Global Cultural Initiative leads to the development of a cosmopolitan outlook: completing your world map puzzle.
There are nearly 800 international students at Yuan Ze University from more than 40 countries. While they are studying in Taiwan, in addition to taking professional courses, as global citizens, they are also responsible for contributing themselves to the local society. Therefore, the Extracurricular Activities Section of Yuan Ze University has specially launched the "Global Cultural Initiative" project since 2018, which invites the international students of YZU to share their cultures with the primary school students in Taoyuan. The cultural presentations help broaden our children's horizons, appreciate different cultures and languages, and enhance national identity.
In one of the cultural presentations in 2019, Penda from the Gambia, Maunsa from the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), and Mustafa from Turkey came to Caota Elementary School in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City. When they stepped into the classroom, their eyes were instantly attracted by the colorful handmade drawing on the blackboard. The cute and vivid illustration and English welcoming word drawn with chalk surprised the foreign students. Then the class leader shouted, "Stand up and bow," every student said "good morning" out loud together. The foreign students immediately responded with the warmest smile before the presentation starts.
Siyu Chen, a fifth-grade student at Caota Elementary School, said: "Although I started learning English when I was in the first grade, I have never talked to foreigners in English. It is my first time speaking English in the real life. I am very nervous, but excited, too. I do think learning English is very important."
To help the local primary school students understand the English cultural presentations better, Yuan Ze University also recruits some local students to collaborate with the foreign students during the presentations. They interpret the content from English to Chinese when necessary, and improve the kids’ learning motivation in class. For instance, when a foreign student asks a question, the local students will encourage the children to raise their hands and answer the question. Occasionally, a quick quiz competition will be held to evaluate their learning comprehension.
Other than Caota Elementary School, the foreign students of Yuan Ze University also visit Huaxun, Dongming, Dahu, Dapu, Gaoyuan, Zili, Dacheng, Nanmen, and Chenkang elementary schools. Since Yuan Ze University has launched the Global Cultural Initiative project in 2018, 191 cultural presentations will have been done by the end of 2020. These international students introduce their languages, traditional dances, exotic food and diet, geographical features, ethnic costumes, wild animals and plants, celebration ceremonies and festivities, etc. They motivate elementary school students to explore the world, understand diversity experience diversity, and cultural inclusion.
“When we start carrying out GCI program, we thought many primary school teachers would have looked forward to cultural presentations given by YZU foreign students. Surprisingly, very few teachers welcome our visits in the beginning because the teachers worried that they might have been unable to communicate with foreign students in English,” said Michelle Huang, the host of GCI project. At the end of 2018, the government announced that Taiwan will become a bilingual country by 2030 as a national developmental goal. Michelle therefore proposed and designed a series of "English Teacher Training" for local primary and secondary school teachers. She indicates that the teachers in elementary levels must be well prepared for the upcoming CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) program as early as possible.
The Global Cultural Initiative program integrates multi-culture and English language education, not only will improve students' English language ability, and build their cosmopolitan outlook on life but also leads to professional growth for the teachers who are willing to be in CLIL field. Currently, many elementary schools have just started the experimental process of teaching some subjects in English. CLIL will become an important trend in Taiwan in the future. Hence, it is inevitable for local teachers to improve their language skills before 2030.
After the GCI program has been approved by MOE, the GCI team arranged a meeting with every school that is working with YZU’s GCI program. The team introduced the principle of CLIL which was also recognized by all schools’ faculty and staff. Many teachers have been motivated to join the 3-year GCI English training sessions.
At the end of June 2020, Michelle received a phone call from the Nicaragua Embassy. “They have heard about our Global Cultural Initiative Program, and appreciate the efforts we have made for local international education. They expect to cooperate with us to promote Nicaraguan culture in Taiwan," said Michelle. Not long after, the Nicaragua Embassy visit Michelle and her GCI team at YZU on the 2nd of July for discussing the possibility of further cooperation. On July 27, Michelle and GCI team were invited by the Nicaraguan ambassador to deliver a presentation and introduce the GCI program to 10 Nicaraguan students who are studying in Taiwan. Michelle says, “Our next step is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nicaraguan embassy, which will reach a new milestone for the Global Cultural Initiative team." Yuan Ze University not only brings the world to the local schools in Taoyuan but also delivers its influence to the world.
