tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017975631282521017.post4983330235893880332..comments2023-06-20T17:39:34.944+08:00Comments on Taiwanese Identity: International Mother-Tongue DayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017975631282521017.post-36116062967874901132009-02-26T08:55:00.000+08:002009-02-26T08:55:00.000+08:00Thanks for your post, Joel. I did not know that th...Thanks for your post, Joel. I did not know that the UN had established such a day. Yes, I remember being punished as a child in grammar school in Taiwan for speaking Taiwanese. We all had to speak Mandarin or we would receive demerits. However, when we moved to the States, my parents made a conscious choice to speak Taiwanese at home. It has truly helped me in being able to communicate in Taiwanese. When we went back to Taiwan for the first time, I was 14 years old. I spoke better Taiwanese than pretty much all of my cousins, who lived in Taiwan! It's changed a bit, and now many Taiwanese people are beginning to see the value of preserving Taiwanese as a language and teaching their children Taiwanese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com