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。
If you missed the Webinar, you can now find it on our Youtube Channel: CAPASUS Media.
“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.
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We cordially invite you to the 2020 Global Health Forum in Taiwan, which will be held from October 23 to 24 in Taipei, Taiwan with virtual component accessible online.
The “Global Health Forum in Taiwan” is an annual event, organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Health Promotion Administration of Taiwan that convenes leaders from the worlds of research, policy, and practice to share ideas and experiences that address the greatest health and welfare challenges that beset our world.
The main theme this year is “Achieving SDGs In the Post-COVID-19 Era: Innovation, Inclusion and Partnership”. Faced with the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Forum of 2020 will incorporate discussions and examinations into the impacts of the viral outbreak on Sustainable Development Goals, followed by insights on how resiliency and humanity must cope with the post-COVID19 pandemic era, and how the global pandemic has profoundly influenced both the existing and emerging threats to health and well-being worldwide, such as health equity, non-communicable diseases, environment and health care systems.
Please see the attached invitation letter and the event website here for more information. We look forward to your online participation in this year’s forum.
Sincerely,
Science & Technology Division
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. (TECRO)
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。
