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Hung, Cheng-Yu – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
The citizenship curriculum used in Taiwan during the authoritarian period from 1949 to 1987 sacrificed the individual for the national interest as a tool for political socialisation. In the wake of democratisation since 1987, the curriculum has gradually been stripped of its nationalist overtones which were designed to foster 'informed citizens'…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Citizenship Education, Authoritarianism, Educational History
Lin, Grace Hui Chin; Chien, Paul Shih Chieh – Online Submission, 2009
Researches have showed that joke telling is a type of verbal behavior associated with the field of sociolinguistics (e.g., Al-Khatib, 1999). This study aims to report Taiwanese jokes and their sociological functions that people in Taiwan attempt to communicate in jokes. Besides, this study will report what the typical topics and characteristics…
Descriptors: Verbal Stimuli, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)