Many Vietnamese mothers in Taiwan have become teachers of their nativelanguage to their children after engaging in a programme entitled “Ngọnđuốc tân di dân” (New Immigrant Torch). A report by radio The Voice ofVietnam (VOV).
According to statistics, Taiwan is home toaround 100,000 Vietnamese mothers whose children number 200,000.Vietnamese women are very keen on teaching their mother language tochildren. Local authorities are also placing importance on theVietnamese language training for younger generations.
NguyenThi Lien Huong, a Vietnamese language and culture lecturer of TaiwanUniversity, has taken part in the “New Immigrant Torch” programme forseven years.
Huong married a Taiwanese man, and has three children who are taught Vietnamese language by their mother.
She said her children are learning to speak Vietnamese and herhusband has spent years studying the language and traditional culture.“We often talk in Vietnamese so that our children can learn Vietnamesedaily,” Huong said.
Her children stay proactive in joiningexchange programmes organised by the Vietnamese community in Taipei toimprove their Vietnamese language skills.
Huong considersmusic and literature effective channels for younger Vietnamesegenerations in Taiwan to learn the language. “When I was pregnant, Isang Vietnamese folksongs to my would-be babies. I also told Vietnameselegends and fairy tales to my little children.”
Tran LamPhung, who is teaching her native language in Taiwan, said she moved toTaiwan in 2000 to marry a Taiwanese man. She has two children. Phung isworking at a primary school and teaching Vietnamese for kids andstudents in Kaohsiung and Tainan cities.
Phung said many Vietnamese women voluntarily teach Vietnamese for “F2” generations of Vietnamese-Taiwanese families.
“Parents are encouraged to take their children to free-of-chargeVietnamese teaching centres. Younger generations will play an importantrole in strengthening Vietnam-Taiwan relations and contribute to theirhomeland,” she added.
Since 2012, Vietnam's Ministry ofEducation and Training has cooperated with the Taiwan ImmigrationDepartment to implement the “New Immigrant Torch” programme, targetingyounger generations of overseas Vietnamese, which provided an excellentopportunity for them to study their mother tongue language.
As a member of a group compiling Vietnamese teaching programme, NguyenThi Lien Huong said expatriates have many textbooks to study Vietnamese.These include chapters introducing Vietnam and Taiwan, as well asbilateral ties. Most of the Vietnamese language teachers are Vietnamesewomen who are working or residing in Taiwan, she added.
Huongsaid all Vietnamese students are provided with free-of-charge courses.“It’s my honour to teach my mother tongue to younger generations inTaiwan. The 'New Immigrant Torch' programme offers Vietnamese mothersin Taiwan a chance to teach their native language and introduceVietnam’s traditional culture,” she said.
Bui Trong Van,chief of the Vietnam Culture and Economics Office in Taipei, said Taiwanhas offered many incentives for Vietnamese girls and their children toimprove their lives and integrate into their current society.
Vietnamese now becomes one of the key foreign languages taught inTaiwan-based universities, which attaches importance to developing the“New Immigrant Torch” programme to popularise the Vietnamese language.All Vietnamese brides wish their children can speak their mother tongue,he added.
“There are many advantages for students in Taiwanto study Vietnamese, it is another foreign language besides English attertiary level and will help them seek jobs more easily aftergraduation. The mother language will help Vietnamese younger generationsin Taiwan get closer to their home country,” Van noted.
Atpresent, approximately 20 universities in Taiwan teach Vietnamese as thesecond foreign language, while around 10 high schools teach it as thefirst.-VNA
According to statistics, Taiwan is home toaround 100,000 Vietnamese mothers whose children number 200,000.Vietnamese women are very keen on teaching their mother language tochildren. Local authorities are also placing importance on theVietnamese language training for younger generations.
NguyenThi Lien Huong, a Vietnamese language and culture lecturer of TaiwanUniversity, has taken part in the “New Immigrant Torch” programme forseven years.
Huong married a Taiwanese man, and has three children who are taught Vietnamese language by their mother.
She said her children are learning to speak Vietnamese and herhusband has spent years studying the language and traditional culture.“We often talk in Vietnamese so that our children can learn Vietnamesedaily,” Huong said.
Her children stay proactive in joiningexchange programmes organised by the Vietnamese community in Taipei toimprove their Vietnamese language skills.
Huong considersmusic and literature effective channels for younger Vietnamesegenerations in Taiwan to learn the language. “When I was pregnant, Isang Vietnamese folksongs to my would-be babies. I also told Vietnameselegends and fairy tales to my little children.”
Tran LamPhung, who is teaching her native language in Taiwan, said she moved toTaiwan in 2000 to marry a Taiwanese man. She has two children. Phung isworking at a primary school and teaching Vietnamese for kids andstudents in Kaohsiung and Tainan cities.
Phung said many Vietnamese women voluntarily teach Vietnamese for “F2” generations of Vietnamese-Taiwanese families.
“Parents are encouraged to take their children to free-of-chargeVietnamese teaching centres. Younger generations will play an importantrole in strengthening Vietnam-Taiwan relations and contribute to theirhomeland,” she added.
Since 2012, Vietnam's Ministry ofEducation and Training has cooperated with the Taiwan ImmigrationDepartment to implement the “New Immigrant Torch” programme, targetingyounger generations of overseas Vietnamese, which provided an excellentopportunity for them to study their mother tongue language.
As a member of a group compiling Vietnamese teaching programme, NguyenThi Lien Huong said expatriates have many textbooks to study Vietnamese.These include chapters introducing Vietnam and Taiwan, as well asbilateral ties. Most of the Vietnamese language teachers are Vietnamesewomen who are working or residing in Taiwan, she added.
Huongsaid all Vietnamese students are provided with free-of-charge courses.“It’s my honour to teach my mother tongue to younger generations inTaiwan. The 'New Immigrant Torch' programme offers Vietnamese mothersin Taiwan a chance to teach their native language and introduceVietnam’s traditional culture,” she said.
Bui Trong Van,chief of the Vietnam Culture and Economics Office in Taipei, said Taiwanhas offered many incentives for Vietnamese girls and their children toimprove their lives and integrate into their current society.
Vietnamese now becomes one of the key foreign languages taught inTaiwan-based universities, which attaches importance to developing the“New Immigrant Torch” programme to popularise the Vietnamese language.All Vietnamese brides wish their children can speak their mother tongue,he added.
“There are many advantages for students in Taiwanto study Vietnamese, it is another foreign language besides English attertiary level and will help them seek jobs more easily aftergraduation. The mother language will help Vietnamese younger generationsin Taiwan get closer to their home country,” Van noted.
Atpresent, approximately 20 universities in Taiwan teach Vietnamese as thesecond foreign language, while around 10 high schools teach it as thefirst.-VNA
