying blue trousers with a pair of socks at a shop to discussing rental prices with a property agent, according to your Mandarin level, increasing in complexity of vocabulary and sentence patterns used with each session. 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All Chinese Culture Classes are taught in Mandarin,giving you the opportunity to build upon your classroom study and practice speaking.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2487.jpg"><img title="immersion2" alt="Great immersion options at LTL Mandarin school" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2487-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>Tai Qi </strong><strong>太极拳</strong>: Founded in the 12<sup>th</sup> century by Taoist monk Zhang Sanfeng, Tai Qi has been used to treat stress and hi\r\ngh blood pressure for centuries. Join the legions of Chinese who practice Tai Qi in parks all over the Middle Kingdom. LTL offers courses from beginner to advanced level teaching all five major styles from Yang to Sun.\r\n\r\n<strong>Kung Fu</strong><strong>功夫</strong>: From Hong Kong action heroes to the PLA, Kung Fu refers to a variety of Chinese martial arts. Physically more challenging than Tai Qi, courses are available for all levels and different styles, with or without weapons.\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese Cooking </strong><strong>做饭</strong>: Always wanted to know how the gong bao gets into the ji ding? Learn to prepare food Chinese family-style as LTL takes you on a culinary journey through different Chinese cooking traditions. Your teacher will not only provide the kitchen and ingredients, but also join you for dinner and conversation afterwards.\r\n\r\n<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_2500-e1310719658621.jpg"><img title="calligraphy" alt="" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IMG_2500-e1310719658621-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese Music: Er Hu </strong><strong>二胡</strong>: Learn how to master China’s quintessential classical instrument. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4652, 2, '2013-02-22 03:29:28', '2013-02-22 03:29:28', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/TCM.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4613" alt="TCM" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/TCM.png" width="200" height="200" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>TCM theory\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Clinical experience\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Beginner &amp; advanced courses\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Chinese language introduction course\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Certificate upon completion</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>English language instruction</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Study TCM</strong> (Traditional Chinese Medicine) in Beijing, learn TCM theory and gain clinical experience at one of China\'s most reputable TCM hospitals. The course begins with a one month Mandarin course, and is then followed by a three month TCM course.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>The course</strong> consists out of three parts\r\n\r\n[list type=check]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Four weeks of Mandarin instruction in small groups (20h/week)</li>\r\n	<li>One week of intensive theoretical TCM training</li>\r\n	<li>11 weeks of clinical practice (mornings) combined with TCM training (afternoon)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>TCM Theory</strong> is taught in English, focusing on TCM, acupuncture, and preparing students for clinical practice. Textbooks used are <i>Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture</i> (beginner course) and the four books of <em>International Acupuncture Textbook series</em>, including <em>Basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine, Diagnostics of traditional Chinese medicine, Meridians and acupoints, and Acupuncture therapeutic</em>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>TCM Clinical Practice</strong> is in groups, with a translator to facilitate communication with local patients and doctors. Depending on your experience and Chinese language ability you will be able to participate in consultations, learn how a TCM hospital in China works, and observe experienced TCM doctors treating patients.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese language</strong> preparation is in small groups, and you will be placed in a suitable class depending on your language ability together with other international students.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>For accommodation</strong> you can choose between a hostel close to the school, living with a <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/" target="_blank">Chinese homestay family</a>, <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/cheap-homestay-beijing/" target="_blank">live &amp; teach</a>,<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/apartment-offers-in-beijing/" target="_blank"> shared apartment</a>, or <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/serviced-apartments-in-beijing/" target="_blank">studio apartment</a>.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=first ]\r\n\r\n<strong>TCM Beginner courses 2013</strong>\r\n\r\n18th of March - 15th of July\r\n\r\n15th of July - 15th of November\r\n\r\n[/column]\r\n\r\n<strong>TCM Advanced courses 2013</strong>\r\n\r\n8th of July - 5th of November\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'TCM Course', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4609-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-02-22 03:29:28', '2013-02-22 03:29:28', '', 4609, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4609-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4352, 1, '2012-12-14 03:55:16', '2012-12-14 03:55:16', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20][royalslider id="22"]\r\n\r\n[list type=check ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Carefully selected families</li>\r\n	<li>Match homestays based on your preferences</li>\r\n	<li>Eat with your host family</li>\r\n	<li>Cheap Homestay in Beijing</li>\r\n	<li>Cultural Exchange and language exchange</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Live with a Chinese family!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>LTL </strong>homestay families are carefully selected in order to give students a warm and welcoming experience. Staying with a homestay family provides you with the opportunity to really use your Chinese once you finish your classes for the day. Whether you’re enjoying a meal at home, playing ping-pong with the neighbors or going on a weekend trip to visit relatives you’ll be living an authentic Chinese life.\r\n\r\nHomestay families have apartments within the CBD area of Beijing, making travel to the <strong>LTL </strong>campus fast and convenient. Most LTL homestays are within walking distance of campus, and all are within a 60 minute commute. Our homestay questionnaire form also ensures you are placed with a family compatible with your living preferences. This type of cultural immersion is an ideal way to begin your course of Chinese study.\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Teach your homestay family!</strong></span>\r\n\r\nWith our Live &amp; Teach option you get a discount on homestay accommodation for helping teach the host family’s children conversational English, while they in turn encourage you to speak Chinese. This is a great opportunity for cultural exchange as both you and your family can learn together. For those who like children or have a passion for teaching this is a very rewarding experience and offers you a cheaper Homestay experience.\r\n\r\nStudents will spend 6 hours a week teaching basic conversational English in an informal setting. In return students get a discount on their accommodation and get a good language exchange opportunity. Students ought to have a high level of English (equivalent to a C1) to teach.', 'Overview', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3405-revision-v1', '', '', '2012-12-14 03:55:16', '2012-12-14 03:55:16', '', 3405, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3405-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4358, 2, '2013-01-14 22:24:38', '2013-01-14 22:24:38', 'LTL can issue Fapiaos for local courses that are paid for in RMB, but need to strictly follow government guidelines on the process. Important points to pay attention to are:\n\n1) To issue a Fapiao you need to inform your student advisor in writing via email of the exact name the Fapiao should be issued <a href="http://www.old.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fapiao.jpg"><img title="Fapiao" alt="" src="http://www.old.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fapiao-300x181.jpg" width="300" height="181" /></a>to (抬头). Even a small mistake will mean the Tax Authorities will not accept it. Once a Fapiao has been issued there is no way to return or change it. We therefore only issue Fapiaos once your student advisor received the exact required information (抬头) via email, to avoid mistakes.\n\n2) Chinese tax regulations require that all Fapiaos need to be issued in the same month that payment was received. So please make sure that if you require a Fapiao you inform us of the company name (Chinese: 抬头, Táitóu) in time. If your payment was received after the 25th of a month, we can still issue the Fapiao the next month for you.\n\n3) As in China a Fapiao is not only a legal document but also considered a valuable item, courrier services do not deliver them and they need to be received in person. If you requested a Fapiao and gave us the relevant company name, it will be ready within several days at the LTL school and you can pick it up on the 19th floor from Iris. If you do not have the opportunity to come by the school to pick it up you can ask your teacher to take it with him/her when he/she is next at the school. We will hold on to the Fapiao for two months after issuing it, please make sure you get it in time.', 'fapiao', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4357-revision', '', '', '2013-01-14 22:24:38', '2013-01-14 22:24:38', '', 4357, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4357-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4361, 2, '2013-01-14 22:25:52', '2013-01-14 22:25:52', 'LTL can issue Fapiaos for local courses that are paid for in RMB, but need to strictly follow government guidelines on the process. Important points to pay attention to are:<a href="http://www.old.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fapiao.jpg"><img class="alignright" title="Fapiao Chinese language classes" alt="" src="http://www.old.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fapiao-300x181.jpg" width="300" height="181" /></a>\r\n\r\n1) To issue a Fapiao you need to inform your student advisor in writing via email of the exact name the Fapiao should be issued to (抬头). Even a small mistake will mean the Tax Authorities will not accept it. Once a Fapiao has been issued there is no way to return or change it. We therefore only issue Fapiaos once your student advisor received the exact required information (抬头) via email, to avoid mistakes.