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<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Mandarin Group Classes</span> </strong>are perfect for beginners who would like to immerse themselves in Chinese language while interacting with other students and making new friends. This 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.

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<blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Mandarin Group Classes and Individual Classes </strong></span>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.</blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Mandarin Group Classes and Culture Classes </strong></span>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.

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<th>Small Group</th>
<th>1-on-1 Classes</th>
<th>Culture Classes</th>
<th>Beijing Safari</th>
<th>Discover Beijing</th>
<th>Beijing</th>
<th>Tianjin</th>
<th>Chengde</th>
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<th>Small Group</th>
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<td>20</td>
<td>10</td>
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	<li><strong>Small Group - </strong>Maximum 6 students, 55 minutes per class at <strong>LTL </strong>Sunshine 100 Campus</li>
	<li><strong>1-on-1 - </strong>60 minutes per class at <strong>LTL </strong>Sunshine 100 Campus, your home or preferred downtown location</li>
	<li><strong>Culture Classes - </strong>Each Culture Class lasts 60 minutes, and you may take different classes each week.</li>
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[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 class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2863" title="life in china" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/life-in-china-300x225.jpg" alt="" 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.

<strong> How a session works:</strong>

1) 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.

2) 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.

3) 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.

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	<li>Beijing Safari is a beginner course, best suited to level A1</li>
	<li>Beijing Safari is only available in Beijing</li>
	<li>Course includes 10 hr/wk of specialized 1-on-1 Chinese classes</li>
	<li>Maximum length of the course is 2 weeks</li>
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Beijing 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. You may then upgrade those hours of class to Beijing Safari.[/toggle]

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Live the Language Mandarin School offers a variety of Chinese Culture Classes for beginners and fluent speakers alike. These are a fun way to improve your Mandarin skills and learn more about Chinese history and society. All Chinese Culture Classes are taught in Mandarin,giving you the opportunity to build upon your classroom study and practice speaking.

<strong><a href="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2487.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2690" title="immersion2" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2487-300x225.jpg" alt="Great immersion options at LTL Mandarin school" 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
gh 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.

<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.

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<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.

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<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.

<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.

<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.

<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.

<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. Our teacher will show you the patterns and skills she was taught by her mother, who learned it from her mother, with traditions reaching all the way back to the days of Empresses and forbidden romances in the Middle Kingdom.

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