A few of the LTL team members introduce themselves. With a total of 30 staff members, LTL has a very family style environment, where staff, teachers and students eat lunch together at the school and often meet for dinner or drinks after school.

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<em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Tina Xiang</span>, Director of Studies</strong></em>

Tina graduated from Hebei University with a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching Mandarin as a Foreign Language and joined the LTL team in 2009. She specializes in Spoken Chinese and Business Chinese of all levels. Tina is in charge of all student assessments, as well as supervising program and curriculum design.

<em>“Teaching Mandarin makes me happy because aside from the fulfillment I get helping foreigners, I also learn a lot of things from them. Seeing my students’ become more and more fluent in Mandarin is very rewarding.”</em>

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<strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Jia Hui</span>, Immersion Specialist</em></strong>

Hui earned her Bachelor degree in Linguistics and English at Peking University (北大). She loves art and travelling and is herself a passionate portrait painter. She believes that an immersion program creates a pure language environment for students where they are able to develop their listening and speaking skills more rapidly.

<em>“I like working at LTL because it is a place that is always full of laughter and happy faces which makes my job a lot of fun. I <em>think interacting with locals helps students build a more functional vocabulary for daily use. I like to help students to learn about Chinese culture, understand China better and enjoy the experience of studying here</em>.”</em>

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<strong><em><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/SMP_News_SUNDAYPROFILE24.ART_1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5756" alt="LTL Chinese" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/SMP_News_SUNDAYPROFILE24.ART_1-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Andreas Laimboeck</span>, School Director
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Andreas, originally from Austria, first came to China in 1999 on a university exchange program, where he fell in love with China, its people, culture and language. He afterwards studied Mandarin in Beijing and London and has lived in mainly in Beijing since 2002. Before founding LTL he worked as Sales Director Greater China for Sirona (Siemens Dental) in Beijing.

<em>"Learning Chinese was one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. It was also one of the best times of my life and discovering this country through first studying and then working here was - and is - an amazing experience. I enjoy helping other to explore China, to learn Mandarin, and at the same time help them to avoid some of the mistakes I made. I like working at LTL because the school is full of life and it is great to be surrounded by so many other people who are as passionate about China as I am."</em>

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<a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/alex1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5759" alt="student advisor ltl mandarin school" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/alex1-225x300.jpg" width="225" height="300" /></a><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Alexander Krasnov</span>, Student Advisor</strong>

Alex is an Israeli national who has been learning Chinese since 2005 and enjoys learning new languages in his free time.  In addition to Mandarin he today also speaks Korean, German, Italian, Hebrew and Russian. Alex graduated with an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Tel Aviv University. He is an avid fan of language learning and enjoys helping other people learn Chinese, while getting to know the fun areas of Beijing.

<em>“One of the great things about LTL is that you make connections with students that are more than just student-student advisor relations, but also those of friends that enjoy their time together.</em>”

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<h4><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Spotlight on our teachers</strong></span></h4>
A few of our teachers explain why they enjoy sharing the Chinese language.

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Tiffany earned a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language from Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU). She believes that learning characters, even though it may seem daunting, is crucial for the long-term journey towards fluency.

<em>“I wasn’t sure what I wanted as a career until I discovered teaching Mandarin. Sev</em><em>en years later, I still love teaching as much as the day I started! I always tell my students that it’s important to be patient when learning Chinese. Just take it day by day, and you’ll be amazed at the progress you make!”</em>

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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Jacqueli</strong><a href="http://www.dev2.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Jacqueline.jpg" rel="gallery"><img class="alignleft" title="Jacqueline" alt="Chinese Language " src="http://www.dev2.livethelanguage.cn/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Jacqueline-223x300.jpg" width="94" height="126" /></a><strong>n</strong><strong>e Yu</strong></span>

Jacqueline is from Yantai (烟台) in Shandong Province (山东) and earned her Masters degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Langauge from the University of Nanjing. After work she likes to relax, either by exercising or reading a good book.

<em>“I love languages and I especially love my mother tongue, Mandarin. Learning foreign languages helped me to understand different cultures and people and I want to help my students to understand China through it’s language.”</em>

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