A New Reason to Stay in Taiwan over New Years Break: ICLP Launches Home-Stay Program Hsiang-Nien Hsu Traveling during school breaks has long been a tradition for language students studying abroad, and Chinese New Years has never been an exception-until now. Beginning in 2009, ICLP students have a unique alternative to spending dollars abroad: they can spend New Years with a local host family through ICLP’s New Years Home Stay Program. Three ICLP students, Kara, Nate and Kendall spent their Chinese New Year 2009 with different host families. They shared their experiences with us here at the ICLP Bulletin. (Read more) 斷背福爾摩沙 ‧ Brokeback Formosa 圖‧文/薄瑞安/Bryan K.Beaudoin 我們下榻在魯凱族傳統的一幢石板屋。一放下背包，便飢餓如狼地吃晚飯、喝小米酒。酒酣耳熱之際，我一個人緩行到一條小溪。正當我彎腰開始洗碗的時候，黃昏暮色中，突然傳來一句「這好像斷背山」。我一時訝異之餘，聽得滿臉通紅，張口結舌，聽來是K的聲音，我回頭看到嬌小的她若無其事地在我後面站著。斷背山！你這難道是… (詳內文)	An Interview with Director Leung Bryan K. Beaudoin [ICLP Director Dr. Leung Yanwing] 國際華語研習所所長、梁欣榮 BKB: You’ve been following ICLP’s progress since starting your first directorship years ago. Where do the program’s strengths lie? Leung: Looking at the program today I really have to take my hat off to the American founders of forty-five years ago. It was their formula of small class sizes and emphasis on speaking that is the key to our success. ICLP has been called one of the world’s elite Chinese language programs. With the rise of China there has been a huge increase of interest in Chinese. (Read more)
ICLP首次舉辦學生春節到接待家庭過節的活動 陳立元 所務主任
2/04(三)中午舉行學生到接待家庭過春節的分享會，學生們藉由PPT、地圖、影音記錄等來描述個人寶貴的體驗。這是所方首次舉辦的活動，接待家庭來自臺大華語師訓班上千名的學員。此一活動具有非凡的意義，一來，學生們的春節因而真正深入到國人家中，主動運用中文，參與春節的各項民俗活動，進而與接待家庭建立友好關係… (詳內文)
阿里山的驚奇之旅 墨啟文/Stephen Meyers
春節之前，我發覺由於自己剛到台灣不久，所以除了台北以外，我還沒機會參觀台灣無數好玩的地方。因此，我決定利用春節放假的時間探索台灣的西南部。我先坐高鐵到高雄，一到那個節奏慢騰騰的港都, 我就開始享受南台灣特有的友好與魅力。在高雄玩了幾天後，我決定換一個地方，就去了台南。(詳內文)