The Promotion and Preservation of Chinese Language Heritage: Experience from Homeschooling, Facebook, to Chinese Debate International
推廣中文的承 傳:從臉書到國際網絡辯論課的里程
講者: Dr. Oliver Tu 杜立崑醫師 時間: February 27 (Saturday) at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time, US and Canada)
The preservation of a minority language heritage in an anglophone society is full of difficulties, particularly for a language, such as Chinese, which is three to four times as difficult to learn for English speakers compared to other Germanic or Romance languages. Dr. Tu will share his family’s journey in homeschooling their two teenage daughters’ Chinese, the online promotion of similar effort to other families around the country, and the establishment of online Chinese debate classes to aid in such effort in the era of COVID-19. 學習中文的困難程度是學習德文等歐系語言的三、四倍以上。杜立崑醫師在臉書與部落格上向全美各地分享推廣他與孩子在家學習中文的經驗，最終創辦了「國際中文辯論課」網站，提供網路中文朗誦與辯論課程，在疫情中繼續推動中文學習。
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“Promotion and Preservation of Chinese Language Heritage: Experiences from Homeschooling, Facebook, to Chinese Debate International,” by Dr. Oliver Tu, Feb 27, 2021
Dr. Oliver Tu is a physician who emigrated from Taiwan at 11 years of age and finally to the US for college, but he establishes an online platform to help many second- or third-generation Taiwanese students and Americans to learn and apply the Chinese language in real life. The preservation of a minority language heritage in an anglophone society is full of difficulties, particularly for a language, such as Chinese, which is three to four times as difficult to learn for English speakers compared to other Germanic or Romance languages. He will share his family’s journey in homeschooling their two teenage daughters’ Chinese, the online promotion of similar effort to other families around the country, and the establishment of online Chinese debate classes to aid in such effort in the era of COVID-19. As the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the United States has launched “The U.S.-Taiwan Education Initiative” in December 2020, this event is particularly meaningful to both countries. Dr. Tu will share his teaching philosophy in this webinar to help Chinese language learning. You can find Dr. Du’s blog and Chinese course information at Raising Bilingual and Bliterate Children in Chinese and English and Chinese Debate International.
【春遊】
2018年4月28日，由我們協會和北一女、台大、政大、師大、東海校友會及玉山科技協會共同舉辦了一次健行踏青。地點是在亞特蘭大市郊, Chattahoochee 河邊的 East Palisades。這次我們參與的會員有活動的主要發起人，活動組組長牛中怡醫師和她的最佳搭檔管家義博士、前會長康薇博士和她的最佳搭檔陳開堯博士、前會長蔡山慶博士及夫人蘇瑞碧女士、前年剛加入我會的徐漢皎先生及夫人陳真砏女士。當日清晨雖下過小雨，到活動開始時，陽光普照，步道上綠意一片，大家見面互道平安，心情大好。
【電影賞析講座】
2018年3月10日，艾格尼絲斯科特大學(Agnes Scott College)的歷史系副教授吳淑錦博士，於三月十日在華僑中心演講【歷史與悲情──《悲情城市》怎麼寫歷史】。此活動由中華學人協會、美東南玉山科技協會，美東南區北一女校友會，美東南區台大校友會主辦，亞城散步網協辦。此電影賞析講座以《悲情城市》為例， 探討電影中的歷史觀。此次活動約莫三十五到四十人參與。吳淑錦教授帶著我們回到每個代表鏡頭，重新思考、審視，導演想要表達的觀點是什麼？觀眾的感受又是如何？細膩而精闢的賞析，讓我們透過電影，看見台灣歷史、感受歷史、走入歷史。透過片中人物的故事、語言，服裝和場景，帶著觀眾回到四十年代的台灣，那熟悉的台灣口音，交雜的日語和外省國語，候孝賢導演用細腻和暗示的手法，道出了許多臺灣人心中那悲情的回憶
The preservation of a minority language heritage in an anglophone society is full of difficulties, particularly for a language, such as Chinese, which is three to four times as difficult to learn for English speakers compared to other Germanic or Romance languages. Dr. Tu will share his family’s journey in homeschooling their two teenage daughters’ Chinese, the online promotion of similar effort to other families around the country, and the establishment of online Chinese debate classes to aid in such effort in the era of COVID-19. 學習中文的困難程度是學習德文等歐系語言的三、四倍以上。杜立崑醫師在臉書與部落格上向全美各地分享推廣他與孩子在家學習中文的經驗，最終創辦了「國際中文辯論課」網站，提供網路中文朗誦與辯論課程，在疫情中繼續推動中文學習。