\r\n\r\n2) Chinese tax regulations require that all Fapiaos need to be issued in the same month that payment was received. So please make sure that if you require a Fapiao you inform us of the company name (Chinese: 抬头, Táitóu) in time. If your payment was received after the 25th of a month, we can still issue the Fapiao the next month for you.\r\n\r\n3) As in China a Fapiao is not only a legal document but also considered a valuable item, courrier services do not deliver them and they need to be received in person. If you requested a Fapiao and gave us the relevant company name, it will be ready within several days at the LTL school and you can pick it up on the 19th floor from Iris. If you do not have the opportunity to come by the school to pick it up you can ask your teacher to take it with him/her when he/she is next at the school. We will hold on to the Fapiao for two months after issuing it, please make sure you get it in time.', 'Fapiao', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4357-revision-4', '', '', '2013-01-14 22:25:52', '2013-01-14 22:25:52', '', 4357, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4357-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4362, 2, '2013-01-14 22:27:12', '2013-01-14 22:27:12', 'LTL can issue Fapiaos for local courses that are paid for in RMB, but need to strictly follow government guidelines on the process. Important points to pay attention to are:<a href="http://www.old.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fapiao.jpg"><img class="alignright" title="Fapiao Chinese language classes" alt="" src="http://www.old.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fapiao-300x181.jpg" width="300" height="181" /></a>\n\n1) To issue a Fapiao you need to inform your student advisor in writing via email of the exact name the Fapiao should be issued to (抬头). Even a small mistake will mean the Tax Authorities will not accept it. Once a Fapiao has been issued there is no way to return or change it. We therefore only issue Fapiaos once your student advisor received the exact required information (抬头) via email, to avoid mistakes.\n\n2) Chinese tax regulations require that all Fapiaos need to be issued in the same month that payment was received. So please make sure that if you require a Fapiao you inform us of the company name (Chinese: 抬头, Táitóu) in time. If your payment was received after the 25th of a month, we can still issue the Fapiao the next month for you.\n\n3) As in China a Fapiao is not only a legal document but also considered a valuable item, courrier services do not deliver them and they need to be received in person. If you requested a Fapiao and gave us the relevant company name, it will be ready within several days at the LTL school and you can pick it up on the 19th floor from Iris. If you do not have the opportunity to come by the school to pick it up you can ask your teacher to take it with him/her when he/she is next at the school. We will hold on to the Fapiao for two months after issuing it, please make sure you get it in time.', 'Fapiao', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4357-autosave', '', '', '2013-01-14 22:27:12', '2013-01-14 22:27:12', '', 4357, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4357-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4364, 2, '2013-01-14 22:31:19', '2013-01-14 22:31:19', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2620" title="ltl mandarin school chinese group classroom beijing" alt="ltl mandarin school chinese group classroom beijing" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/small-classroom.jpg" width="300" height="225" />For both new and experienced students, Evening Chinese group classes are the perfect Mandarin course for rapid improvement. By interacting with other students from Beijing and engaging in active conversations, you are able to immediately practice your new vocabulary and sentence patterns while also benefitting from the questions asked by other students.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>LTL</strong> is committed to providing an optimal learning environment, which is why all our Beijing group classes have a <strong>maximum of 6 students</strong>. This is the ideal size for interacting with others while still receiving the personal attention you need to succeed in your studies. Wether evening or morning, all Chinese group classes are taught by certified Chinese teachers.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<h2>Locations</h2>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=first ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;">CBD </span><span style="font-size: medium;">(Dawanglu Station)</span>\r\n\r\n[list type=check ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>LTL main campus</li>\r\n	<li>5 minutes walk from Dawanglu station (Line 1)</li>\r\n	<li>Beginner to intermediate level group classes</li>\r\n	<li>Both morning and evening classes</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=15 margin_bottom=15]\r\n\r\n<strong>LTL</strong> Mandarin School is committed to providing an optimal learning environment, which is why all our Beijing group classes have a <strong>maximum of 6 students</strong>. This is the ideal size for interacting with others while still receiving the personal attention you need to succeed in your studies. All Chinese group classes are also taught by certified Chinese teachers.\r\n\r\n[/column]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=last ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shuangjing</span>[list type=check ]</span>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>5 minutes walk from Shuangjing station (Line 10)</li>\r\n	<li>Beginner to intermediate level group classes</li>\r\n	<li>Both morning and evening classes</li>\r\n	<li>New location!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">[/list]</span>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=15 margin_bottom=15]\r\n\r\nLocated about 5 minutes walk from the subway station we offer Chinese group classes from beginner to intermediate level in Shuangjing. The classes run in both in evening and morning depending on demand and availability.[/column]\r\n\r\nLTL can issue <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/fapiao">Fapiaos</a> for all Chinese classes booked in Beijing.', 'Overview', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2052-revision-6', '', '', '2013-01-14 22:31:19', '2013-01-14 22:31:19', '', 2052, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/2052-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4363, 2, '2012-12-12 09:20:00', '2012-12-12 09:20:00', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2620" title="ltl mandarin school chinese group classroom beijing" alt="ltl mandarin school chinese group classroom beijing" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/small-classroom.jpg" width="300" height="225" />For both new and experienced students, Evening Chinese group classes are the perfect Mandarin course for rapid improvement. By interacting with other students from Beijing and engaging in active conversations, you are able to immediately practice your new vocabulary and sentence patterns while also benefitting from the questions asked by other students.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>LTL</strong> is committed to providing an optimal learning environment, which is why all our Beijing group classes have a <strong>maximum of 6 students</strong>. This is the ideal size for interacting with others while still receiving the personal attention you need to succeed in your studies. Wether evening or morning, all Chinese group classes are taught by certified Chinese teachers.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n<h2>Locations</h2>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=first ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;">CBD </span><span style="font-size: medium;">(Dawanglu Station)</span>\r\n\r\n[list type=check ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>LTL main campus</li>\r\n	<li>5 minutes walk from Dawanglu station (Line 1)</li>\r\n	<li>Beginner to intermediate level group classes</li>\r\n	<li>Both morning and evening classes</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=15 margin_bottom=15]\r\n\r\n<strong>LTL</strong> Mandarin School is committed to providing an optimal learning environment, which is why all our Beijing group classes have a <strong>maximum of 6 students</strong>. This is the ideal size for interacting with others while still receiving the personal attention you need to succeed in your studies. All Chinese group classes are also taught by certified Chinese teachers.\r\n\r\n[/column]\r\n\r\n[column size=half position=last ]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shuangjing</span>[list type=check ]</span>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>5 minutes walk from Shuangjing station (Line 10)</li>\r\n	<li>Beginner to intermediate level group classes</li>\r\n	<li>Both morning and evening classes</li>\r\n	<li>New location!</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">[/list]</span>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=15 margin_bottom=15]\r\n\r\nLocated about 5 minutes walk from the subway station we offer Chinese group classes from beginner to intermediate level in Shuangjing. The classes run in both in evening and morning depending on demand and availability.[/column]', 'Overview', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2052-revision-5', '', '', '2012-12-12 09:20:00', '2012-12-12 09:20:00', '', 2052, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/2052-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5042, 3, '2013-06-19 20:00:10', '2013-06-19 20:00:10', 'At LTL, we like technology! And we like mixing the process of studying Chinese with new and innovative technology! The rise of the internet allowed us not only to share information, interesting stories and fun videos with the whole word, but it also further enhanced out learning experience! Having the right tools will help you further study Chinese better and improve it immeasurably.\r\n\r\nTherefore, today we would like to introduce some sites and tools to further your study of Chinese:\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_5043" align="alignright" width="300"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20130618_CocaColaNames.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5043" alt="Coca Cola\'s &quot;Share a Coke Campaign&quot; in China" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20130618_CocaColaNames-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a> Coca Cola\'s "Share a Coke Campaign" in China[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a title="Chinese Grammar Wiki" href="http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page" target="_blank">Chinese Grammar Wiki</a> - A Wiki guide to Chinese grammar, going from Beginner grammar up to Upper Intermediate grammar. It also has a bunch of other useful information about Chinese study tools!