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Taiwan’s English language education: A living dinosaur

July 9, 2015October 4, 2026Trista di Genova6 Commentsacademia sinica, buxibans, cram school, cram school industry, English language acquisition and theory, english language education, Noam Chomsky, Noam Chomsky in Asia, TAS (Taipei American School, US State Department

By Trista di Genova, The Wild East / Editorial The Taiwanese fare abysmally in international English scores. Why? Part of the reason could be attributed to the difficulty of learning such a vastly different language. According to the US State Department, Mandarin is one of the world’s most difficult languages for English speakers to learn (rivaling…

Prof. Scott Simon to speak on Seediq Bale @ Academia Sinica

Arts & Entertainment Beautiful Island

April 29, 2013October 4, 2026Trista di Genovaaboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal history, academia sinica, Austronesian language and cultures, CEFC Taipei, Ethnography, Japanese in Taiwan, Professor anthropologist Scott Simon, Taiwan history, Taiwan history in film, Taiwan-French relations, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, writers, writers on Taiwan

An aboriginal uprising against Japanese colonists was popularized in the excellent film, "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" Anthropologist Scott Simon will be speaking at Academia Sinica in Taipei on May 6 at 2:30pm, on the topic “Sadyaq Balae! State and Indigeneity on Formosa” in Room B202, RCHSS Academia Sinica (map) Like indigenous peoples around…

Professor Chomsky coming to Taiwan: Exclusive mini-interview!

American Taels Political Beats Taiwan News

July 19, 2010October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 Commentacademia sinica, jian huang, linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, MIT Club in Taipei, Noam Chomsky, Taiwan

Prof. Noam Chomsky, Ross and Trista di Genova By Trista di Genova Wild East news desk Taipei – MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, celebrated linguist, philosopher and cognitive scientist, is visiting Taiwan next month to deliver a special lecture, “Contours of World Order: Continuities and Changes” at Academia Sinica, the nation’s premiere research institution, on Monday,…