LTL Language School Reviews

I really enjoyed the 2 weeks I spent in Beijing. My host family was very nice and very helpful. Moreover, they were living near the school, which was convenient. At LTL, Group Chinese lessons were exactly what I was hoping for thanks to my teacher Lilia Deng, always providing lively lessons with emphasis put on speaking and listening skills. Her explanations were very clear as well. Classes also perfectly suited my Chinese level. I would come back again to LTL without hesitation, and would recommend the school !

I have really enjoyed learning Mandarin at LTL Shanghai. Everyone is really nice and wants to help you learn. I especially am grateful to my teachers Jamie老师，包老师，and 高老师! Jamie is very kind and fun. She helped me improve my speaking by a lot. 包老师 helped me with properly learn radicals and characters. 高老师 taught me many business terms, Chinese culture, and also sayings/vocabulary relevant to my major. Overall, I am very grateful to the teachers and everyone who has helped to make this program possible!

Learning with Lin and Tang 老师 for 2 weeks has vastly improved my language abilities in Chinese. LTL Chengdu has a welcoming and friendly environment which allows for both group learning and meeting new people. The school is right in the fray of Chengdu, near local restaurants and massive malls with everything you could need. I found the individual classes to be particularly useful.

I strongly recommended coming here if you want to improve your Chinese in along with other interesting and motivated people.

I studied at LTL Beihai in preparation for my HSK3 exam. I studied with both Laoshi Yang and Laoshi Summer. They both did a wonderful job preparing me for what turned out to be a difficult exam. The atmosphere at the school is warm and inviting and it is always enjoyable meeting the other students that have come to Beihai to study. The director of LTL Beihai, Savannah Feng, is always looking to arrange interesting and fun activities in Beihai and the surrounding areas. I studied with Laoshi Summer previously and she did a wonderful job then also in preparing me for my HSK2 exam.

This is my second time taking classes at this school. I was here a year ago and liked it so much that I came back. The instructors are extremely passionate about teaching and want to make sure you’re actually learning. Classes are small so they feel very personal. The school also organizes outside activities so it is easy to make friends and practice the language. The school really deeply cares about your experience. Every instructor is very kind and friendly. They want to include you as much as is comfortable. I am an introvert and felt it was very easy to integrate.

I really enjoyed my time studying at LTL Seoul. My teacher was patient, encouraging, and created a comfortable classroom environment that made learning Korean enjoyable. The staff were also very kind, welcoming, and friendly, which made the school feel like a great place to learn.

One of my favorite parts was the weekly activities, especially the lunches after class. They were a great way to get to know other students and made it much easier to feel comfortable meeting people from different countries. My Korean definitely improved during my time at LTL, and overall I had a wonderful experience. I would definitely recommend LTL to anyone looking to study Korean in Korea.

This summer, I decided to go to China for two months after graduating from high school and before starting my studies at ETH in Switzerland. Since my mother speaks Chinese and I have always had an interest in China and its culture, I decided to learn Mandarin. I was especially interested in experiencing the country myself and gaining a deeper understanding of the language, history, and everyday life. I chose to come to Chengdu because my mother studied here 40 years ago, which made the city feel even more meaningful and interesting to me. While looking for schools, we chose LTL Chengdu because the staff gave us a very good impression and because they offered a survival kit, which seemed like a convenient and comfortable option for someone visiting China for the first time.
In total, I spent three weeks at LTL Chengdu, taking four hours of 1-on-1 lessons with Ms. Stiles from Monday to Friday. I started as a complete beginner and had never studied or learned any Mandarin before. Despite having no previous knowledge of the language, I felt that the lessons gave me a very strong foundation to continue learning. The lessons were very good, and I could immediately feel that my teacher was well prepared, highly proficient in both Chinese and English, and had a genuine passion for both languages. She was able to explain things in great detail whenever I asked, which showed her depth of knowledge and experience.

The lessons themselves were very well structured, and by the end of the three weeks, everything came together and connected well. We covered many different topics, and I appreciated that the lessons were not only focused on memorizing vocabulary and grammar but also on understanding how the language is actually used. The classes were often very funny and interesting, which made learning much more enjoyable. Even though four hours of 1-on-1 lessons per day is quite intense and tiring, they helped me make a lot of progress in a short amount of time. I also really appreciated the relaxed atmosphere we had during the lessons, as it made me feel comfortable asking questions and making mistakes, which is an important part of learning a new language. After the three weeks, I felt well prepared to continue my self-study at home, and I feel confident that I can at least survive in China without relying on translation tools :). Overall, the lessons were a great experience and gave me a very positive start to my Mandarin journey.

