The Paris City Government launches the "Taiwanese language class" to spread the treasure island’s culture abroad

The Paris Adult Education Center (Cours d'Adultes de Paris) (巴黎成人教育中心) in Paris launched the "Taiwanese Language Class" (台語課) for the first time and invited French people who are interested to learn Taiwanese and about Taiwanese culture. The main goal of the course is not only listening and speaking skills, but also to enhance the understanding of Taiwan through Taiwanese poetry, songs, literature, movies, etc., and have exchanges to understand the "Treasure Island Culture" (寶島文化) from a different perspective.

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The person behind the Taiwanese language course is Lin Chi-miao from Taiwan. Photo/Retrieved from "Central News Agency"

Lin Chi-miao (林季苗), an associate professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages (應用外語學系) at the University of Lyon, France (法國里昂大學), said that in recent years, through media reports, Taiwan’s visibility in France has been greatly increased, with a positive image, and has become a representative of the value of progress. More and more French people are interested in Taiwan and want to learn the language that most people speak in Taiwan besides Chinese. Therefore, the success of promoting Taiwanese classes gave Lin the inspiration, and she began to plan Taiwanese classes at the adult education center of the Paris Municipal Government. As a result, the response was very good, and registration was busy.

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French students love Taiwanese culture and enroll in courses very enthusiastically. Photo/Retrieved from Unsplash Gallery

Théo, a student, said that his original reason for learning Chinese was curiosity, and many students went to Taiwan for the student exchange program for a semester. The treasure island culture immediately attracted him. Theo said that although learning Taiwanese is a difficult challenge for French speakers, but with what he can get from it, whether it is fun or knowledge, the hard work is definitely worth it.

Registration for the Taiwanese class starts today. The course is taught online in French, and it is hoped that participants from all over the world can enthusiastically sign up for the program.