⭐️五月是美國亞太裔傳統月！美國亞太裔外交官在美國國務院扮演重要的角色，在AIT的運作上更是如此！在整個五月份，我們將為各位介紹AIT亞太裔官員的重要貢獻。今天要和大家介紹的是政治組官員黃光杰(Jason Hwang)的故事。

📚雖然我在美國出生，但很幸運的是，我小時候有在台北的國語日報語文中心學了一個暑假的中文。在那之後，我就愛上了牛肉麵等台灣美食，可惜在美國和世界各地要找到這麼道地的台灣美食不是那麼容易。我的爸媽和老師非常用心良苦，但我還是不太會讀寫注音符號ㄅㄆㄇㄈ或漢字，不過這也給了我外派到台灣前，到美國在台協會華語學校學中文的機會！畢竟，少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲……不管派到世界哪裡, 我都很榮幸能夠代表美國，可是我的胃 (和我的心) 特別開心能回到台灣！-- 政治組官員黃光杰

⭐️It’s Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! AAPI diplomats are a vital part of the State Department, and especially our AIT operation! All month, we look forward to featuring the important contributions of our AAPI colleagues. Today we are sharing Political Section Officer Jason Hwang’s story with you.

📚Being born in America, I was lucky to spend a summer of my childhood learning Chinese at the Mandarin Daily News Language Center in Taipei. I gained a lifelong love for Taiwanese snacks like beef noodles that has not always been easy to satisfy during my years in the United States and around the world. Despite the best efforts of my teachers and parents, I did not gain a lasting capacity to read or write in either phonetics (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) or Chinese characters (漢字). Happily, this meant I was asked to study at AIT's Chinese Language and Area Studies School before beginning my assignment. After all, 少壯不努力 老大徒傷悲 (If you don’t work hard when you’re young, your life will be much harder when you’re old). I am proud to represent the United States no matter where I serve but my stomach (and heart) are particularly thrilled to be back in Taiwan. -- AIT Political Officer Jason Hwang

#Opinion by Horng-En Wang 王宏恩｜"Despite the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, the demand for Chinese language courses at all levels remains high. In many of English-Chinese bilingual schools where a two-way immersion approach is adopted, there is a high demand for teachers. The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) announced earlier this year that 60 Taiwanese Chinese teachers would be coming to the U.S., but the shortfall is still there."

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"即使中美貿易戰繼續，但美國對各級華語課程的需求仍然很高，許多雙語中小學推動沉浸式學習，需要充足的教師人力。今年年初美國在台協會（AIT）已經宣布有60位台籍華語老師將赴美，但缺口仍在。"
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你知道近年來美國對中文老師的需求大幅提升嗎？將台灣打造成外國人學習中文的最佳去處是「台美教育倡議」的重要目標。美國政府也增加傅爾布萊特計畫 (Fulbright) 年度撥款，用以促進台美交流計畫並推動台灣的華語教學。在今天的「華語教學論壇」中，AIT副處長谷立言和多位與談人共同討論如何在國際上支持台灣的華語教學實力，同時，副處長也介紹美國政府資助的多項中文交流計畫。美國和台灣將持續合作，鞏固台灣為美國及全球提供中文教學的重要角色。更多關於「台美教育倡議」的資訊請見：https://www.talentcirculationalliance.org/us-taiwan-initiative

Did you know there are growing need for Mandarin teachers in the United States in recent years? Building Taiwan to be one of the most important destinations in the world for foreigners to learn Chinese language is one of the goals of U.S.-Taiwan Education Initiative. The U.S. government also increased the annual allocation of the Fulbright funding to support U.S.-Taiwan exchanges and facilitate Taiwan’s Chinese language education. At the “Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Symposium” today, AIT Deputy Director Raymond Greene joined a panel discussion to discuss ways of supporting Taiwan’s Chinese language education at international level and introduced the U.S. government sponsored Chinese language exchange programs. U.S. and Taiwan will continue work together to identify potential steps to enhance Taiwan’s critical role in providing Chinese instruction both to Americans and to people around the world. Learn more: https://www.talentcirculationalliance.org/us-taiwan-initiative