UBC GO GLOBAL CHIN234: LEARNING CHINESE IN A LIVING CLASSROOM IN TAIWAN
LIAM LAFORCE
黄临安
ABOUT ME
你好， 我叫黄临安。我在University of British Columbia 念了两年了。我是三年级的学生。我的兴趣是画画，弹吉他，听音乐，还有政治。我在UBC的时候，我学了一年的中文了，因为我高中的好朋友是中国人，而且他当交换(jiao1huan4)学生的时候住在我家，我们成了好朋友，所以我想学中文。
I wanted to learn Chinese because it such a widely used language. It would open up the possibility to conversense with close to one billion more people. Because I had a chinese student live with me my senior year of highschool, I developed an interest in the language. He was accepted into my family, and I was accepted into his. I have spent four months living with him and his family, thus sparking my interest in learning Chinese.
WHAT THIS PROGRAM BROUGHT ME
我认识了很多台湾人我觉得台湾人好极了。我觉得我的中文水平越来越好。我在UBC的时候，我说中文的水平不好，可是在台湾的暑期班的时候，我听得懂中文，我也用中文跟同学们聊天。我说的中文我的同学们也都听得懂。除了学中文以外，我还学到台湾的文化。我觉得台湾的文化很有意思， 我很喜欢热炒的文化， 是因为在热炒店我可以跟很多的朋友一起吃好吃的食物。台湾的热炒店跟温哥华的热炒店不一样。
I especially enjoyed experiencing 热炒, rechao, which is hot food that is fast to make. It’s a large communal meal, with friends, family, coworkers, usually late at night, with drinks and good food. The atmosphere is chaotic. It’s loud and there is food floating around everywhere.
LIVING EXPERIENCES: 生病的经验
MY LEARNING JOURNALS
WHAT I SEE IN TAIWAN
Graffiti in Taiwan 台湾的涂鸦
我做了一个关于(guanyv, about)涂鸦的vlog，因为我小的时候我开始画画，所以我现在喜欢艺术特别是涂鸦是因为每个地方都有涂鸦。虽然每个地方的文化都不一样，可是很多涂鸦还是有很像的地方。要是你喜欢街头（jietou)艺术，你应该看看我的vlog。我去了台湾很多有涂鸦的地方，比方说台北电影公园有很多涂鸦。
I think graffiti around the world is similar because the style is similar, but it’s different because of the cultural impressions on it from the countries its produced from, or the native imagery it draws from in that home country.
EXPLORING TAIWAN
Practicum Day
我在垦丁的时候，认识了一位台湾的原住民(yuan2zhu4min2, aboriginal) 老太太。他教我们原住民的舞蹈。
I was able to experience some aboriginal Taiwanese culture at the Kending night market. I was at an alcohol stall, the group I was with was practicing our Chinese with the woman working there, we became friends with her, and she showed us an aboriginal drinking dance.