Council of Indigenous People and 7 universities to create language centers to train teachers of Taiwan’s indigenous languages
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/12
By: Scott Morgan, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Council of Indigenous People and seven
(Image courtesy of CNA)
Taiwanese universities will collaborate in the creation of indigenous language centers to train teachers of Taiwan’s indigenous languages, with the goal of training 210 language teachers, reported CNA.
The language centers will be dotted across Taiwan and will provide an opportunity for the public to undertake language courses to improve their language ability.
The decision to collaborate on a new training program came about in response to the decline in language ability by indigenous youth.
Icyang Parod, Minister of Council of Indigenous Peoples told CNA that the language proficiency of indigenous people under the age of 40 is alarming. [FULL STORY]
