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<strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6646" alt="rob-chengde-ski" src="http://ltl-chinois.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/rob-chengde-ski1.png" width="220" height="283" /></strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Rob, 20 from the UK</span><span style="font-size: medium;">: </span>

I found Chengde a nice break from the bustling city of Beijing. It was a very interesting experience as there was no chance to speak English which really helped me with my conversational Chinese. LTL organised for me to join a football team in which I would play every weekend. The team would invite me to their football club where I could practice my Mandarin while making friends. In regards to immersion, there couldn´t be a better city, with great tourist sites like the Emperor´s Summer Palace. I would recommend anyone who wants to be thrown in the deep end to really improve their language skills to come to Chengde.

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