{"id":753,"date":"2019-12-23T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/?p=753"},"modified":"2021-05-14T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:14:57","slug":"important-things-to-know-before-teaching-taiwanese-students-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-teaching-taiwanese-students-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Things to Know Before Teaching Taiwanese Students \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-teaching-taiwanese-students-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%bc\/#Taiwan_Crash_Course\" >Taiwan Crash Course<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-teaching-taiwanese-students-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%bc\/#Why_Taiwanese_Study_English\" >Why Taiwanese Study English<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-teaching-taiwanese-students-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%bc\/#Taiwanese_English\" >Taiwanese English<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/about-online-tutoring\/important-things-to-know-before-teaching-taiwanese-students-%f0%9f%87%b9%f0%9f%87%bc\/#%F0%9F%91%8B_Thats_it_for_now\" >\ud83d\udc4b That\u2019s it for now!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>After Japan and South Korea, Taiwan is our next largest source of students. What should we know about Taiwan and its culture to better help Taiwanese students?<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Taiwan_Crash_Course\"><\/span>Taiwan Crash Course<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>First, let\u2019s go over some basic facts about Taiwan. Since it's a relatively unknown country, if you know just a few basic facts about it, you\u2019ll be able to impress your students!<\/p>\n<p>For starters, know that Taiwan is not Thailand:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/12090820\/map-taiwan-thailand.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"424\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-756\"><\/p>\n<p>The capital of Taiwan is \u201cTaipei,\u201d which literally means \u201cTai-north.\u201d As you might guess, it\u2019s located in the northernmost part of the island. You may also want to learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cTaichung\u201d (\u201cTai-middle\u201d): the city in the middle of Taiwan and<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTainan\u201d (\u201cTai-south\u201d): a southern city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This might seem trivial, but you\u2019d be surprised by how many positive comments from Taiwanese students are about a tutor\u2019s knowledge of Taiwanese cities and corresponding landmarks!<\/p>\n<p>The next thing you\u2019ll want to know is that Taiwan has about the same population as Australia (23 million) ... and this population is diverse. In addition to the official language, Mandarin Chinese, most Taiwanese people can also speak some <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwanese_Hokkien\">Taiwanese (Hokkien)<\/a>. Then, depending on which part of China their family originated from or which <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples\">indigenous tribe<\/a> they belong to, they may speak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethnologue.com\/country\/tw\/languages\">some other languages<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, there are many immigrants from Southeast Asia: \u201cIn Taiwan\u2019s K-12 schools, there are already <a href=\"https:\/\/topics.amcham.com.tw\/2018\/11\/taiwan-embraces-southeast-asian-immigration\/\">80,000 students with a Vietnamese parent and 20,000 with an Indonesian parent<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other fun facts you might want to know are that Taiwan ... :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>... had the tallest building in the world between 2004 and 2010: the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei_101\">Taipei 101<\/a><\/li>\n<li>... is where the famous drink, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bubble_tea\">bubble tea<\/a>,\u201d was invented<\/li>\n<li>\u2026 recently became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/17\/world\/asia\/taiwan-gay-marriage.html\">first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, avoid mentioning China; it\u2019s a sensitive topic.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Taiwanese_Study_English\"><\/span>Why Taiwanese Study English<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>For much of the past century, Taiwan has had a close relationship with the US. In fact, until the 1980s, Taiwan was America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/article\/international-students-united-states#CountryOrigin\">2nd largest source of international students<\/a>, and today, it remains America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_United_States\">11th largest trading partner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So it shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise that the US \u2014 and English \u2014 loom large in the Taiwanese imagination. As Tutor Norma (\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6), who has been teaching Taiwanese students since 2015 says, \u201cMany Taiwanese companies do business with the US, and a lot of my Taiwanese students even want to work in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, many Taiwanese believe that it\u2019s important to understand the world outside their home country. This helps explain why Taiwanese are so eager to study abroad. According to Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of Education, Taiwan sent over 60,000 students abroad in 2017, with most going to Western countries.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/12090710\/taiwanese-study-abroad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/12090710\/taiwanese-study-abroad.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/12090710\/taiwanese-study-abroad-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese students\u2019 interest in study abroad is reflected in the booking rates of our test-prep materials. For example, since we released <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/materials\/ielts-speaking-practice\/P6-s6hpMEemrUL__RArmKw\">IELTS Speaking Practice<\/a> in June, we\u2019ve seen the series booked 1,590 lessons by students from Taiwan. By comparison, it was only booked 3,582 times in both Japan and Korea, where we have 17 times as many students.<\/p>\n<p>Students preparing for these tests often need someone to practice English with. A Taiwanese student who now studies in the US told me, \u201c I took TOEFL prep classes, but the speaking classes were useless since we didn\u2019t actually have much time to speak and get corrections. So I started taking 1-on-1 lessons on Engoo.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Taiwanese_English\"><\/span>Taiwanese English<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Now that we know who our Taiwanese students are, let\u2019s take a look at the most common mistakes they make.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. During Self-Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During self-introduction, you\u2019ll most certainly hear them ask something like, \u201cWhere are you come from?\u201d This is a mistake that even advanced students make. All. The. Time. The easiest way to say this is: \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also hear Taiwanese people say, \u201cI am a Taiwanese.\u201d This is incorrect, because \u201cTaiwanese\u201d is an adjective (e.g. \u201cTaiwanese people,\u201d \u201cTaiwanese food,\u201d \u201cTaiwanese culture\u201d). So the correct way to say this is \u201cI am Taiwanese\u201d \u2014 or even better, \u201cI\u2019m from Taiwan.\u201d (Try and get them to practice using \u201cfrom\u201d correctly.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Use of \u2018Have\/Has\u2019 instead of \u2018(There) is\/are\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another common mistake that Taiwanese people make is using \u201chave\u201d or \u201chas\u201d instead of \u201c is.\u201d For example, \u201cThere <em>has<\/em> a book\u201d instead of saying, \u201cThere <em>is<\/em> a book.\u201d This is a result of direct translation from Chinese. I\u2019ve also heard Taiwanese people say, \u201cDo you know where <em>have<\/em> toilet?\u201d (instead of \u201cDo you know where the toilet <em>is<\/em>?\u201d) and, \"My family <em>have<\/em> three people\" (instead of \"<em>There are<\/em> three people in my family\").<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Omission of -S and -ED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you\u2019ve ever had a Taiwanese student, you\u2019ve definitely noticed that they tend not to pronounce the -S\u2019s (at the end of plural nouns) and -ED\u2019s (at the end of past tense verbs). When reading out a Daily News article, they\u2019ll treat them like they\u2019re not there. So make sure to correct their pronunciation if you notice they make the same mistake more than 2-3 times!<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%91%8B_Thats_it_for_now\"><\/span>\ud83d\udc4b That\u2019s it for now!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>We hope this post has given you a better idea of who our Taiwanese students are and how to best help them. If you haven\u2019t already, make sure to check out our posts introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/10\/tutoring-japanese-students\/\">Japanese<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/19\/important-things-to-know-before-tutoring-korean-students-%f0%9f%87%b0%f0%9f%87%b7\/\">Korean<\/a> students too. Happy tutoring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Japan and South Korea, Taiwan is our next largest source of students. 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