\r\n\r\n<a title="YellowBridge Dictionary" href="http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chinese-dictionary.php" target="_blank">YellowBridge Dictionary</a> - YellowBridge is a great little translation site that works both as a word dictionary and a character dictionary. It can give comprehensive information about characters and the words they can be used in.\r\n\r\n<a title="Zhongwen Add-on" href="http://zhongwen-chrome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Zhongwen</a> - Zhongwen is a nifty little Google Chrome add-on, which allows the user to hover over a word in Chinese in a text on the internet, and it will pop up an explanation and translation of that word.\r\n\r\n<a title="Anki" href="http://ankisrs.net/" target="_blank">Anki</a> - The famous Flashcard program. Input the vocabulary you learn in class into the program and review everything in a smart way with the unique rehearsed review system of Anki!\r\n\r\n<a title="Chineasy" href="http://chineasy.org/" target="_blank">Chineasy</a> - Learn Chinese characters through fun visual aids, by learning about the origins of the characters and how they came into being.\r\n\r\n<a title="Memrise" href="http://www.memrise.com/" target="_blank">Memrise</a> - Another vocabulary building site. Study Chinese vocabulary (as well as vocabulary in other languages) through the many practice drills and games that this site has to offer.\r\n\r\n<a title="ICourses" href="http://www.icourses.edu.cn/" target="_blank">ICourse</a> - For advanced learners, this is a site with different videos of lectures in Chinese. Very advanced listening practice for the students who learned for a long time.\r\n\r\n<a title="Perapera Chinese" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/perapera-kun-chinese-popup-tra/" target="_blank">Perapera Chinese</a> - Similar to Zhongwen, this Mozilla Firefox add-on allows you to hover over a word and get it\'s definition in a pop up. Has English, French and German dictionaries.\r\n\r\n<a title="MBDG" href="http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php" target="_blank">MBDG</a> - The answer to all your character and word needs! Comprehensive explanations. Great for looking up that hard and scary character and simplifying it!\r\n\r\n<a title="Multilingual Books Chinese TV" href="http://multilingualbooks.com/online-tv-chinese.html" target="_blank">Chinese Internet TV</a> - Want to practice your listening comprehension? Why not watch some channels in Chinese? A good selection from China and Taiwan as well!\r\n\r\n<a title="Wenlin" href="http://www.wenlin.com/" target="_blank">Wenlin</a> - Most likely one of the best computer dictionary on the market! Wenlin has explanations for both new and old characters, simplified and traditional, as well as translations for modern and ancient meanings. Perfect for beginning and advanced learners!\r\n\r\n<a title="Pleco" href="http://www.pleco.com/" target="_blank">Pleco</a> - One of the best smartphone Chinese dictionaries on the market today. Lots of features, flashcards, handwriting and a bunch of other stuff.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs you can see, the internet has a lot of things to offer for Chinese learners. The above list is very limited and very small, but it is a good start. If you have other interesting websites and study tools you would like to share with us, we\'d love to hear your thoughts!', 'Chinese Learning Sites', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'chineselearningsites', '', '', '2013-06-19 22:54:21', '2013-06-19 22:54:21', '', 0, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/?p=5042', 0, 'post', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4411, 2, '2013-01-16 13:20:40', '2013-01-16 13:20:40', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internships/www-livethelanguage-cn-business/" rel="attachment wp-att-4206"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4206" alt="Internship China" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/www.livethelanguage.cn-business-150x150.jpg" width="276" height="276" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Intern in China in an English language environment</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Four weeks Chinese language preparation month\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Four weeks Chinese homestay or shared apartment included\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Chinese language classes while working included\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Join our intern community for activities and fun\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>The LTL Semester Internship Program</strong> means you will first spend a month at our Chinese language school in Beijing\'s Central Business District to learn the basics of Mandarin, make friends with fellow interns and other students, while immersing yourself into Chinese culture, living with a Chinese family, experiencing the cuisine, culture and customs first hand.\r\n\r\nAfter the first month you will start your internship with your company, either in Beijing or Shanghai lasting from three to six months.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>The Internships </strong>are in a wide range of companies ranging from multinational corporations to start ups and in an English speaking environment, though you will have plenty of opportunities to use your new Chinese language skills. LTL provides internships in Beijing and Shanghai in the following areas: <em>Sales, Marketing, Law, Architecture, Business, Enterpreneurship, Finance, Linguistics, Teaching, Translation, Design, Engineering, Real Estate, Event Management, Tourism, IT and NGOs.</em>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internships/lunch/" rel="attachment wp-att-4221"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4221" alt="Interns having lunch in Beijing" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lunch-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>During the first four weeks</strong> all interns study Mandarin in China\'s capital, Beijing. Different levels are offered both for complete beginners and students who already studied Chinese previously. All classes are in small groups, with a maximum of <strong>six</strong> students per class, twenty hours per week. 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To truly experience Chinese culture, there is no better way than living with a Chinese homestay. Choose between a family that speaks Chinese only or with English language skills. Host families are no more than 30 minutes travel time away from the school in the Beijing\'s CBD, with modern facilities, breakfast and dinner included.\r\nShared apartments are next to the China\'s Communication University, four subway stops away from the school and are shared with local university students or other international interns and language students. You can choose between a large room with your en-suite bathroom or a small room with a shared bathroom.\r\n\r\nBoth homestay and shared apartment accommodation have internet with bills included.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Social life</strong> in the LTL intern community is very varied and very international. You will meet other interns from all over the world, hike China\'s Great Wall together, go for dinners and discover Beijing\'s nightlife. Discover China, it\'s culture and a world that could not be more different together. LTL offers a wide range of <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/service-kits/">services </a>including airport pick-ups, Chinese SIM card on arrival, 24/7 support etc. for interns.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internships/jay/" rel="attachment wp-att-4225"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4225" alt="Jay" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Jay-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>For accommodation during your internship</strong> you can either continue to stay with your homestay family / shared apartment or let us support you in finding a room in a shared apartment yourself, close to your company. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4414, 2, '2013-01-16 14:59:50', '2013-01-16 14:59:50', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internships/www-livethelanguage-cn-business/" rel="attachment wp-att-4206"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4206" alt="Internship China" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/www.livethelanguage.cn-business-150x150.jpg" width="276" height="276" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Intern in China in an English language environment</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Four weeks Chinese language preparation month\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Four weeks Chinese homestay or shared apartment included\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Chinese language classes while working included\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Join our intern community for activities and fun\r\n</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>The LTL Semester Internship Program</strong> means you will first spend a month at our Chinese language school in Beijing\'s Central Business District to learn the basics of Mandarin, make friends with fellow interns and other students, while immersing yourself into Chinese culture, living with a Chinese family, experiencing the cuisine, culture and customs first hand.\r\n\r\nAfter the first month you will start your internship with your company, either in Beijing or Shanghai lasting from three to six months.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>The Internships </strong>are in a wide range of companies ranging from multinational corporations to start ups and in an English speaking environment, though you will have plenty of opportunities to use your new Chinese language skills. LTL provides internships in Beijing and Shanghai in the following areas: <em>Sales, Marketing, Law, Architecture, Business, Enterpreneurship, Finance, Linguistics, Teaching, Translation, Design, Engineering, Real Estate, Event Management, Tourism, IT and NGOs.</em>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internships/lunch/" rel="attachment wp-att-4221"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4221" alt="Interns having lunch in Beijing" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/lunch-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>During the first four weeks</strong> all interns study Mandarin in China\'s capital, Beijing. Different levels are offered both for complete beginners and students who already studied Chinese previously. All classes are in small groups, with a maximum of <strong>six</strong> students per class, twenty hours per week. 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You will meet other interns from all over the world, hike China\'s Great Wall together, go for dinners and discover Beijing\'s nightlife. Discover China, it\'s culture and a world that could not be more different together. LTL offers a wide range of <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/service-kits/">services </a>including airport pick-ups, Chinese SIM card on arrival, 24/7 support etc. for interns.