Since the 1990s, a large number of books on Taiwan have been published, and junior high schools implemented the history, geography, and social studies curriculum from Understanding Taiwan in 1997. College students already have an understanding of Taiwanese culture, and their departments offer courses on different themes of Taiwanese culture for students to study according to their majors. In this course, students will be guided through the various cultural themes of Taiwan through "observing life”, as well as using language phenomena or lyrics of popular songs as a guide. The topics to be discussed include "Taiwan History", "Taiwan Ethnic Groups", "Taiwan Language", "Taiwan Food", and "Taiwan Folk Beliefs". It is expected that students take the initiative to observe the phenomenon of life and take interest in Taiwanese culture while learning, and discuss and share in the classroom to understand its meaning.
Week1 Introduction
Week2 Topic 1: Food Culture: Cuisine/ lectured by Chen, Yu-jen
Week3 Moon Festival long weekend
Week4 Topic 2: Taiwan Popular Culture/ lectured by Chuang, Yin C.
Week5 Topic 3: Multilingualism and Monolingualism in Taiwan/ lectured by Khoo, Hui-lu
Week6 Double 10th Holiday long weekend
Week7 Topic 4: Introduction to Formosan languages/lectured by Lau, Seng-hian
Week8-9 Topic 5 : Taiwan LiteratureⅠand Ⅱ/ lectured by Nikky Lin
Week10 Mid term discussion
Week11 Topic 6: Food culture: drinks/ lectured by Chen, Yu-jen
Week12 Topic 7: Taiwan Cinema/ lectured by Chuang, Yin C.
Week13 Topic 8: Comparing Taiwanese with Mandarin Chinese/ lectured by Lau, Seng-hian
Week14 Topic 9: Language Identity in Taiwan/ lectured by Khoo, Hui-lu
Week15 oral presentation
Week16 oral presentation
Week17 final project modification
Week18 final project submission
Course Code: N/A
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#GE Type: D
#NTNU General Education Course