Outside of the lessons, I also really enjoyed the atmosphere at LTL Chengdu. All the teachers and staff were kind, welcoming, and helpful. They created a friendly environment where students from different countries could meet and interact. They even organized a class trip to Maoxian, which was a lot of fun and gave us the opportunity to experience more of the local area. Thank you to Stiles, Panpan, Alex, and Unicorn for organizing such a cool day out. I also really appreciated the staff organizing weekly get-togethers with their local friends. Through these events, I was able to meet many new people, including locals whom I otherwise would not have had the chance to meet.

I would also like to express my appreciation to Ms. Ying. She was extremely helpful throughout my stay. She helped me buy all the HSK books, gave me useful recommendations, and assisted me with setting up my SIM card. Small things like this made my stay much easier and showed how supportive the staff were.

Overall, I felt that the teachers, staff, and students at LTL truly made this an unforgettable experience. I made many new friends, learned a lot about Chinese culture, and gained insight into different parts of the world through the people I met there. I only wish that I had booked more classes, because my time at LTL went by very quickly.

I have been here in LTL South Korea for about 2 months and it has been a really great experience.

When I first chose to join LTL over a standard Korean university, I was worried about the quality of teaching that I would received because honestly I have had mediocre experiences before. I think good teachers can be really hard to come by. But my teacher 고민지 선생님, was honestly perfect for my learning styile and has really helped me improve my Korean. She always puts in the extra effort to make sure we understand the material. In the past, I have taken Korean courses both in America and in Korea, but I have never learned as fast as I have with her so I am really grateful.

In our small group setting she talks to each student and makes sure that we all get our speaking practice in. She is always attentive to her students and I always feel that she is super passionate and about teaching. Even if I am slacking on studying or low energy class is still really fun. In the past my Korean courses never really provided speaking practice. But because of the small groups, we are able to do it very well. She also explains the nuances of Korean which I feel as a foreigner is a really difficult concept to grasp.. I really truly think that is such a great teacher.

Actually at first I also wondered about the length of the classes because I thought 4 hours would be long. But time really goes by fast.

I was also pretty worried that I wouldn’t be in the right level for learning Korean. But the staff were really accommodating in our Korean to ensure that we were getting the right teacher for our levels. I personally was put in the level fit for me, but I’ve seen a lot of students change levels a lot of they needed. Which I think is great because my other programs never let us switch levels.. and that was really frustrating for me in the past.

With the LTL program every monday, wednesday, and friday we are able to eat lunch together as a group. One of the first staff I met was 최지은 (we call her Violet) and she was so kind! I felt really welcomed and she is usually the person who takes us to lunch. We both bonded over our love for K-pop (haha). We always go somewhere nearby the school for lunch.

There are also many activities after morning classes. A lot of the activities are tourist activities, so these days I don’t really join as often as I used to, but in the start of the program I was a little shy so it was fun to join and make some friends. Everyone is from somewhere different so I always had fun conversations.

Another nice thing I have been able to do is just stay in the building a study in an empty classroom. My teacher recommended it to me after I told her I had a difficult time studying at my place. I love the location of the building as well because its in Hongdae, so theres just so many things I can do after class.

I would definitely come back again and hopefully I am able to next summer. It is definitely more affordable compared other schools and while other programs offer all day excursions and such, personally I don’t have a strong interest in that. So I would definitely recommend this program if anyone is considering it especially if you have been to Korea before.

I had the great pleasure of taking a two-week, one-on-one intensive course with John, and I learned an incredible amount during that time. John is an absolutely fantastic teacher: patient, dedicated, and extremely well-organized. Beyond the language itself, he also shares fascinating, in-depth background knowledge about Vietnamese culture and daily life. Thanks to him, I have gained a solid foundation that I am now highly motivated to build upon. I can wholeheartedly recommend LTL Language School—and John’s classes in particular—to absolutely anyone!

My teacher was very good, she was Teacher Ann and we had a good time with her learning chinese. I will miss this school. The time spent together was so exciting and learning some chinese gave me a new perspective on China and Asia in general. I will probably come back to China and also visit again this school. We also met Violet and Carol in this school that helped us as guides in Beijing and we spent so much quality time together learning and playing so much games. I will cherish this time. Thank You