Thinking of sending your children to Taiwan to study Chinese but don’t know where to begin? In this article, we profile five Taiwanese-American families, detailing their language-learning goals, which camps they chose, and their recommendations and tips for others looking to do the same. (Side note: If you’re in Taiwan and have time to kill while your kid is at camp, read this article: 9 Beef Noodle Soup Restaurants to Try While Your Child is at Summer Camp in Taipei) First-Timers - Cathy
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Diner en Mandarin is back by popular demand! Looking for more opportunities to practice your Mandarin? Make your parents proud and come 講中文 with us! TAP’s Diner en Mandarin series brings people together over a delicious dinner, and all conversation is conducted in Mandarin Chinese. ALL levels of Mandarin speakers are welcome, from beginner to fluent, so come out and join the fun! Sign up now to practice your Mandarin speaking skills over a delicious meal of sausage, pretzel and schnitzel…
We’ve fallen into a pattern, my new friends. And some of my old friends, in this new context. It’s a new thing, for them, but feels familiar, comfortable, for me. You see, it’s natural for me, because it’s how I grew up. I grew up in the US, in the heart of the Midwest, a daughter of Taiwanese immigrants. Mandarin was my first language, but ceded her position as mother tongue to English early on, in a country where assimilation was survival. My parents, though, my beautifully centered…
