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In my opinion, i don't think the government policy would eliminate the job opportunities for English majors in university. It is of course inarguable for young children to learn their mother language before they can contact and proceed to a foreign one. In Taiwan, i think children are started to be ...

Most common met problems and reasons why students in Taiwan fear to spak up in class, as you say, are 1) they are afraid of making mistakes and thus "losing face" 2) they think thier English is not good enough 3) they don't know what to say. Sometimes these problems result from a lack of confidence ...

When people get older and older, the function of their brains is degrading, which means their memory doesn't last long and they are more liable to forget things. In this sense, maybe it's nonsense for them to keep learning because the more they learn, the more they forget. However, if we see learnin...

Foremost i would suggest you be in their shoes: kids are kids!! It would be thier very FIRST time to learn a foreign language, and if they unfortunately find it boring or diffiuct, they won't like it anymore when th ey get older and will possibily quit learning it. Multimedia (such as English songs ...