The Cram School Culture in Taiwan

Trillium LearningGlobal Language and Culture Project

Da Zhi Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan

Teacher: Ms. Christine Lin 林瑩姿 Team members: 20207 Yu, Dan-Lun 20209 Chang, Wei-Shan 20210 Chin, Tien-Hsyn 20302 Yu, Yin-Lun 20307 Lee, Tsu-Yi

Let’s see our program list in school.Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri.

1 8:10~9:00 history geography chemistry math physics

2 9:10~10:00 English English Chinese geoscience Chinese

3 10:10~11:00 geography history National defense biology English

4 11:10~12:00 Chinese math math Chinese Lessons of life

12:00~13:00 Noon break

5 13:10~14:00 art Social studies music English English

6 14:10~15:00 PE health geography PE geography

7 15:10~16:00 math Chinese Social studies health Class

meeting

8 16:10~17:00 math Chinese English historyExtra

curriculum hour

•CRAM SCHOOL ?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT MOST OF US DO AFTER SCHOOL?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT MOST OF US DO AFTER SCHOOL?

• AT HOME ?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT MOST OF US DO AFTER SCHOOL?

• OUTSIDE WITH OUR

FRIENDS?

But what do we want?

Go to school at 8:30 am ~2:00 pm

REALLY

But what do we want? REALLY

Go to school at 8:30 am ~2:00

pm

No cram school but freedom

But what we want?

Go to school at 8:30 am

~2:00 pm

No cram school but freedom

Go to bed early and we may

grow taller

But, sadly, what we actually have is….

CRAM SCHOOL,

CRAM SCHOOL,

CRAM SCHOOL...........,

Endless CRAM SCHOOL………

It is a cram school street in Taiwan!!!

Do you know why there are more than 50% students in Taiwan who will spend more time studying in

cram school than studying by themselves at home?

Survey

0 1 2 3 4 50

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

How many subjects do we take?

subjectsChinese

English

math

science

socie

ty0

5

10

15

20

25

Which subjects do we take?

subjects

peoplepeople

Why?

1.According to traditional Chinese value.Studying is the most important thing of all.

Why?

2.Our parents always worry that we will lose at the very beginning !!

Mommy!! Daddy!!WE WILL WIN AT THE FIRST STEP.

Why?

3.We want to make our grades higher and higher!!

Yes ,we can.

Why?

4.There is a better reason!!

Because they go , I should go, too.

Shall I follow them?

There are many kinds of cram school .

Scale

Large-scaled : it can even contain100~300 students

Small-scaled : it can contain 10~50 students

Tutor : 1~2 students

There are many kinds of cram schools .

Subject

math

science

English

music

Chinese Literature

Do you know how much we pay for the cram school per semester ?

Senior high school: NT$10000~25000 /semester(US$350~900)Junior high school:NT$5000~15000 /semester(US$180~550)Elementary school:NT$5000~10000 /semester(US$180~360)Tutor: NT$400~700 /hour(US$15~25)

After we go to cram school, we will notice that……

We lose our free time.When other people do outdoor activities, we

study ,study ,and study.

After you go to cram school you will notice that……

If we stay in cram school more than one year and we will forget how to study by yourselves.

How???

But it also brings us some good effects.

• Cram school will help us manage our time.

• It also prevents us from playing computer games, watching TV, social networking all day.

Let us show you some pictures!!

Let us show you some pictures!!

If you go to cram school your grades will be higher????

We don’t know????