Fall 2023

Hunter College’s Chinese Program hosted an information session to introduce the Taiwan Huayu Bilingual Exchanges of Selected Talent (BEST) Program to Hunter students on November 1, 2023. The Huayu BEST Program, sponsored by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE), is an excellent opportunity for American College students to study Chinese and Taiwanese culture in an immersive environment. The presenters introduced the BEST program based at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, which is the partner school of Hunter College.

Chun-ying Tu is a visiting Chinese language instructor from Wenzao University who is teaching at Hunter under the Huayu BEST teacher exchange program. As the host of the information session, she talked about the details of the program, including costs, curriculum, location, duration, etc., as well as the linguistic and cultural benefits of studying abroad in Taiwan. Three current Hunter students who participated in Huayu BEST at Wenzao shared their experience in the program and reflected on the ways the program's curriculum, as well as living in Kaohsiung, helped them improve their Chinese. The audience of the presentation comprised not only Hunter students presently enrolled in the Chinese courses, but also college students at all levels who have an interest and/or background in the Chinese language. The Hunter Chinese Department team is proud to say the presentation successfully generated interest in the study abroad program.