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My grandparents talk to each other in Holo language. My parents
communicate in Mandarin. When I don’t want to be bothered by my
brother, I will reply him in English on purpose. I spend a lot of
time studying English for the sake of interest and advanced study.
I use Chinese language in daily life. I am not familiar with Holo
even though it’s the “root.”
“Local language” teaching has been added to our curriculum for some
time, but since mother tongue is apparently not a mainstream language
as it is hardly involved in our daily life, it is destined to become
obsolete. I’ve learned it in the classroom for a few years, but
I can’t apply it practically. It is only counted as a decoration,
not a tool and not to speak of in connection with culture. Teachers
at school do their best to give us instructions. It is Local Day
every Thursday at school too. But my local language study is not
getting any better. That’s the reason why I am always doubtful about
this “Local Class.” Every time when I see how many students attending
the other two local language classes, I further admire the enthusiasm
of the teacher giving instructions. |
In the Social Study class ion the first semester of the sixth grade,
teacher asked us to respect, accept and learn multicultural subject.
We also have extracurricular activities such as exploring the “Harvest
Festival” and this makes us to start paying attention to relevant
reports on TV about Puyuma’s Harvest Festival including singing,
dancing, language, special attire, and all kinds of activities rich
in strength and beauty. I just heard that teacher Feng of Information
Technology also belongs to Puyuma tribe. She enthusiastically provided
us with much information to let us complete out Social Study assignment.
We also heard that she is working on Puyuma language promotion too.
This triggers our interest in continuing to dig out treasure. Since
we are so close to our treasure, how can we give up without harvest?
We’ve decided to have an in-depth discussion on this subject and
do our share for local language.
If I have another chance to learn in Cyberfair project, I think
I ought to do a good search on my “root.” |
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