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internships/jay/" rel="attachment wp-att-4225"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4225" alt="Jay" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Jay-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>For accommodation during your internship</strong> you can either continue to stay with your homestay family / shared apartment or let us support you in finding a room in a shared apartment yourself, close to your company. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4698, 2, '2013-03-08 04:30:15', '2013-03-08 04:30:15', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>[list type=check ]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internships/www-livethelanguage-cn-business/" rel="attachment wp-att-4206"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4206" alt="Internship China" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/www.livethelanguage.cn-business-150x150.jpg" width="276" height="276" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong>Intern in China in an English language environment, organized by LTL\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Four weeks Chinese language preparation month\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Four weeks Chinese homestay or shared apartment included\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Chinese language classes while working included\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Join our intern community for activities and fun\r\n</strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong>Choose a four, five or six months program</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>The LTL Semester Internship Program</strong> means you will first spend a month at our Chinese language school in Beijing\'s Central Business District to learn the basics of Mandarin, make friends with fellow interns and other students, while immersing yourself into Chinese culture, living with a Chinese family, experiencing the cuisine, culture and customs first hand.\r\n\r\nAfter the first month you will start your internship with your company, either in Beijing or Shanghai lasting from three to six months. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4701, 2, '2013-01-03 01:47:45', '2013-01-03 01:47:45', '<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/why-ltl/img_0959/" rel="attachment wp-att-4256"><img class="alignright  wp-image-4256" alt="Chinese preperation" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_0959-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\nCompanies that hire interns in China are looking for young, motivated, international applicants who will help them to grow their business, while settling into their companies and positions quickly  - and with as little additional work for the HR department as possible.\r\n\r\nAt LTL we guarantee our partner companies that before an interns start to work, we will have provided the intern with not only basic Chinese language training, but also organize accommodation, social activities, visa support and cultural immersion for interns in China before they join the company.\r\n\r\nThis mean<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/why-ltl/dsc00351/" rel="attachment wp-att-4259"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4259" alt="LTL School" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC00351-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>s HR departments know that when an LTL intern starts an internship, he will already have gained an understanding of the culture and language and there is back up support available when needed, which results in a better performing intern for the company with less work for the hiring department. And that is why companies, both large and small, all over China choose to hire their interns via LTL, most having done so for years and many of them exclusively.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith this partner network LTL can find the internship that fits you best, while helping you to perform during your internship by making sure that you settle quickly and smoothly into China, with a good support network, visa support, plenty of new friends and a thorough understanding of Chinese culture and work ethics.', 'Why LTL?', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4251-revision-9', '', '', '2013-01-03 01:47:45', '2013-01-03 01:47:45', '', 4251, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4251-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4702, 2, '2013-03-08 04:32:09', '2013-03-08 04:32:09', '<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/why-ltl/img_0959/" rel="attachment wp-att-4256"><img class="alignright  wp-image-4256" alt="Chinese preperation" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_0959-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\nCompanies that hire interns in China are looking for young, motivated, international applicants who will help them to grow their business, while settling into their companies and positions quickly  - and with as little additional work for the HR department as possible.\r\n\r\nAt LTL we guarantee our partner companies that before an interns start to work, we will have provided the intern with not only basic Chinese language training, but also organize accommodation, social activities, visa support and cultural immersion for interns in China before they join the company.\r\n\r\nThis mean<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/why-ltl/dsc00351/" rel="attachment wp-att-4259"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4259" alt="LTL School" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC00351-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>s HR departments know that when an LTL intern starts an internship, he will already have gained an understanding of the culture and language and there is back up support available when needed, which results in a better performing intern for the company with less work for the hiring department. And that is why companies, both large and small, all over China choose to hire their interns via LTL, most having done so for years and many of them exclusively.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith this partner network LTL can find the internship that fits you best, while helping you to perform during your internship by making sure that you settle quickly and smoothly into China, with a good support network, visa support, plenty of new friends and a thorough understanding of Chinese culture and work ethics.', 'Why let us help you', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4251-revision-10', '', '', '2013-03-08 04:32:09', '2013-03-08 04:32:09', '', 4251, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4251-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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Once you were confirmed for your internship, you complete your booking with LTL and your internship advisor will guide you through the organization and visa process.\r\n\r\n<strong>Quick Book Internship:</strong> For 1000CNY, we can organise an internship within 4 weeks.<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>To learn Mandarin</strong> while in China, you can either choose an <a title="Chinese classes" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/" target="_blank">intensive Chinese course</a> or the study and work option, where you will study either six hours of small group classes at the LTL Central Business District school or two hours of one-on-one class at your office per week.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/services/internship-accommodation/dsc00454/" rel="attachment wp-att-4394"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4394" alt="Beijing nightlife" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC00454-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Social life</strong> as an intern with the LTL program is both exciting and very international. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4812, 2, '2013-04-25 03:37:27', '2013-04-25 03:37:27', 'Programs can be organized for different lengths of time, optionally with our without Chinese language course and accommodation or internship only. <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/">Contact</a> us for details.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Intern &amp; Accommodation</strong></span>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">All prices in Chinese Yuan (CNY)</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Description</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Month</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Small Room</th>\r\n<td>Small room, shared bathroom, internship</td>\r\n<td>10,300</td>\r\n<td>13,100</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>18,700</td>\r\n<td>21,500</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>2,800</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Large Room</th>\r\n<td>Large room en-suite bathroom, internship</td>\r\n<td>11,700</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>20,100</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>28,500</td>\r\n<td>32,700</td>\r\n<td>4,200</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Homestay</th>\r\n<td>Single room homestay, incl. breakfast &amp; dinner, internship</td>\r\n<td>15,200</td>\r\n<td>21,745</td>\r\n<td>27,135</td>\r\n<td>33,680</td>\r\n<td>40,225</td>\r\n<td>46,770</td>\r\n<td>6,545</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\nWant to learn Chinese while working? Upgrade your internship with a Chinese language course.\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Upgrade</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Month</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Chinese Course</th>\r\n<td>6h of group or 2h of 1-on-1 class at your office/week</td>\r\n<td>1,440</td>\r\n<td>2,560</td>\r\n<td>3,360</td>\r\n<td>4,320</td>\r\n<td>5,200</td>\r\n<td>6,000</td>\r\n<td>960</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><a title="Group classes" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/group-classes/"><strong>Intern Semester</strong></a></strong></span>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Description</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>30</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Week</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Small Room</th>\r\n<td>1st month small room, shared bathroom, and full time Chinese course, followed by internship &amp; part-time Chinese classes.</td>\r\n<td>20,904</td>\r\n<td>22,344</td>\r\n<td>24,504</td>\r\n<td>25,944</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Large Room</th>\r\n<td>1st month large room en-suite bathroom, and full time Chinese course, followed by internship &amp; part-time Chinese classes.</td>\r\n<td>23,004</td>\r\n<td>24,444</td>\r\n<td>26,604</td>\r\n<td>28,044</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Homestay</th>\r\n<td>1st month single room homestay, incl. breakfast &amp; dinner, and full time Chinese course, followed by internship &amp; part-time Chinese classes.