is Chinese-language education in Taiwan. "The language is taught using a long tradition of teaching that tends to have learners focus on rhetoric skills rather than the word's correspondence with reality," he argued. "The result is like drawing a map that refers to no real sites. It does not serve to help student address their surrounding realities, but just works to consolidate the existing political power this language represents." The poet explained that this situation gradually created a condition in which the sincerity of language has been lost, effecting a gap between words and deeds. "Thus, a dictator can claim democracy when there is no freedom of speech, and politicians make promises that few expect them to deliver on," Lee said, stopping short of naming an example.
from Taiwan Journal: Poet offers nation recipe for language and culture
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