The center's Chinese language courses focus on introducing Taiwan's unique features and Chinese culture, supplemented by learning about other countries' cultural characteristics. Teaching covers listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, emphasizing both the artistic and practical aspects of Chinese. The humanistic aspect reflects Chinese cultural knowledge and spirit, while the artistic aspect highlights the beauty of Chinese characters, sounds, imagery, structure, and meaning. Courses are practical and life-oriented, stressing communication skills. Through situational dialogues, learners acquire daily-use phrases and vocabulary, with Taiwan and Chinese culture as the core. Cultural immersion programs include site visits, temple tours, and Taiwan-specific cultural experiences, folk arts (such as diabolo, Chinese knots, calligraphy, paper cutting, and dough figurines), Chinese cuisine, exhibitions, speeches, and singing competitions.
(2) Center History
1. Established in February 2006, with President Chuang Chi-Ming serving as the first director.
2. In November 2006, Professor Sun Jian-Qiu from the Department of Language and Creative Studies took over as director.
3. In December 2007, approved by the Ministry of Education to officially enroll international students.
1. Compile and develop Chinese teaching materials, and publish related works.
2. Promote Chinese cultural, artistic, and social education programs.
3. Organize Chinese teacher certification courses and credit programs.
4. Co-host on-the-job master’s programs with relevant departments.
5. Conduct international academic exchanges, study visits, and student exchanges with Chinese language institutions worldwide.
6. Assist the government in overseas Chinese education, compile teaching materials, train teachers abroad, and host cultural and arts exchange activities to expand public diplomacy.
7. Promote Chinese language and writing courses to enroll international students and enhance their Chinese proficiency.
8. Administer international Chinese language proficiency tests and competitions.
9. Accept government, school, and private commissions to conduct Chinese language training and related courses.
1. Chinese Language Teaching: Teacher training courses, practical grammar training, composition teaching training, etc.
2. Chinese Culture and Society: I Ching teacher training, Confucian-style parenting guidance courses, etc.
3. In-School Courses: Courses for university students, such as composition teaching classes.
1. Current class: 8th Chinese Teacher Training Class.
2. Duration: August 18 – October 20, 2007.
3. Weekly hours: 6 hours on Saturdays and Sundays, totaling 96 hours.
4. Short-term training: Example, 2nd Practical Chinese Grammar Class, October 7 – November 11, 2007, totaling 36 hours.
1. Teacher qualifications: External hires (invited experts in Chinese language education).
2. Selection: End-of-course student evaluations.
3. Number of teachers: Approximately 20.
The center has two main development directions:
1. To cultivate Chinese language teachers with both theoretical and practical competence. The center aims to develop professionals skilled in language learning, curriculum development, and digital learning, to promote Chinese worldwide and establish a Taiwan-based global teaching network.
2. Teaching development: Leveraging the teacher-training advantages of the normal university system, the center's practical teaching courses focus on developing skilled Chinese language teachers with hands-on experience and improving overall teaching quality.