</td>\r\n<td>26,576</td>\r\n<td>28,016</td>\r\n<td>30,176</td>\r\n<td>31,616</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCheck here for more pictures and additional information for<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/"> homestays</a> and <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/apartment-offers-in-beijing/">shared apartments</a>.  It is possible to change programs according to specific requirements. [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button] to sign up or ask questions.', 'Pricing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4230-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-04-25 03:37:27', '2013-04-25 03:37:27', '', 4230, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4230-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4416, 2, '2013-01-16 15:04:02', '2013-01-16 15:04:02', 'Programs can be organized for different lengths of time, optionally with our without Chinese language course and accommodation or internship only. <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/">Contact</a> us for details.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a title="Group classes" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/group-classes/"><strong>Intern &amp; Accommodation</strong></a></span>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Description</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Month</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Small Room</th>\r\n<td>Small room, shared bathroom, internship</td>\r\n<td>10,300</td>\r\n<td>13,100</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>18,700</td>\r\n<td>21,500</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>2,800</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Large Room</th>\r\n<td>Large room en-suite bathroom, internship</td>\r\n<td>11,700</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>20,100</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>28,500</td>\r\n<td>32,700</td>\r\n<td>4,200</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Homestay</th>\r\n<td>Single room homestay, incl. breakfast &amp; dinner, internship</td>\r\n<td>15,200</td>\r\n<td>21,745</td>\r\n<td>27,135</td>\r\n<td>33,680</td>\r\n<td>40,225</td>\r\n<td>46,770</td>\r\n<td>6,545</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\nWant to learn Chinese while working? Upgrade your internship with a Chinese language course.\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Upgrade</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Month</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Chinese Course</th>\r\n<td>6h of group or 2h of 1-on-1 class at your office/week</td>\r\n<td>10,300</td>\r\n<td>13,100</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>18,700</td>\r\n<td>21,500</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>2,800</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><a title="Group classes" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/group-classes/"><strong>Intern Semester</strong></a></strong></span>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Description</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>30</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Week</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Small Room</th>\r\n<td>1st month small room, shared bathroom, internship &amp; Chinese classes while working</td>\r\n<td>20,904</td>\r\n<td>22,344</td>\r\n<td>24,504</td>\r\n<td>25,944</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Large Room</th>\r\n<td>1st month large room en-suite bathroom, internship &amp; Chinese classes while working</td>\r\n<td>23,004</td>\r\n<td>24,444</td>\r\n<td>26,604</td>\r\n<td>28,044</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Homestay</th>\r\n<td>1st month single room homestay, incl. breakfast &amp; dinner, internship &amp; Chinese classes while working</td>\r\n<td>26,576</td>\r\n<td>28,016</td>\r\n<td>30,176</td>\r\n<td>31,616</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCheck here for more pictures and additional information for<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/"> homestays</a> and <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/apartment-offers-in-beijing/">shared apartments</a>.  It is possible to change programs according to specific requirements. [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button] to sign up or ask questions.', 'Pricing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4230-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-01-16 15:04:02', '2013-01-16 15:04:02', '', 4230, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4230-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5237, 2, '2013-07-29 04:52:08', '2013-07-29 04:52:08', 'LTL Mandarin School runs all year, including Christmass and Chinese New Year. While the school is closed on Chinese holidays, all classes are moved to other days before or after the holiday, meaning that the curriculum continues normally throughout the year and students never loose classes due to a Chinese holiday.\r\n\r\nFor 2013 the school is closed on the following days:\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_4524" align="alignright" width="300"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/school-closing-dates/calendar-year-of-the-snake-2013-new-year/" rel="attachment wp-att-4524"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4524" alt="Calendar-Year-Of-The-Snake-2013-New-Year" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Calendar-Year-Of-The-Snake-2013-New-Year-300x205.jpg" width="300" height="205" /></a> 2013 is the year of the snake.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[list type=bullets-blue ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">January 1st, 2013 – International New Year</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">February 11th – 13th 2013 – Chinese New Year</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">April 4th 2013 – Qing Ming Jie</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">May 1st 2013 – Labour Day</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">June 12th 2013 – Dragon Boat Festival</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">September 19th 2013 – Mid-Autumn Festival</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style="font-size: medium;">October 1st – 3rd – National Holiday</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\nClasses that fall on a holiday will be made up for either on either the weekend before or after the holiday or on the holiday itself so<strong> always all classes you paid for are offered</strong>. You will <strong>never</strong> lose classes due to a holiday. Please ask your teacher for the exact schedule.\r\n\r\nFor the following dates in 2013, classes will be <strong>moved from a working day to a weekend</strong>:\r\n\r\n[list type=bullets-gray ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Thursday, February 14th and Friday February 15th are moved to Saturday February 16th and Sunday February 17th</li>\r\n	<li>Friday, October 4th and Monday October 7th are moved to Saturday September 28th and Sunday 29th</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[caption id="attachment_5233" align="alignright" width="200"]<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ma.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-5233" alt="Chinese Year of the horse" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ma.jpg" width="200" height="200" /></a> 2014 is the year of the horse.[/caption]\r\n\r\nFor 2014 LTL is closed on the following days:\r\n\r\n[list type=bullets-blue ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>January 1st, 2014 – International New Year</li>\r\n	<li>January 30th – February 3rd – Chinese New Year</li>\r\n	<li>April 7th 2014 – Qing Ming Jie</li>\r\n	<li>May 1st 2014 – Labour Day</li>\r\n	<li>June 2th 2014 – Dragon Boat Festival</li>\r\n	<li>September 8th 2014 – Mid-Autumn Festival</li>\r\n	<li>October 1st – 3rd – National Holiday</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\nFor the following dates in 2014, classes will be <strong>moved from a working day to a weekend</strong>:\r\n\r\n[list type=bullets-gray ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>January 30th and February 5th are moved to January 26th (Saturday) and February 8th (Saturday)</li>\r\n	<li>Monday, October 6th and Tuesday October 7th are moved to Sunday September 28th and October 11th</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nPlease make sure you adjust your arrival times accordingly! If there are any questions, we are more than happy to explain, just drop us an email. [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=self]Contact us[/button][hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">Why it works this way</span>\r\n\r\nBecause Chinese holidays follow a lunar calendar, the dates can change from year to year. In an attempt to create consecutive days of holiday time for people to travel to their hometowns, workers in China are often required to substitute a weekend day for a mid-week working day. In this way, you still get the same number of working days and holidays, but the holidays are blocked together.\r\n\r\n<em>It’s important to note that this day-swapping is applied differently by various companies and government offices. in China. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4419, 2, '2012-11-14 10:19:29', '2012-11-14 10:19:29', '<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Group Classes</strong></span>\r\n<ol start="1">\r\n	<li>Each lesson is 55 minutes long.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Class size – </strong>Maximum class size is 6 students per class, guaranteed.</li>\r\n	<li>If you miss a class, <strong>LtL </strong>can arrange a special one-on-one make-up class for the price of 120RMB/hour at our school or your preferred location anywhere within the 4<sup>th</sup> Ring Road.</li>\r\n	<li>All classes must be paid in full before the start of each course.</li>\r\n	<li>No refund can be given for classes you did not attend.</li>\r\n	<li>Class schedules follow the LTL Chinese Holiday Schedule as published on the LTL Website</li>\r\n	<li>We will try our best to arrange classes at a time convenient for you, but time planning will be subject to teacher and classroom availability.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>One on One and Culture classes</strong></span>\r\n<ol start="1">\r\n	<li>All classes must be paid in full before the start of each course.</li>\r\n	<li>Each class lasts 60 minutes.</li>\r\n	<li>No refund can be given for classes you did not attend. If you will be late for a class, please inform your teacher ASAP. LtL teachers are both government certified and professional Mandarin Instructors who put a lot of work and pride into preparing your classes and teaching you this fascinating language. Please respect them and their time for it. If you have to cancel class, inform them so at least they don’t have to wait for you. Unless otherwise instructed, our teachers will wait for you up to 30 minutes before they consider a class cancelled.</li>\r\n	<li>All private one-on-one classes are held at your preferred location or the Live the Language Campus, depending on classroom availability.