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	<title>Taiwanese Dream &#187; Teaching</title>
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	<description>Making This Island My Home</description>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the weeks pass and I learn new words in Chinese, I have begun to notice that the MRT stops on the subway are often named after physical landmarks in the countryside.  The stop by my house is named after bamboo.  The next stop on the MRT, going north, is named after red trees.  When I told my Chinese teacher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom Chatter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kindergarten is a great place to learn Chinese.  I mean as a teacher, not as a student.  In Kindergarten, little children are learning to communicate with each other for the first time.  The simple meanings they struggle to convey are short and to the point.  For someone like myself, who’s got the ability to speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding My Name</title>
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Dan and Diane




I needed a Chinese name. Diane and I had gotten married and I needed to sign a document in Chinese to register our household with the government of Taiwan.
For the first character, we started with “Bi” (白), because my family name is “White.” Wanting a simple name, one that could be easily written [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifa likes to play soccer.  So when it came time to pick an English name for him, his parents looked toward the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) for help.  Fifa is one of the most active boys in my class when we play games.  While the name is unusual, you have to admit that [...]]]></description>
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