Language learning and teaching
9:00 2020/8/29 Taiwanese is the first language I learned naturally at home and at the church building where my family resided. I was not aware of the existence of Mandarin until 7 after I attended grade school. Obviously, I was totally lost the first moment I stepped into the classroom and could not be assigned a seat because I was accepted into the school after the number of enrollment was less than anticipated, in 1952. I was accustomed to the classroom atmosphere in the church Sunday School but not the disciplines and the language used in the public school. Basically, my classmates were in the same situation except I missed the first couple of weeks because I was considered one year younger and not qualified for entering the school that year because my birthdate was more than one month after the standard date for the school year. Fortunately, all the strange language I heard was about the commands for actions and I could comprehend them by simply watching others. Shortly after ...
