Why Taiwan won't be an English speaking country as it plans to achieve by 2030

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UPDATE: We published an article that summarizes Prof. Chung's points, read it here - meet-global.bnext.com.tw/arti...
Karen Chung from the USA has been in Taiwan for more than 30 years and has so far devoted most of her time as a professor at the National Taiwan University. Prof Karen, teaches English, linguistics, and phonetics, with specializations in English listening skills, pronunciation, and poetry. She also co-hosts an English teaching radio program called Ivy League Analytical English. Prof Karen speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, German, and Spanish.
Professor Chung finished her BA in East Asian Languages from the University of Minnesota, MA in East Asian Studies from Princeton University, and PhD in Linguistics from Leiden University.
Professor Chung talked about the key step that Taiwan should implement in order to achieve its target of making Taiwanese fluent speakers of English by 2030. This target is aimed at making Taiwan even more attractive foreign talents.
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@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Thank you all for your feedback. Sorry to delete political tone comments, to keep the discussion within the topic.

@copycatkaraoke Год назад

@6:13, Right on! Exactly what we do with pop music during our sessions.

@StartupTaiwan Год назад

thanks for this comment copycat, we value these comments as support :D

@meng-rungho4656 3 года назад

I used to work with the government, and I guess it's sometimes quite understandable for the policy makers to set an ambitious goal to allow the deployment of resources no matter how realistic it is. That's the reason why I always believe a bottom-up method would work better and an inspiring interview is surely a great initiative.

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Thank you Meng-rung, it's nice to know a perspective coming from the government (even previous) so that we can understand how these policies are formulated.

@chih-wei6077 3 года назад

nice

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Thank you Chi-Wei :)

@Conscious_Sea_Magic_Wave Год назад

It's a great interview! Thank you very much! I'm a big fan of Karen. So I really appreciate your questions to help me know more about Karen such as her breakfast menu and her favorite movie. It's also my first time to hear that Taiwan has the goal of becoming a bilingual place in 2030. Although I'm very enthusiastic in learning English and encourage everyone to learn English to broaden their horizons and have more access to information, I don't think it's a good idea for the government to force people to speak English and make it official. It should be a personal choice.

@StartupTaiwan Год назад

Thank you for this comment, it made my day :)

@brianfunshine 3 года назад

about correcting grammar. I think people shouldn't be constantly endlessly correcting your grammar and pronunciation but the opposite experience is what I've had in Taiwan where nobody corrected me when I've been saying something wrong for 20 years. That's also not cool. If you want to be helpful to a language learner you can gently and calmly tell them what they are saying wrong. As long as you don't do it too much and do it in a thoughtful way it will be appreciated. Otherwise they will spend 20 years saying it wrong and people will be laughing at them behind their back.

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Ah great point Brian!

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

I think if it’s done properly with intentions to help, it will be appreciated.

@unstoppablezone4980 3 года назад

Many in Taiwan are fixated on which 'yin-biao' is the best (which phonetic system is the most reliable to give you the 'standard' pronunciation.) I sympathize, and, most of the English teachers here are folks who have mastered grammar and structure but speak English poorly, so they can't really provide the Holy Grail of correct pronunciation...so they rely on Yin-Biao. I always tell people that if they really want to improve pronunciation, spend more time with native speakers, listen and imitate all you hear. The reality is that opportunities to interact directly with non-Chinese are quire limited. If the government wants to reach its goal, it will need to vastly increase the number of native speaker teachers in the school system, starting with elementary schools.

@KarenChungIvy 3 года назад

Help available here: NTU Introduction to Phonetics ocw.aca.ntu.edu.tw/ntu-ocw/index.php/ocw/cou/101S102

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Agree with your suggestion to increase the number of native speakers, or those who could really teach the language.

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Thank you Stew Glen for breaking up the interview, to add more details - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IVHXinz8zGM.html :D

@adrian_terran 3 года назад

As the interviewer, try to avoid using "what you're trying to say", it generally sounds unprofessional and can most likely be interpreted as being rude to the interviewee.

