Day: June 18, 2018

Message from the Director - Mother Tongue Teaching and Dragon Boat Festival

  "Hello, I'm Yen-Chi Wu, and my name is KFC..." (Taiwanese) "Hello, I'm Yen-Chi Wang from Pipe..." (Taiwanese) Wednesday's Taiwanese Storytelling Contest saw the Washington family and the Berkeley family send two of their own "之", and their introductions to the stage were so impressive, it's hard to not remember them! Each of the Upper and Middle School classes sent two participants, and there was only one participant from Mozart. Each participant came prepared and was able to speak fluently when they took the stage.

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【親子教養篇】 台灣本土母語,瀕臨危機,能否傳承給後代子孫?

不久前,哥倫比亞大學語言學教授麥克霍特(John McWhorter),在「華爾街日報」撰文預測,2115年地球上的語言,將由目前的6000種,銳減至600種,百分之九十的語言100年後會消失,幾乎每週就有一種語言要銷聲匿跡! 麥克霍特的預測,確實讓我們對台灣原住民的語言,甚至福佬、客家語,未來是否

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