Taiwan Normal University students create Taiwanese language picture books

A series of Taiwanese language picture books created by 3rd and 4th year students at Taiwan Normal University are being used to narrate stories to children at an affiliated kindergarten of Longan Elementary School. Advisors for the course project, professors Lin Jin-li (林巾力) and Xu Hui-ru (許慧如), said that this is the first time such a course activity has been undertaken.

The aim of the project is to eliminate stereotypes surrounding the Taiwanese language, allowing students to learn by doing. By using this series of picture books to narrate stories in kindergartens, the project hopes to enter local communities and foster interaction, thereby promoting the use of the Taiwanese language. 

In addition to expressing positive recognition for the student’s of Taiwan Normal University, director of the kindergarten, Jiang Hui-juan (姜慧娟), said that although these young children have limited knowledge of the Taiwanese language, through the guidance of these college students, the kids all listened with great interest. One young student even said that using Taiwanese to tell stories sounded tenderer than using Mandarin. 

Taiwan Normal University students create Taiwanese language picture books

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台文繪本創作 師大學生拼突破

台師大台灣語文學系大三大四的同學，創作一系列台語繪本，到北市龍安國小附設幼兒園當起了故事哥哥姊姊。課程計畫的指導教授，林巾力、許慧如表示，這是第一次進行相關的課程活動，目標是為了破除台語的刻板印象，讓學生在做中學，並透過繪本創作，到幼稚園講故事的方式，進入社區和在地互動，推廣台語文應用。

幼兒園姜慧娟主任除了對師大同學的表現表達肯定，雖然幼齡學童對台語的認知有限，還是在哥哥姊姊的引導下，聽得津津有味，也有學童分享，認為用台語來說故事，聽起來比國語溫柔。