International Students Teach English at Rural Elementary School
In response to the bilingual policy by the government, National Taiwan Normal University cooperated with the Education Department of New Taipei City Government to open a Bilingual Local Cultural Immersion Workshop in the first semester of the 2021 academic year. NTNU is responsible for the training and recruitment of international students. A total of 18 international students from United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, and Finland participated the workshop and the Education Department invites elementary schools who are willing to participate.
To equip students with the knowledge of teaching method and rural schools, NTNU invites Prof. Hu Tsui Chun of College of Education to be the speaker of Bilingual Local Cultural Immersion Workshop and provide three sessions of training including online and offline Teaching Methods and Materials of English, introduction of rural education. The actual English courses are held in seven elementary schools in November and December. A sharing was held on December 15th by the Office of International Affairs.
Some students introduce the scenery and food from their hometown, some encourage students to speak vocabularies with matching game and flash card; some introduce their day at NTNU and the children are curious about the Chinese homework. Some students speak French, Italian and German as mother tongue so they teach the children some basic phrases of these languages. After the course, the students visit tea museum, waterfall and forests with the children and teachers.
Vice President for International Affairs Lin Chun Chi presented the certificate of service to the 18 students to thank their participation. Although they only visited the school for a short period of time, children at rural school may have the interest to learn foreign languages. It’s a good opportunity for students to learn different aspects of Taiwan when they are here as an exchange student.