[quote=“KathInTW”][quote=“Buttercup”][quote=“KathInTW”]Hi
I just moved here to TW as my hubby (a local boy who I met in NZ where we both lived) is working here for the foreseeable future. I had applied to MTC but my application form mysteriously disappeared and now I’m not sure whether I’m going to be able to get into their Fall quarter or not. Mind you, having read this forum, I might just apply to NCCU for their Winter quarter as I’m more keen on getting proficient in speaking - way more useful to me than reading or writing (although I do want to learn that too).
Has anyone else had their application go missing like this? Any advice? I posted it from within TW…
Ah well I guess life throws us these sorts of things from time to time eh?[/quote]
Life in Taiwan will throw them at you with alarming frequency, when you first get here. Shi-Da lost my ‘financial’ docs once. Good to know my bank account number and name and balance was left lying around… Had to go and get another one, which I was pissed off about. Just glad it wasn’t my health cert.
Try the other place; maybe it’s a lucky sign. Shi-Da isn’t bad, per se, it’s just that the focus on reading and writing for absolute beginners (if you are?) is not really a good method, for most.
Good luck, anyway.[/quote]
I’m not really sure what I’d be classified as - I’ve managed to pick up a fair amount of Mandarin informally through being around hubby’s family in NZ but like I said it’s all informal so… Maybe the first rung up from absolute beginners?
I did wonder if it was a sign Thanks for the encouragement [/quote]
I told you guy the story of getting a certification in English and Chinese from Shida’s MTC about my studie sthere and getting different data -plus an unexplained 3 month gap, on different dates- for each. Save you the grief, and if you still plan to attend Shida, don’t question their all mighty sapience…
That said, NCCU will give you a more practical approach, and a less stressful environment. Personally, from a teacher’s point of view, I’d say it is better prepared to handle absolute beginners, so go for it.