Awesome intensive Chinese class

It was a great decision to spend my educational leave (Bildungsurlaub) at the LTL language school in Taipei. I had an 1 week intensive course with 4 hours of group class and 2 hours of one-to-one-class each day.

Teachers:
+ very professional teachers (mine were Tammy, Francine, Yunni and Wolfgang) who
+ explained grammar and new vocabulary (and its differences to similar words) very understandably
+ explained everything in Chinese (at my B1-Level course) which let me immerse myself into the language very well
+ are proficient in English so that they could offer English translations, if necessary
- one teacher‘s pronounciation was a little bit unclear and another‘s Chinese characters’ handwriting sometimes a bit difficult to read, but mostly no problem
+ adjusted the class content to my personal needs (e.g. not only sticking to the book but also taught me other vocabulary when I said that I would like to learn more about a certain other topic)
+ created an open learning environment that never made me feel bad when I couldn’t pronounce a word correctly or so
+ only gave few homework
- once a teacher mixed up the schedule and came half an hour too late, but > + she made up for it by offering another class time
+ in general, the teachers rather taught a few minutes longer than shorter, so in total I might have had one free extra hour of classes.

Schedule, class size etc.:
+ opportunity to book a course for only one week and different amounts of class hours, group and/or single classes makes LTL very flexible
/ 6 hours per day is veeery intensive, next time I might switch to four hours per day
+ nevertheless, the mix of group classes and private classes was awesome
+ very small groups (in my group class was only one other student)
- about 750€ per week is quite a lot of money (but worth it)

Staff and community events:
+ very helpful staff (e.g. Alin, always there for questions)
+ organised community events (such as a very fun Lasertag evening with teacher Alice and daily lunches with lovely Riona)
+ workshops on Chinese/Taiwanese culture (e.g. Mahjong with teacher Tammy).

I can fully recommend to take Chinese classes at LTL in Taipei.