</li>\r\n	<li>For Beijing Safari students, you are responsible to pay for any purchases you make.</li>\r\n	<li>We will try our best to arrange classes at a time convenient for you, but time planning will be subject to teacher and classroom availability.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div>[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]</div>\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Internship/Volunteer Program</strong></span>\r\n<ol start="1">\r\n	<li>LTL will organize interviews for internship positions for you. The final decision on acceptance lies with the company.</li>\r\n	<li>Once placed with an organisation, it is your responsibility to show satisfactory work performance to successfully finish the internship. In case you are dismissed from your internship, this is your own responsibility. LTL will try to organize another internship as soon as possible, however, this will be subject to availability at the time.</li>\r\n	<li>If you started your program with LTL before a decision on the internship/volunteer program, LTL guarantees at least five interviews with suitable organisations and will provide support as long as necessary to get you a suitable internship/volunteer program but the final decision of acceptance always lies with the company, LTL can offer support only.</li>\r\n	<li>LTL acts as an agent for the internship position only and has no control over quality/content of the internship/volunteer program. The applicant is required to inform him/herself about quality/content of the internship/volunteer program with the organisation directly.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div>[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]</div>\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>General Terms</strong></span>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Force Majeur: If your program is disrupted by an event that is beyond the ability of <strong>LTL</strong> to control, we will try all we can to arrange a suitable alternative for you. However, we cannot make any refunds for interruptions caused by unforeseeable events beyond our control and cannot offer compensation for costs that might have occurred.</li>\r\n	<li>All participants of<strong> LTL</strong> programs are expected to adhere to proper conduct and obey our campus rules. Disrespecting other cultures and beliefs, using drugs, engaging in illegal activities, exhibiting violent behavior and other inappropriate conduct will not be tolerated. You will be liable for all damages to any persons or property caused by such.</li>\r\n	<li>All Terms &amp; Conditions are subject to change without prior notice.</li>\r\n	<li>By paying a deposit a student confirms the course booked and LTL guarantees the booked course, service and accommodation. Refunds for tuition and accommodation fees may be made up to 31 days before the start of the course, minus banking charges and a processing fee of 1000RMB. Refunds will be made directly to the student or to an agency if the agency advanced the tuition for a student.  For cancelations with less than 31 but more than 14 days notice 80% of tuition and 50% of accommodation fees are refunded. No fees will be refunded for cancelations with less than 14 days notice. Students who paid their tuition fee through an agent must apply for a refund with that agency.</li>\r\n	<li>Students are responsible for a valid passport, visa, medical and travel insurance to cover your period of stay with <strong>LTL</strong>.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Live the Language Code of Conduct:</strong></span>\r\n<ol start="1">\r\n	<li>Students must attend every class and complete homework on time.</li>\r\n	<li>Students must respect teachers, follow instructions from authorized persons, take care of their study materials, keep classrooms clean after use and take responsibility for their own behavior</li>\r\n	<li>Students must respect their peers and other people involved in the program, and not harass, threaten, intimidate, harm or insult anyone</li>\r\n	<li>Students must not be involved in any fights or commit any violent or illegal acts under Chinese law or the law of their home country</li>\r\n	<li>Students must look after their own personal property and must not cause any damage to school property or property belonging to anyone else</li>\r\n	<li>Students should use polite language and gestures at all times<strong></strong></li>\r\n	<li>Minor violations will receive an oral warning. Serious or repeated violations may result in dismissal from the program without refund and, for students under 18 years of age, their parents/legal guardians will be notified.</li>\r\n</ol>', 'International Terms and Conditions', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3317-revision-4', '', '', '2012-11-14 10:19:29', '2012-11-14 10:19:29', '', 3317, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3317-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4522, 2, '2013-01-30 01:41:04', '2013-01-30 01:41:04', 'Programs can be organized for different lengths of time, optionally with our without Chinese language course and accommodation or internship only. <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/">Contact</a> us for details.\r\n\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a title="Group classes" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/group-classes/"><strong>Intern &amp; Accommodation</strong></a></span>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Description</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Month</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Small Room</th>\r\n<td>Small room, shared bathroom, internship</td>\r\n<td>10,300</td>\r\n<td>13,100</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>18,700</td>\r\n<td>21,500</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>2,800</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Large Room</th>\r\n<td>Large room en-suite bathroom, internship</td>\r\n<td>11,700</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>20,100</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>28,500</td>\r\n<td>32,700</td>\r\n<td>4,200</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern &amp; Homestay</th>\r\n<td>Single room homestay, incl. breakfast &amp; dinner, internship</td>\r\n<td>15,200</td>\r\n<td>21,745</td>\r\n<td>27,135</td>\r\n<td>33,680</td>\r\n<td>40,225</td>\r\n<td>46,770</td>\r\n<td>6,545</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\nWant to learn Chinese while working? Upgrade your internship with a Chinese language course.\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Upgrade</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Month</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Chinese Course</th>\r\n<td>6h of group or 2h of 1-on-1 class at your office/week</td>\r\n<td>10,300</td>\r\n<td>13,100</td>\r\n<td>15,900</td>\r\n<td>18,700</td>\r\n<td>21,500</td>\r\n<td>24,300</td>\r\n<td>2,800</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong><a title="Group classes" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/traveling-to-china/group-classes/"><strong>Intern Semester</strong></a></strong></span>\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Description</th>\r\n<th>16</th>\r\n<th>20</th>\r\n<th>24</th>\r\n<th>30</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Week</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Small Room</th>\r\n<td>1st month small room, shared bathroom, and full time Chinese course, followed by internship &amp; part-time Chinese classes.</td>\r\n<td>20,904</td>\r\n<td>22,344</td>\r\n<td>24,504</td>\r\n<td>25,944</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Large Room</th>\r\n<td>1st month large room en-suite bathroom, and full time Chinese course, followed by internship &amp; part-time Chinese classes.</td>\r\n<td>23,004</td>\r\n<td>24,444</td>\r\n<td>26,604</td>\r\n<td>28,044</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Intern Semester Homestay</th>\r\n<td>1st month single room homestay, incl. breakfast &amp; dinner, and full time Chinese course, followed by internship &amp; part-time Chinese classes.</td>\r\n<td>26,576</td>\r\n<td>28,016</td>\r\n<td>30,176</td>\r\n<td>31,616</td>\r\n<td>360</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=0]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCheck here for more pictures and additional information for<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/"> homestays</a> and <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/apartment-offers-in-beijing/">shared apartments</a>.  It is possible to change programs according to specific requirements. [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button] to sign up or ask questions.', 'Pricing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '4230-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-01-30 01:41:04', '2013-01-30 01:41:04', '', 4230, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/4230-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (6704, 10, '2014-02-17 02:36:21', '2014-02-17 02:36:21', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\n\nPlease see below for the full pricing of the Chinese language Semester program (all prices are in Chinese Yuan CNY) or download the <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LTL-Semester-Programs1.pdf">LTL Semester Programs</a> brochure.\n<table border="2">\n<tbody>\n<tr class="alt">\n<th rowspan="2">CNY 2013 &amp; 2014</th>\n<th>Standard</th>\n<th>Intensive</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Semester</th>\n<th>Semester</th>\n</tr>\n<tr class="alt">\n<th>Price</th>\n<td>21,780</td>\n<td>39,743</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\n<strong>Standard Semester</strong>: 20h/week small group class\n\n<strong>Intensive Semester</strong>: 20h/week small group class &amp; 10h/week 1-on-1 class\n\n<strong>One hour group class</strong>: 55 minutes\n\n<strong>One hour 1-on-1 class</strong>: 60 minutes\n\n<strong>Instructors</strong>: University Certified Chinese Language Teachers\n\n<strong>Class Size</strong>: Average 3 students - maximum 6 students/group class\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\n[column size=half position=first ]\n\n<span style="font-size: large;">Included:</span>[list type=check ]\n<ul>\n	<li>Course tuition</li>\n	<li>Excellent education with experienced teachers</li>\n	<li>All course materials</li>\n	<li>24/7 support</li>\n</ul>\n[/list]\n\n[/column]\n\n[column size=half position=last ]\n\n<span style="font-size: large;">Not included:</span>[list type=bullets-red]\n<ul>\n	<li>Airfare</li>\n	<li>Insurance</li>\n	<li>Visa</li>\n	<li>Personal expenses</li>\n</ul>\n[/list]\n\n[/column]\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\n<strong>Dates &amp; Durations</strong>\n\n<strong>Fall 2013:</strong> 16. Sep. (2013)– 17. Jan (2014)\n\n<strong>Spring 2014:</strong> 10. Feb (2014) - 13. June (2014)\n\n<strong>Fall 2014:</strong> 15. Sep (2014) - 16. Jan (2015)\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\n<span style="font-size: medium;">Note:</span> Full payment before the program’s start is required.