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Taiwan’s English language education: A living dinosaur

Language learning and linguistics 
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By Trista di Genova, The Wild East / Editorial The Taiwanese fare abysmally in international English scores. Why? Part of the reason could be attributed to the difficulty  of learning such a vastly different language. According to the US State Department, Mandarin is one of the world’s most difficult languages for

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'New' Curriculum Ideas for Taiwan

Taiwan News 
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Dear Taipei Times, I am a lecturer at National Taiwan University (NTU), but I also have had the opportunity to teach toddlers, elementary, high school and college students over the past two years. Regarding English instruction, it seems a pity that only parents who can afford Ivy-League tuition rates can

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