PCTGAO promotes fun curriculum for kids to learn Taiwanese

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3084 Edition

April 4-10, 2011

General Assembly News

PCTGAO promotes fun curriculum for kids to learn Taiwanese

Reported by Chiu Kuo-rong

Written by Lydia Ma

PCT General Assembly Office (PCTGAO) recently unveiled a brand new curriculum 
to teach children to read, speak, and write Taiwanese (also known as – 
Romanized Taiwanese). The new set of books and accompanying CD, “Let’s Learn 
POJ” – POJ curriculum for kids, was published by Taiwan Ethnic Languages 
Committee.

What’s remarkable about this new curriculum? For starters, it has been used in 
trial runs before a decision was ever made about whether or not it would be 
published. It was only after the curriculum received many accolades from 
experienced educators, it was confirmed that it would be published to promote 
Taiwanese.

According to PCTGAO, as young children growing up in Taiwan, people would learn 
Taiwanese naturally by speaking it at home and hearing it from their 
surrounding environment. But times have changed with the popularization of 
Mandarin in Taiwan. Now, Taiwanese must be officially taught for people to 
learn it, but for young children, an extra class called “mother language” is 
often an extra burden or homework they must deal with.

The sad state and slide of Taiwanese language across Taiwan prompted PCT to 
design this curriculum and incorporate many children’s games to make it both 
entertaining and informative.

According to PCT Taiwan Ethnic Languages Committee Chairwoman Kuo Yan-po, the 
earlier children learn their mother language, the easier it will be for them to 
become fluent Taiwanese listeners, readers, speakers, and writers.

Taiwanese Romanization Association director Chen Feng-hui, also one of the 
curriculum’s editors, reported that it took 3 years to write the curriculum. 
Its greatest strength is that it contains 101 word games that will surely 
entertain young children and teenagers. At the same time, the curriculum is 
also very suitable for adults and can produce the same effective results.  

This curriculum comes with 3 books and 1 CD and will be unveiled later this 
month at an introductory seminar. Anyone interested in promoting or teaching 
Taiwanese can register for the seminar by contacting the PCTGAO at (02) 
2362-5282 ext. 266.

 

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