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Thanks for this tip Adrian, I definiteny need these tips to improve.

@adrian_terran 3 года назад

@@StartupTaiwan Glad to be of help, looking forward to more awesome content. 😁

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

@@adrian_terran aww thank you!

@SwanginStud 3 года назад

@@adrian_terran Hey just out of curiosity! What would be some good substitutes to say in place of it instead?

@adrian_terran 3 года назад

@@SwanginStud There are many substitutes you could use depending on the setting and who you're speaking to,"I hear what you're saying" "I get your point" "I know what you mean" "fair enough" "I sympathize with you" "I can relate to what you're saying".

@112ffhgffg12 2 года назад

I feel many of the suggestions made by Karen about how to learn English were actually part of the reasons that Taiwan decided to go English speaking

@KarenChungIvy 2 года назад

The problem is I don't think they're going about it in the most effective way.

@LongHotSummer 2 года назад

Intelligent 🙂

@benjaminbittle8192 2 месяца назад

Do you think If Taiwan does switch to becoming Bilingual (English speaking), it will lead to a decline in native languages? Like in Singapore and Malaysia.

@StartupTaiwan 2 месяца назад

Thanks for this @Benjaminbittle8192 - To answer, not at all. Taiwan is keen in keeping the Traditional Chinese language compared to a version from the big neighbor who uses the simplified version. While the Traditional and Simplified characters seems a direct translation to non-native speakers some nuances can be observed. More importantly, Taiwan's advantage is its expertise of the Mandarin language when it comes to doing business among Chinese-speaking countries, while being a tech hub. Lastly, Harvard's Chinese language program is actually coursed through Taiwan via the National Taiwan University.

@herricj1657 5 месяцев назад

is the host Pilipino?

@StartupTaiwan 5 месяцев назад

Yes he is a Filipino :)

@monicasu3177 2 года назад

The host needs to study more and prepare more good questions related to the topic

@StartupTaiwan 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this Monica Su! Do you have some questions that you want to ask, we can relay it to our guest. Have a great day!

@192titan Год назад

I took an English writing course taught by a famous Taiwanese teacher. On the first day, I was mind blown by her poor pronunciation. Eventually, I gave up on the course, but many people were still on it.

@StartupTaiwan Год назад

Awww, you could have continued as well just to get more practice.

@unstoppablezone4980 3 года назад

Pro-noun-ciation? Nope. Pronunciation. But in fairness, I hear native speakers from the US make the same mistake. English is a brutal and unforgiving language.

@StartupTaiwan 3 года назад

Thanks for this comment Unstoppable Zone. Agree that English has a lot of rules that even native speakers are having difficulty following.

@kevtherev8194 2 года назад

I disagree with MOST what she says. Research in linguistics & education PROVE she is wrong wrong wrong

@StartupTaiwan 2 года назад

Thanks for this comment Kev!

@kevtherev8194 2 года назад

@@StartupTaiwan language is sooooo VAST. So, to explain her mistakes point-by-point (and explain the correct way) needs a VERY long reply.

@eatpeacock 2 года назад

@@kevtherev8194 世界不缺再多一個說英文的國家，我們需要學者與翻譯員。我不懂，一個中國人講了英文以後，老闆就給他加薪嗎? 沒有那種事! 據我所知，甚至有台灣人在美國工作領高薪，但他的英文也只是小學生程度。

@eatpeacock 2 года назад

@@kevtherev8194 The world doesn't need another English speaking country, we need professionals and translators. I don't know, when a Chinese starts to speak in English, does he get more salaries than before? Things don't work like that! As far as I know, there is even a highly paid Taiwanese working in America with an elementary-school-level English.

@kevtherev8194 2 года назад

@@eatpeacock english language is not advantage (to get a good job), but NO english is a disadvantage.