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Something Super:Living, Learning and Teaching in Taiwan, 2/e
出版社： Lynx Publishing
書林書號：
10013076
作者：
David Pendery
定價：
450
會員價：
$383
ISBN：
9780984509782
出版年份：
2013
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
128
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內容簡介 

“Something Super: Living, Learning andTeaching in Taiwan” is apersonal memoir about American David Pendery’s life in Taiwan since hemoved there in 2000. His story examines political and educational issues in Taiwan, themany unique elements of Taiwanese life and culture, and his personal experiencein the Asian country.

 

本書為自傳性質的散文，記述美國人David Pendery自二○○○年來台後的生活點滴，觸及台灣重要政治與教育議題、台灣生活文化的獨特之處，和他個人親身經驗。

本書特色

1.內容涵蓋多元，包含在台生活旅遊、教書及求學生涯、感人的友誼、新家庭生活、學中文的過程以及在台求職就業經驗等等。

2.觀察台灣政治教育現象，鞭辟入裡，一針見血。

3.細膩描述在台十二年多年來傳奇故事般體驗，最終於這塊寶島找到了超乎尋常的美好。

作者簡介 

DavidPendery

生於美國俄亥俄州辛辛那提市，在新墨西哥州阿布奎基長大。美國波士頓大學新聞學碩士，二○一○年取得台灣政治大學英國文學博士學位。曾在美國擔任記者多年，來台後從事編輯及教學工作。現任台北商業技術學院助理教授。

  

David Pendery wasborn in Cincinnati, Ohio,and grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He moved to San Francisco, Californiain his early 20s. He completed his B.A. in International Relations at San Francisco StateUniversity, and his M.S. in Journalismat Boston University. After working in journalismfor several years in the United States,he relocated to Taipei, Taiwan in 2000. In Taiwan he hasworked as an editor and teacher. He obtained his Ph.D. in English Literaturefrom National ChengchiUniversity in Taipei in 2010. He is currently an assistantprofessor at National Taipei College of Business in Taipei. He is married with no children.

1      Preface    9

2      Stranger in a Strange Land     14

3      The Lighting of a Fire: Teaching in Taiwan    30

4      Hit the Books  53

5      ADoor Opens 64

6      I Think I’m Turning Chinese, I Think I’m TurningChinese, I Really Think So     72

7      News Junkie    87

8      What’s so Great AboutTaiwan?     107
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