Description
Taiwan's "Bilingual by 2030" policy, set in motion in 2017, aims to achieve a Taiwanese society fluent in both Chinese and English by the end of the decade. With this ambitious undertaking, the government hopes to more deeply connect Taiwan's workforce with the world, and to attract more international businesses to Taiwan.
Now that we're around seven years into this ambitious task, how is it going?
As mentioned in this episode, Taiwan's Ministry of Education has provided online resources for anyone interested in teaching English in Taiwan:
https://tfetp.epa.ntnu.edu.tw/en/tfetp/web/apply_now
And more English-learning resources can be found on the Hope English website:
https://www.hopenglish.com
Joey and Michelle chat about the world's population crisis and the severity of low birth rate in Taiwan, inviting several guests to share their reasons for wanting or not wanting babies in their lives.
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Published 11/19/24
Joey and Michelle chat about the problem with Taiwan's billion-dollar blue-collar migrant-worker placement industry, inviting a Filipino-Taiwanese journalist and radio show host to chat about her commitment to fight for and inform about the plight of the migrant workers on the island.
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Published 11/12/24