\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\nFor full Quotas and/or Questions, please [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=10 margin_bottom=10]\n\n[button color=green url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LTL-Semester-Programs1.pdf target=blank]Download Pricing Brochure[/button]', 'Pricing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2589-autosave-v1', '', '', '2014-02-17 02:36:21', '2014-02-17 02:36:21', '', 2589, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/2589-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4815, 2, '2013-04-13 02:54:33', '2013-04-13 02:54:33', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nPrices are listed for a sample selection of apartment durations. To see all prices, please download the full price chart:\r\n<table border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Prices in RMB</th>\r\n<th rowspan="2">Type</th>\r\n<th>2</th>\r\n<th>3</th>\r\n<th>4</th>\r\n<th>8</th>\r\n<th>12</th>\r\n<th>Extra</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Weeks</th>\r\n<th>Week</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th rowspan="4">Studio</th>\r\n<td>Serviced Apartment</td>\r\n<td>6,316</td>\r\n<td>10,287</td>\r\n<td>12,000</td>\r\n<td>22,136</td>\r\n<td>30,624</td>\r\n<td>2,550</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;">Includes:</span>[list type=check ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Accommodation in a serviced apartment</li>\r\n	<li>Cleaning service</li>\r\n	<li>Internet and Utilities</li>\r\n	<li>Approx. 25 minute walking distance to school</li>\r\n	<li>Prices above are for Sunday arrival and Saturday departure. If you need different arrival/departure dates, this can be arranged please <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/">contact us</a> for details.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nFor a full quotation on a course please contact us  [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=10 margin_bottom=10]\r\n\r\n[button color=green url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/LTL-Courses-and-Accommodation-Prices-2013.pdf target=blank]Download Pricing Brochure[/button]', 'Pricing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3073-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-04-13 02:54:33', '2013-04-13 02:54:33', '', 3073, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3073-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (5662, 2, '2013-09-11 04:12:49', '2013-09-11 04:12:49', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0px margin_bottom=20px][royalslider id="6"]\r\n\r\n[list type=check ]\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The Mercure Beijing Downtown Hotel</li>\r\n	<li>Four Star Hotel managed by the Starwood Hotel Group</li>\r\n	<li>20 minute walking distance to LTL</li>\r\n	<li>Queen sized or twin bed</li>\r\n	<li>Private bathroom</li>\r\n	<li>Includes free usage of the swimming pool, gym, and sauna</li>\r\n	<li>Morning and afternoon shuttle bus to the school</li>\r\n	<li>Daily cleaning service and free newspaper</li>\r\n	<li>Includes all utilities and internet</li>\r\n	<li>Laundry services available</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<p align="left"><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Swimming-pool-游泳池.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5464" alt="Swimming pool 游泳池" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Swimming-pool-游泳池-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a><strong>Live in style and luxury </strong>in an international four star hotel within walking distance of the LTL Central Business District campus. Managed by the Starwood Hotel Group, the Downtown Mercure Beijing is one of Beijing\'s best hotels at which LTL students enjoy discounted prices, free swimming pool, sauna, internet and English speaking managent and staff.</p>\r\n<p align="left">[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]</p>\r\n<p align="left"><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MG_1383.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5469" alt="Superior Room" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MG_1383-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a><strong>The Superior Room</strong> is a spacious 36sm large and can be booked as a queen size or twin bed option. It comes with a writing desk for your homework, private bathroom, daily cleaning and newspaper services. Students also get free access to the hotel\'s facilities, including the swimming pool, sauna, and gym, as well as the free shuttle bus to the school.</p>\r\n<p align="left">[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]</p>\r\n<p align="left"><strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SuitPicture1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5660" alt="study Chinese" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SuitPicture1-300x199.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a>The Suit</strong> has a sleeping and living area, and is a total of 55sm big. It includes a couch, living room table, book shelf, and of course all hotel amenities, from WIFI to sauna and swimming pool access. It is a good option for students looking for spacious high-end accommodation close to the LTL CBD campus.</p>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nFor more information, please [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]Contact us[/button]', 'Overview', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '3071-revision-v1', '', '', '2013-09-11 04:12:49', '2013-09-11 04:12:49', '', 3071, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/3071-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (6708, 10, '2014-02-17 02:38:52', '2014-02-17 02:38:52', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\nPrices are listed for a sample selection of course durations. Please note: all of our prices are in CNY. To see prices for all durations, please <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/LTL-Chinese-Immersion-Programs-Prices-2014.pdf">download them here</a>.\r\n<table width="714" border="2">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th>Total Prices, CNY 2014</th>\r\n<th>Total 4 wks</th>\r\n<th>Total 6 wks</th>\r\n<th>Total 8 wksL</th>\r\n<th>Total 10 wks</th>\r\n<th>Total 12 wks</th>\r\n<th>Total 14 wks</th>\r\n<th>Total 16 wks</th>\r\n<th>extra 2 wks</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th style="text-align: center;">Chinese Immersion Standard</th>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">13,962</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">18,750</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">23,077</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">26,942</td>\r\n<td>30,692</td>\r\n<td>35,308</td>\r\n<td>39,923</td>\r\n<td>4,990</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr class="alt">\r\n<th>Chinese Immersion Intensive</th>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">21,269</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">29,250</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">36,462</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">42,904</td>\r\n<td> 49,154</td>\r\n<td> 56,154</td>\r\n<td>64,538</td>\r\n<td>8,067</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Chinese Immersion Individual</th>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">17,615</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">24,000</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">29,769</td>\r\n<td style="text-align: center;">34,923</td>\r\n<td> 39,923</td>\r\n<td> 46,077</td>\r\n<td> 52,231</td>\r\n<td>6,529</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\nPrices include: Course tuition, your first text book, our <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/service-kits/">Beijing Standard Survival Kit</a> as well as our Chengde Survival Kit Chengde.\r\n\r\nAll LTL Chinese Immersion Programs already includes airport pick-up in Beijing, transport to and from Chengde and a <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/service-kits/" target="_blank">survival kit for both cities</a>. Transport to Chengde is by train on the way back you can choose between the train or a shared car, depending on which times fit you best. If you do not want to go to Beijing city, but straight to Beijing airport after finishing your stay in Chengde, LTL can organize a private car to pick you up from your Chengde homestay and bring you directly to the airport for approx. 900 CNY.\r\n\r\n<strong>Chengde Safari</strong> is an upgrade you can add to any of your existing courses. The cost is an additional 1,000 CNY for one and 1,800 CNY for two weeks. In case that additional transport or entrance tickets are required, you can pay for those for and your teacher on the spot.\r\n\r\nFor accommodation options in Beijing you can choose between <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/" target="_blank">homestay</a>, <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/cheap-homestay-beijing/" target="_blank">live &amp; teach</a>, <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/apartment-offers-in-beijing/" target="_blank">shared apartment</a> and <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/serviced-apartments-in-beijing/" target="_blank">serviced apartment</a> accommodation options. As Chengde is a full immersion destination, all our students stay with <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/beijing-homestay/" target="_blank">Chinese homestays</a>. Check the relevant sections for pictures, details and prices.\r\n\r\n<strong>Christmas Discount</strong>: Arrive during low season and save big. All students who start their LTL course in December 2013 receive a <strong>50% discount</strong> on all full time Chinese programs from the 23rd of Dec. to the 3rd of Jan.\r\n<p align="left">[toggle title="More information about Survival Kits already included in your Chinese Immersion Program"]</p>\r\n<p align="left">The LTL Mandarin <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">School</span> Survival Kit Standard Beijing</span> includes:</p>\r\n<p align="left">[list type=check ]</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>24/7 emergency support in Beijing. Do not get into trouble - but if you do, we will be there for you</li>\r\n	<li>Airport pick-up</li>\r\n	<li>Your pre-charged Chinese 3G SIM card waiting for you at the airport, incl. 300MB 3G download volume, 240 SMS, 200 minutes free local calls during your arrival month.</li>\r\n	<li>Police registration support – according to Chinese law all foreigners need to register with their local police station within 24 hours of arrival, let us help you.</li>\r\n	<li>A Chinese bank account. We will set up a Chinese RMB, USD, Euro, AUD and SF bank account for you.</li>\r\n	<li>A bicycle for your entire stay</li>\r\n	<li>A Beijing public transport card, to be used on the entire subway and bus system. Pre-charged with 25 subway or 50 bus rides for unlimited distances within the Beijing public transport system.