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Reflections on culturally responsive education: Lessons from indigenous elementary schools in Taiwan
I arrived in Taiwan searching for a general answer as to why Taiwanese students excel at math in ways that American students often do not. Ever since I began teaching

真實材料設計的文化專業高階華語課
當華語學習者的語言程度達到高階,甚至接近優級(Superior),現有的教材已無法完全提供其需求時,真實材料成為老師可運用的資源。接著,搭配學生的專業領域,模擬

美國初級華語學習者語言擴展與任務導向教學之實踐與反思
誠摯感謝 Fulbright 提供此次寶貴的教學機會,使我得以在一個跨文化、跨專業的環境中,重新思考華語教學的意義。這段教學經驗不僅讓我有機會與不同背景的學習者共事,也讓我在與其他華語教師的交流中,

Good Fortune: My Fulbright Experience
Two semesters as a Fulbright Scholar affiliated with the Department of Taiwanese Literature at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan, passed

在中西部重新理解臺灣,也重新理解美國:我的 Fulbright 博士旅程
二〇二一年八月一日,我抵達芝加哥機場。當時的我帶著行李、研究計畫,以及對美國博士生活的想像,前往印第安納州西拉法葉的普渡大學(Purdue University)攻讀比較

Tides of Transition and Transformation:轉變與蛻變的潮汐
Prior to joining the Fulbright program, I completed my undergraduate studies in 2024, earning dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Marketing and Chinese, with a

The Past is a Foreign Country: A Graduate Student Returns to Taipei as a Senior Scholar
I arrived in Taipei in early September 2025 as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, returning to Taiwan for the first time since a brief visit in 2010 as part of an academic delegation. Well before 2010, I lived in Taipei as a graduate student in the early 1990s,

Learning Taiwan’s Concepts of Social Justice: My Fulbright Journey at National Chengchi University
It was a colder night than usual in Kaohsiung. For me, it was mildly warm, but the locals all had to wear coats because they

Taiwan Becoming Home
It is not an easy task to think back to a time before Taipei was home. Over the past two years, Fulbright Taiwan and National

中文不是最熟悉的陌生人!-從畏難心理重拾學習樂趣
學生說:「以前學過2年的中文,但是因為去到美國後沒有說中文的環境了,現在只會說『你好』,我希望能有自信地說中文,所以我來這裡!」有幸成為FULBRIGHT MEA

Migration circuits and our collective search for home
My year with Fulbright in Taiwan came to me sandwiched in between my third and fourth year of medical school. Only a week before boarding my red-eye flight for

Moments of Connection in Taiwan
When people ask me about my Fulbright experience in Taiwan, they often expect me to talk about my academic achievements, research milestones, or professional growth. While those aspects have undoubtedly been important,

Circuitry and Sweet Potato Lattes: Notes on design in Taiwan
One of my favorite things to do when traveling is to drink coffee. A drink as universal as it is diverse, coffee is found the world over, yet everywhere it evolves

打開語言的醫藥箱──用任務修復表達的拼圖
本學期以任務型教學法(Task-Based Language Teaching, TBLT)為主軸,採用《當代中文課程四》為核心教材,結合台灣醫療電視劇《村裡來了個暴走女外科》作為輔助材料,引導學生在真實情境中使用華語,提升其語言運用能力與跨文化理解能力。

文化近用如何成為日常?
來自史密森尼博物館的研究與實踐觀察筆記
因著自身對文化平權議題的關注,以及個人研究的延續,筆者於 2022 年申請「傅爾布萊特—臺灣文化部藝文專業人才獎助計畫」(以下簡稱 Fulbright Taiwan),並很幸運地於 2023 年 9 月至 12 月在位於華盛頓哥倫比亞特區