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    Preface

                       The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) has been developing Taiwanese teaching
                  materials for the overseas community for many years. In response to changing trends in Mandarin-
                  language education and learning environments around the world, the OCAC asked dozens of
                  scholars, instructors with experience teaching overseas compatriots, and Mandarin language teachers
                  from around the world to work on Let's Learn Mandarin (For Children) project. The outline for
                  these teaching materials is based on the latest theories on teaching Mandarin as a second language
                  and was designed in accordance with the topics set forth by the California World Language Content
                  Standards as well as language teaching standards set by the American Council on the Teaching of
                  Foreign Languages. Cultural content and notes on local characteristics were added when deemed

                  appropriate. These teaching materials can help increase interest in learning the Mandarin language
                  among students regardless of ethnic background.

                       Let's Learn Mandarin (For Children) consists of 12 volumes of 12 lessons each with content
                  that gradually increases in difficulty. Lessons are centered around daily conversation, while
                  the content adheres to the principles of communication, culture, connection, comparison, and
                  community. This series is suitable for the elementary and junior high school levels. The objective
                  of this series is to train students to use Mandarin to communicate in everyday life and to be able
                  to apply what they've learned right away, either at home or in Mandarin-language environments.
                  The various levels are tied together with common themes and expand from the narrow to the broad.
                  They are suitable for use by schools employing topic-based education to help advance familiarity

                  with this range of common topics.
                       On the occasion when the global demand for Mandarin learning is increasingly intense, in

                  situation of family and society nowadays and gear to international conventions, the OCAC asked
                  specialists and academics in Taiwan as well as individuals located abroad with extensive experience
                  in teaching and using teaching materials to persistently review and edit the series it published in
                  2017. As a result, not only is the content even better, two Taiwanese Culture Units have been added
                  to each volume. The Taiwanese Culture Units cover such topics as rhymes, Taiwanese opera, puppet
                  theater. The series edited in 2023 was based on universal values and diversity. We hope that the
                  series conforms to the diverse values of the current society and local needs, to facilitate teachers to
                  introduce Taiwan’s characteristics and modern development timely and make the materials more

                  interesting and to enhance student understanding of Taiwan's diverse culture.

                       Going forward, the OCAC will continue to improve its Mandarin language materials to raise
                  interest in studying the Mandarin language among children. By helping overseas compatriot schools
                  boost  their  teaching  capabilities,  the  OCAC hopes  to  further  enhance  our  reputation  in  the  area
                  of  teaching  the  Mandarin  language  using  traditional  characters  and  to  accomplish  its  objective
                  preserving cultural heritage through language education.

                                                              Overseas Community Affairs Council,R.O.C.(Taiwan)

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