In one of the cultural presentations in 2019, Penda from the Gambia, Maunsa from the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), and Mustafa from Turkey came to Caota Elementary School in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City. When they stepped into the classroom, their eyes were instantly attracted by the colorful handmade drawing on the blackboard. The cute and vivid illustration and English welcoming word drawn with chalk surprised the foreign students. Then the class leader shouted, "Stand up and bow," every student said "good morning" out loud together. The foreign students immediately responded with the warmest smile before the presentation starts.
Siyu Chen, a fifth-grade student at Caota Elementary School, said: "Although I started learning English when I was in the first grade, I have never talked to foreigners in English. It is my first time speaking English in the real life. I am very nervous, but excited, too. I do think learning English is very important."
To help the local primary school students understand the English cultural presentations better, Yuan Ze University also recruits some local students to collaborate with the foreign students during the presentations. They interpret the content from English to Chinese when necessary, and improve the kids’ learning motivation in class. For instance, when a foreign student asks a question, the local students will encourage the children to raise their hands and answer the question. Occasionally, a quick quiz competition will be held to evaluate their learning comprehension.
Other than Caota Elementary School, the foreign students of Yuan Ze University also visit Huaxun, Dongming, Dahu, Dapu, Gaoyuan, Zili, Dacheng, Nanmen, and Chenkang elementary schools. Since Yuan Ze University has launched the Global Cultural Initiative project in 2018, 191 cultural presentations will have been done by the end of 2020. These international students introduce their languages, traditional dances, exotic food and diet, geographical features, ethnic costumes, wild animals and plants, celebration ceremonies and festivities, etc. They motivate elementary school students to explore the world, understand diversity experience diversity, and cultural inclusion.
“When we start carrying out GCI program, we thought many primary school teachers would have looked forward to cultural presentations given by YZU foreign students. Surprisingly, very few teachers welcome our visits in the beginning because the teachers worried that they might have been unable to communicate with foreign students in English,” said Michelle Huang, the host of GCI project. At the end of 2018, the government announced that Taiwan will become a bilingual country by 2030 as a national developmental goal. Michelle therefore proposed and designed a series of "English Teacher Training" for local primary and secondary school teachers. She indicates that the teachers in elementary levels must be well prepared for the upcoming CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) program as early as possible.
The Global Cultural Initiative program integrates multi-culture and English language education, not only will improve students' English language ability, and build their cosmopolitan outlook on life but also leads to professional growth for the teachers who are willing to be in CLIL field. Currently, many elementary schools have just started the experimental process of teaching some subjects in English. CLIL will become an important trend in Taiwan in the future. Hence, it is inevitable for local teachers to improve their language skills before 2030.
After the GCI program has been approved by MOE, the GCI team arranged a meeting with every school that is working with YZU’s GCI program. The team introduced the principle of CLIL which was also recognized by all schools’ faculty and staff. Many teachers have been motivated to join the 3-year GCI English training sessions.
At the end of June 2020, Michelle received a phone call from the Nicaragua Embassy. “They have heard about our Global Cultural Initiative Program, and appreciate the efforts we have made for local international education. They expect to cooperate with us to promote Nicaraguan culture in Taiwan," said Michelle. Not long after, the Nicaragua Embassy visit Michelle and her GCI team at YZU on the 2nd of July for discussing the possibility of further cooperation. On July 27, Michelle and GCI team were invited by the Nicaraguan ambassador to deliver a presentation and introduce the GCI program to 10 Nicaraguan students who are studying in Taiwan. Michelle says, “Our next step is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nicaraguan embassy, which will reach a new milestone for the Global Cultural Initiative team." Yuan Ze University not only brings the world to the local schools in Taoyuan but also delivers its influence to the world.
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