Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/09/2020
By: William Yen

Taipei, June 9 (CNA) An annual Chinese language program for migrant workers in New Taipei, designed to help them assimilate more easily into Taiwan society, will kick off this year in early July, an official at the city's Labor Affairs Department said Tuesday.

The "Mandarin Course for Foreign Workers in New Taipei City in Year 2020" will begin on July 5 and will run for seven weeks, said Wang Chih-yao (王之瑤), an official in the department's Foreign Workers Service Division.

The basic-level course will cater to Indonesian, Vietnamese, Filipino and Thai workers who live in New Taipei, and will be split into four groups, respectively, Wang told CNA.

The classes of about 30 students each will be held on Sundays in July and August, focusing on everyday conversation and communication and using learning techniques such as singing in Chinese, the Foreign Workers Service Division said in a statement.    [FULL  STORY]