Comments for Pháiⁿ-sè http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com Language, life and other stuff. In Taiwan. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Tailingua: New Website about the Taiwanese Language by chuanru http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/tailingua-new-website-about-the-taiwanese-language/#comment-2382 chuanru Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:02:13 +0000 http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/tailingua-new-website-about-the-taiwanese-language/#comment-2382 I happen to come to your blog this morning, it's fantastic. I am a native Taiwanese and I speak taiwanese language everyday but never thought about doing things as you've been doing, which is to introduce it to people in your language. Taiwanese is a lively and also very creative language, thank you for writing about it...I think I will learn more about my native language from your site. I happen to come to your blog this morning, it’s fantastic. I am a native Taiwanese and I speak taiwanese language everyday but never thought about doing things as you’ve been doing, which is to introduce it to people in your language.
Taiwanese is a lively and also very creative language, thank you for writing about it…I think I will learn more about my native language from your site.

]]> Comment on Online resources for Taiwanese learning by JOSE http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-2308 JOSE Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:41:51 +0000 https://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-2308 hi I would like to buy some taiwanese textbooks and dictionaries, do you know where i can find them? hi

I would like to buy some taiwanese textbooks and dictionaries, do you know where i can find them?

]]> Comment on Online resources for Taiwanese learning by Richard http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-2255 Richard Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:30:51 +0000 https://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-2255 Hi, Do you know why the Daiwanway website is down now? I found that website to be very nice for english -> taiwanese dictionary. I speak Taiwanese pretty well and just need occasional vocab help sometimes but it stopped working more than 5-6 months ago... Hi,

Do you know why the Daiwanway website is down now? I found that website to be very nice for english -> taiwanese dictionary. I speak Taiwanese pretty well and just need occasional vocab help sometimes but it stopped working more than 5-6 months ago…

]]> Comment on Computers and romanised Taiwanese by Carstairs http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/computers-and-romanised-taiwanese/#comment-2225 Carstairs Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:07:00 +0000 http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/computers-and-romanised-taiwanese/#comment-2225 I assume that you are still studying Taiwanese, so I thought that I'd send you the links for some grammar and vocabulary materials I've been putting together for English-speaking students of Taiwanese. You're welcome to take a look at what I have so far: http://taiwanesegrammar.wordpress.com/ http://taiwanesevocabulary.wordpress.com/ Cheers, CB I assume that you are still studying Taiwanese, so I thought that I’d send you the links for some grammar and vocabulary materials I’ve been putting together for English-speaking students of Taiwanese. You’re welcome to take a look at what I have so far:
http://taiwanesegrammar.wordpress.com/
http://taiwanesevocabulary.wordpress.com/

Cheers,
CB

]]> Comment on Taiwanese: a doomed language? by Norman http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/taiwanese-a-doomed-language/#comment-1996 Norman Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:23:14 +0000 https://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/taiwanese-a-doomed-language/#comment-1996 Taiwanese is terribly difficult (much moreso than mandarin) to romanise. This is a point that the author has failed to point out. As a student of Taiwanese I know this. I devised a little system to show tones above the words that works, but it is slightly complicated and might be difficult if not impossible to implement in a computer. Taiwanese is terribly difficult (much moreso than mandarin) to romanise. This is a point that the author has failed to point out. As a student of Taiwanese I know this. I devised a little system to show tones above the words that works, but it is slightly complicated and might be difficult if not impossible to implement in a computer.

]]> Comment on Online resources for Taiwanese learning by Mei http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-1866 Mei Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:31:06 +0000 https://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-1866 Email to 2000bueberry@yahoo.com.tw Email to 2000bueberry@yahoo.com.tw

]]> Comment on Online resources for Taiwanese learning by Mei http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-1865 Mei Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:30:21 +0000 https://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/online-resources-for-taiwanese-learning/#comment-1865 Hi, everybody, I am an international student in Louisiana. I would like to assist anybody learning Mandarin or Taiwanese, please feel free to contact me. Hi, everybody,

I am an international student in Louisiana. I would like to assist anybody learning Mandarin or Taiwanese, please feel free to contact me.