</li>\r\n	<li>The Beijing Map Pack: How to find the Forbidden City and Hidden Temples</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[/list]\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n<p align="left">The LTL Mandarin School <span style="font-size: large;">Chengde Survival Kit</span> includes:</p>\r\n<p align="left">[list type=check ]</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>24/7 LTL Mandarin School Chengde support. No English is spoken in Chengde – if you are stuck we will be there to help.</li>\r\n	<li>24/7 LTL Mandarin School Emergency support. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (6839, 10, '2014-03-17 09:02:07', '2014-03-17 09:02:07', '[hr style=double-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=20]\n\n<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Small-Group-Chinese-Class2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5964" alt="Shanghai group class" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Small-Group-Chinese-Class2-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a>[list type=check ]</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Small classes (max 6 students)</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Certified teachers</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Specialized LTL Curriculum</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Make friends from all over the world</strong></li>\n	<li><strong>Flexible duration</strong></li>\n</ul>\n<strong>[/list]</strong>\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\nStudy Mandarin together with other international students in a <strong>small group class</strong>, learn from and with each other and make friends from all over the world. A small group is a great way to quickly meet other people, as well as sharing the experience of studying Mandarin together. LTL is a family style school and we do not believe into mass production. For that reason we keep groups small, with an average of three and a maximum of six students per group, which means that everyone gets to speak and practice during class, as well giving the teacher enough time to pay attention to individual student\'s problems and interests.\n\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\n<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Live-the-Language-Class.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5968" alt="Group Class Shanghai" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Live-the-Language-Class-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>LTL group classes in Shanghai are offered at five different levels (A1, A1+, A2, A2+ and B1) and follow the LTL rapid progress curriculum. For students who feel they have deficits in specific areas like tones, Chinese characters, pronunciation etc. the <strong>Small Group &amp; Individual</strong> program allows them to combine standard small group classes with 1-on-1 classes. Students follow the LTL curriculum during the group classes, but for the 1-on-1 classes we will create a personalized study plan for each student to help him or her in the areas you need to improve most in. In our experience 1-on-1 classes are especially helpful for improving tones and pronunciation as the teacher can fully focus on one student, correct mistakes and teach how to do it correctly, as well as for students who\'s spoken and written Chinese are not at the same level and want to close that gap.\n<h2>Course overview</h2>\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=0 margin_bottom=0]\n<table border="2">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th rowspan="2">Weekly Courses- all year round</th>\n<th colspan="3">Course Content (hrs/week)</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Small Group</th>\n<th>1-on-1 Classes</th>\n<th>Course Starts</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Small Group</th>\n<td>20</td>\n<td>N/A</td>\n<td>On Small Group Class Starting Dates</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Small Group &amp; Individual</th>\n<td>20</td>\n<td>10</td>\n<td>On Small Group Class Starting Dates</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n[list type=bullets-blue ]\n<ul>\n	<li><strong>Small Group - </strong>Intensive Chinese Group Classes in Shanghai,<strong> </strong>Maximum 6 students</li>\n	<li><strong>1-on-1 - </strong>60 minutes individual Chinese education per class at <strong>LTL</strong>, your home or preferred downtown location</li>\n	<li><strong>Flexible</strong> - choose how long you want to study for, just a week or up to a whole year, you decide.</li>\n</ul>\nWant more starting date options? Check our <a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-beijing/group-classes/" target="_blank">small group classes in Beijing</a>.\n\n[/list]\n\n[hr style=double-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\n\nFor more detailed information, [button color=red url=http://ltl-chinois.fr/contact-us/ target=blank]contact us[/button]\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLooking for 1-on-1 Chinese classes, visit our <a title="Individual Classes in Shanghai" href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/learn-chinese-in-shanghai/individual-chinese-classes-shanghai/">Shanghai Individual Program</a> page.', 'Program', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '5958-autosave-v1', '', '', '2014-03-17 09:02:07', '2014-03-17 09:02:07', '', 5958, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/5958-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0) ; 
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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4421, 2, '2013-01-16 15:31:08', '2013-01-16 15:31:08', '<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Group Classes</strong></span>\r\n<ol start="1">\r\n	<li>Each lesson is 55 minutes long.</li>\r\n	<li><strong>Class size – </strong>Maximum class size is 6 students per class, guaranteed.</li>\r\n	<li>If you miss a class, <strong>LtL </strong>can arrange a special one-on-one make-up class for the price of 120RMB/hour at our school or your preferred location anywhere within the 4<sup>th</sup> Ring Road.</li>\r\n	<li>All classes must be paid in full before the start of each course.</li>\r\n	<li>No refund can be given for classes you did not attend.</li>\r\n	<li>Class schedules follow the LTL Chinese Holiday Schedule as published on the LTL Website</li>\r\n	<li>We will try our best to arrange classes at a time convenient for you, but time planning will be subject to teacher and classroom availability.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>One on One and Culture classes</strong></span>\r\n<ol start="1">\r\n	<li>All classes must be paid in full before the start of each course.</li>\r\n	<li>Each class lasts 60 minutes.</li>\r\n	<li>No refund can be given for classes you did not attend. If you will be late for a class, please inform your teacher ASAP. LtL teachers are both government certified and professional Mandarin Instructors who put a lot of work and pride into preparing your classes and teaching you this fascinating language. Please respect them and their time for it. If you have to cancel class, inform them so at least they don’t have to wait for you. Unless otherwise instructed, our teachers will wait for you up to 30 minutes before they consider a class cancelled.</li>\r\n	<li>All private one-on-one classes are held at your preferred location or the Live the Language Campus, depending on classroom availability.</li>\r\n	<li>For Beijing Safari students, you are responsible to pay for any purchases you make.</li>\r\n	<li>We will try our best to arrange classes at a time convenient for you, but time planning will be subject to teacher and classroom availability.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<div>[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]</div>\r\n<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Internship/Volunteer Program</strong></span>\r\n<ol start="1">\r\n	<li>LTL will organize interviews for internship positions for you. The final decision on acceptance lies with the company.</li>\r\n	<li>Once placed with an organisation, it is your responsibility to show satisfactory work performance to successfully finish the internship. 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You will be liable for all damages to any persons or property caused by such.</li>\r\n	<li>All Terms &amp; Conditions are subject to change without prior notice.</li>\r\n	<li>By paying a deposit a student confirms the course booked and LTL guarantees the booked course, service and accommodation. Refunds for tuition and accommodation fees may be made up to 31 days before the start of the course, minus banking charges and a processing fee of 1000RMB. Refunds will be made directly to the student or to an agency if the agency advanced the tuition for a student.  For cancelations with less than 31 but more than 14 days notice 80% of tuition and 50% of accommodation fees are refunded. No fees will be refunded for cancelations with less than 14 days notice. 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INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (4431, 2, '2012-09-29 05:54:39', '2012-09-29 05:54:39', '<strong>CBD Shared Apartment</strong>\r\n\r\n[royalslider id="24"]\r\n\r\nLive together with local and other international students in a modern and centrally located apartment in Beijing\'s Central Business District, with a shared kitchen and living area. Single rooms with a bathroom usually shared among three students. LTL uses several apartments in the Central Business District, which are never more than a few subway stops away from the school and always with plenty of restaurants, shops etc. in close vicinity.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Large Room China Media University</strong>\r\n\r\n[royalslider id="25"]\r\n\r\nShare an apartment with local and international students in an apartment next to the China Media University. Apartments are four subway stops or about 30 minute travel time away from the LTL campus, located in the Central Business District. The cost per subway ride is 2 RMB (approx. 0.3 USD). The best room in the apartment, it includes an en-suite bathroom, large bay window in a very spacious room.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Small Room China Media University</strong>\r\n\r\n[royalslider id="26"]\r\n\r\nA small room with window in a shared apartment next to the China Media University is great value, flexible in duration, local student quality and one of the most affordable accommodation options available in Beijing. The bathroom is shared with up to six other people, usually other international and Chinese students.\r\n\r\n[hr style=dotted-line margin_top=20 margin_bottom=20]\r\n\r\n<strong>Economy Room China Media University</strong>\r\n\r\n[royalslider id="27"]\r\n\r\nThe most economical option available, rooms are located in the same apartments as the large and small room options, but are the "least" favorable of the rooms in the apartment, sometimes without access to a window in the room, but at an unbeatable price.', 'Pictures', '', 'publish', 'closed', 'closed', '', 'pictures', '', '', '2013-09-14 04:01:22', '2013-09-14 04:01:22', '', 0, 'http://ltl-chinois.fr/?post_type=services&#038;p=4431', 0, 'services', '', 0) ; 
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