Thanksgiving Speech

By Mark Bradt

First of all I want to thank you all for coming to the English Corner’s thanksgiving party. My name is Mark, and I am a tutor here at the corner. I am incredibly excited to be sharing this part of American culture with everyone here today. To start off, I would like to give you a little Thanksgiving history to better understand the relationship this holiday has with our culture. While Christmas and Easter are celebrated throughout western culture, Thanksgiving is solely an American holiday. The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621 Virginia by Pilgrims who were celebrating the harvest and giving thanks to their Christian God. Since then it has become a secular national holiday of giving thanks for what we all have and share. Families get together for a large dinner that consists of just as many recipes as America has families. Most often, large quantities of Turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing are eaten by all, before passing out in front of whatever football game happens to be on.

French Blog: English Corner

By Laneise
Having the opportunity to work with students interested in French has been one of the best things for me. I am at deciding if I want to become a teacher or not and working in the English corner as a French teacher has helped me to better understand teaching. Also my students are very diligent and work hard to learn French. They come to class every week and are eager to learn.

大受好評~瑜珈教學加班授課!

聖誕歌學英文~

發音矯正班又來嚕!

Luke talks about Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving party was an excellent holiday party at the English Corner and I feel part of the reason why it is such a special holiday is because it is possibly the most unknown American holiday in Taiwan; thus, this holiday party offered a great educational opportunity for the Taiwanese.

The Most Unforgettable Trip to Sheng Keng

It’s nice to have this chance to hang out with foreign exchange students. For a lot of Taiwanese students it’s hard to have this chance. As young folks like us, we don’t usually hang out with our friends like Sheng Keng, which for us is more like a place all around with that old fashioned stuff. But this time we had a lot of interesting things over there.