Division of Groups
Groupings for Bee Dieu's Intercultural Communications projectSofie- Jenny, Jennifer, Bernice, Phoebe, Cliona
Romaine- Stephanie, ERica, Alicia
Alexandre- Cindy Hsu, Ting, Aaron, Angela, Leo Kuo
Klara- Melody, Vera, Rebecca, Kimmy, Robin
Alberto- Sibyl,Hsiao-Wen, Carrie
Ellie- Julie, margaret, Linda, Cindy Huang, Ingrid
Camille- Jill, Carie Huang, Elsa, Winnie, Justin
Jeremy- Regis, Shonn, Wain, Jason, Leo Chien
Gregoire- Stella, Sam, Daniel
Amanda- Claire, Betsy, Jocelyn, Reggie
posted by Aiden @ 6:12 PM
4 Comments:
Thanks Sam for posting your comments to Gregoire's work here. I'd like to remind you that you need to post it also on Gregoire's blog. I'm sure he would be pleased to hear from you.
aiden
Hi Carrie,
Thanks for sending ccing your message to Camille here. Please take note that you have to post it on her blog, too (in case you still haven't done so).
Aiden
Hi, Elie,
This is Margaret from Taiwan, and Chia-en is my Chinese name.
You really get a very good environment to learn foreign languages. In Taiwan, people try to learn English because it is a useful language. If one can speak it with proficiency, s/he will have better opportunity to get a job too. However, the official language here is Mandarin; other dialects including Taiwanese, Hakka and aboriginal languages. Thus, it is easy for us to learn English, for there are lots of cram schools. Elementary students will start learning it from grade three too. Nevertheless, it is difficult to get used to speak it because people do not feel comfortable using it. It is neither our public language nor our private language. We can hardly say it unless we are put into a must to situation. Take myself as an example, I have learned English almost for ten years, and I am willing to open my mouth, coming up English words two years ago. I feel more confident, and think I might know enough, so I push myself to use it. Too afraid to make mistakes while saying one foreign language is an obstacle. I wonder if there is any similar condition in your country.
"Even if you speak perfectly another language, you will never say exactly the same thing in two different languages.” I don’t know why this could happen, for me, I would say you might not know this language good enough. By the way, you also mentioned that you do not like German, for it reminds me of the holocaust and genocide practiced during World War II. It is partly true, but it is not always so. When I was a junior, my minor is German. I regret that I do not continue studying it right now because I also know its culture while learning this language. Germany is a beautiful country too, isn’t it? Another truth is German is considered an useful language in Europe too. Also, if you know its culture better, you will also understand why and its history goes.
Have a nice day.
Sorry that I didn't leave my name in my last post to Elie.
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