About

International outlook determines how big your world is; language determines how close we are.

Learning a language opens a window. We believe that learning a language is the best way we cross cultures and build a new world that truly understands each other and is open and inclusive.

Our mission is to use language to connect the world, with professional and systematic teaching, so that everyone can speak in the shortest time.

TLI combines new types of language education technology to practice the three educational policies of "Teaching in accordance with aptitude", "Education through fun" and "Learning to apply." Our goal is not only to promote Chinese language learning, but also to establish cultural connections through language learning and achieve something meaningful to the world. We seek like-minded global citizens who look at each other's differences with love and build a global worldview!

TLI (Taipei Language Institute) was founded in New Jersey, USA, in 1956 as Missionary Language Institute, and the Taipei center was also established in the same year as the first school in the world to teach foreigners Chinese. The faculty comprised of linguists, Chinese and foreign instructors and experienced Chinese teachers.

We are proud to have many exceptional alumni, many of which are icons of current TLI students. They have become key government officials in different countries, Chinese diplomats, senators, or leaders in fields like academic education, media, religion, etc., most notably, The Pulitzer Prize winner, Nicholas Kristof, American sinologist from Harvard University, John King Fairbank, Former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Former President of The Johns Hopkins University, William Brody, and Former President of the Republic of China, Ma Ying-jeou, to name a few.

With over 60 years in the industry, TLI has laid a solid foundation as a sustainable brand, and it infused its experience into the online learning platform and formed TLI Online Chinese Learning Platform.