]]> Comment on Taiwanese: a doomed language? by Johan Gijsen http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/taiwanese-a-doomed-language/#comment-1301 Johan Gijsen Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:33:32 +0000 https://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/taiwanese-a-doomed-language/#comment-1301 Can any language can be neglected in education and still be maintained as long as people “use it”? Is one weekly class period in Taiwanese (or any other “homeland education” class) worthy of a pupil speaking mainly Taiwanese outside the classroom? No, Taiwanese is not dying yet, but let us not be overly optimistic either. If children who mainly hear and speak Taiwanese at home cannot receive even primary education in their first language, they will steadily lose fluency in that language. Because Taiwanese is extensively used outside the school, this loss is slow but real nonetheless. To my surprise, language researchers overseas with a thorough understanding of Taiwan’s linguistic situation are the ones ringing the alarm bell in this case. Researchers, the public, as well as politicians in Taiwan seem to possess an unhealthy dose of linguistic optimism vis-à-vis the future of Taiwanese. As someone having an endangered mother tongue as first language (Flemish), I hope they are right. When the message to children is “Concentrate on Mandarin and English; leave Taiwanese at the schoolhouse door”, are youngsters not asked to leave part of their identity behind as well? Research shows that this situation is detrimental in a child’s linguistic as well as cognitive development (Hickey, Lopez, Tallowitz, Cummins). Shouldn’t we therefore discuss the current situation in Taiwan’s mother tongue education rather than who speaks what language and how? Can any language can be neglected in education and still be maintained as long as people “use it”? Is one weekly class period in Taiwanese (or any other “homeland education” class) worthy of a pupil speaking mainly Taiwanese outside the classroom?

No, Taiwanese is not dying yet, but let us not be overly optimistic either. If children who mainly hear and speak Taiwanese at home cannot receive even primary education in their first language, they will steadily lose fluency in that language. Because Taiwanese is extensively used outside the school, this loss is slow but real nonetheless.

To my surprise, language researchers overseas with a thorough understanding of Taiwan’s linguistic situation are the ones ringing the alarm bell in this case. Researchers, the public, as well as politicians in Taiwan seem to possess an unhealthy dose of linguistic optimism vis-à-vis the future of Taiwanese. As someone having an endangered mother tongue as first language (Flemish), I hope they are right.

When the message to children is “Concentrate on Mandarin and English; leave Taiwanese at the schoolhouse door”, are youngsters not asked to leave part of their identity behind as well? Research shows that this situation is detrimental in a child’s linguistic as well as cognitive development (Hickey, Lopez, Tallowitz, Cummins).

Shouldn’t we therefore discuss the current situation in Taiwan’s mother tongue education rather than who speaks what language and how?

]]> Comment on Taiwanese: a doomed language? by redrat http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/taiwanese-a-doomed-language/#comment-166 redrat Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:02:05 +0000 https://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/taiwanese-a-doomed-language/#comment-166 >English and Japanese are in serious trouble. How so? Could you elaborate a bit more? >English and Japanese are in serious trouble.

How so? Could you elaborate a bit more?

]]> Comment on Computers and romanised Taiwanese by A-gu http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/computers-and-romanised-taiwanese/#comment-124 A-gu Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:37:14 +0000 http://taiwantaffy.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/computers-and-romanised-taiwanese/#comment-124 Here's a direct link to the GTH's pdf on the system: http://www.edu.tw/EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/MANDR/EDU6300001/rules/151609.pdf?FILEID=149485&UNITID=129&CAPTION=%BBO%C6W%BB%D4%ABn%BBy%C3%B9%B0%A8%A6r%AB%F7%AD%B5%A4%E8%AE%D7 Here’s a direct link to the GTH’s pdf on the system:

http://www.edu.tw/EDU_WEB/EDU_MGT/MANDR/EDU6300001/rules/151609.pdf?FILEID=149485&UNITID=129&CAPTION=%BBO%C6W%BB%D4%ABn%BBy%C3%B9%B0%A8%A6r%AB%F7%AD%B5%A4%E8%AE%D7

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