NCCU program weds language and learning

HOLISTIC APPROACH: The program, expanded from a mere course a decade ago, allows students to learn not just a language but neighbor states’ ways of life In a classroom at National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taipei, students answer their lecturer’s questions in Indonesian. Down the hall, another class engages in a lively debate on Southeast Asian politics, discussing topics ranging from colonial history to gender equality.Four years ago, that was a world unfamiliar to Ethan Huang (黃逸廷), a Taiwanese graduate of NCCU’s Department of Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures. Indonesian instructor Farini Anwar, standing, teaches in a translation class in National Chengchi University on May 28. Photo: CNA Curious about foreign cultures and encouraged by his family, who saw growing opportunities