My LTL Taipei experience as a teen mandarin learner!

I was in the LTL Taipei summer camp and I had so much fun! As a mixed 15 year old who came to the camp with just 2 years of Mandarin learning (started from scratch in high school) under my belt, and it was really helpful! My family went back home, so I stayed in a homestay, where I had really delicious and fun dinners! They really helped my listening as there's always new words and structures being said, and really helps your brain start to process the words at the speed of normal conversations. The counselors are amazing, and the kids you meet there are for the most part really fun! I would really recommend this program for teenagers, as it's a great way to meet people from around the world. You also have more freedom, for example on the second day of camp, some other boys and I (ages ranged 13-15) left the trip and went to Taipei 101 and met everyone else (who went to a museum) at Ximen (shopping center-kinda like Times Square but not as big). It was great, and I really bonded with these other kids over the experiences fostered by LTL and I'll definitely never forget it.