fulbright Taiwan online journal

fulbright Taiwan online journal

Author: Tzu-Chun Lin 林姿均

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Tzu-Chun Lin, graduated from University of Taipei majoring in English Instruction. Tzu-Chun served as an FLTA at Georgia Southern University from 2019 to 2020. Tzu-Chun was deeply moved by Mr. Fulrbight’s vision of how the world should be,” A world with a little more knowledge, a little less conflict”. She believes that being an FLTA allows her to play an important role in realizing Mr. Fulbright’s vision. She is a creative, efficient, and responsible person. She likes to travel all over the world and being able to speak English helps her to get to know more about the world. When meeting friends from overseas, she would introduce Taiwan to the world through various activities such as board games, simple DIY, and lectures. Being a part of this quickly changing world, Taiwan is also facing a big change nowadays. She believes that people who love Taiwan can make Taiwan better. Therefore, when she is back in Taiwan, she wants to share her experience of American Culture, and different styles of running a school.

My FLTA FOLIO

CHAPTER 1 Where I Am From  I am TzuChun Lin, a 2019-2020 FLTA grant fromTaiwan. I started my magical journey at Georgia Southern University as a Chinese Instructor and an audit student. I had to teach Chinese 1001 three times a week and chose two to four courses as an audit student. In both fall and spring semester, I experienced how well-educated an American college student is, and how the university played a supportive role to help each student to become successful.  Taiwan, where most countries did not recognize us as a country, has the freedom of speech, press, religion and assembling. We can vote for our president, mayor, and public issues that are related to our rights. Taiwanese are kind, friendly and we can help the world in many different ways. During the pandemic of Covid-19, Taiwan showed caution of the virus ahead of all the other countries and set up a great model of how to prevent the spread of coronavirus.  CHAPTER 2 Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA)  The United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) sponsors Fulbright FLTA Program. It is designed to develop Americans’ knowledge of foreign cultures and languages by

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fulbright taiwan online journal