Namaxia Junior High School in Kaohsiung City opened the "Speak My Nation Language" club to help aboriginal students with their aboriginal language skills and identity.

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[Reporter Lin Xiaoyun/Taipei Report] Aboriginal culture must be deeply cultivated from an early age. The Ministry of Education and the State Education Bureau subsidize primary and secondary schools to set up student aboriginal associations to create an experiential teaching and learning environment, so that students can learn aboriginal ethnic languages ​​in schools , training and speeches, traditional music and dance of aboriginal peoples and art learning and other activities. For example, Namaxia Junior High School in Kaohsiung City opened the "Speak My Native Language" club to strengthen students' ability and identity in speaking the native language.

Cai Zhiming, head of the National Education Administration, gave an example. Namasia Junior High School in Kaohsiung City is a multi-ethnic aboriginal key school. In order to realize the school's "local" vision and increase the passing rate of students' ethnic language certification, the school has established the "Speak My Ethnic Language" aboriginal association, which conducts ethnic language learning, training, speeches and simulation certifications according to language and level.

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Cai Zhiming said that since the 108th school year, Namasia Junior High School has applied for opening, and the number of people who have passed the primary certification before graduation has almost reached the standard, and the number of people who challenge the intermediate and advanced levels has gradually increased. This year (111) there are even 2 students certified for the first time. Passed intermediate and advanced certification.

Through the study of group ethnic language classification certification, the aboriginal language ability and ethnic identity are strengthened, and the results are outstanding.

National Hsinchu High School "Indigenous Culture Research Association" has aboriginal students from Jianshi, Wufeng, Nanzhuang, Tai'an and other places. Since the aboriginal associations have received funds, they have organized more activities. The elves are held every two years. Cultural visits to festivals, post-screening discussions of the movie "Singing Songs", visits to the Aboriginal Culture Foundation, Taoyuan Aboriginal Cultural Center and other activities to allow students to understand the efforts of the ethnic group to promote aboriginal culture. In the past 3 years, they have been awarded Invited to perform at the school celebration concert. This year, the performance will be performed with Atayal ballads and Seediq Bale's film soundtrack, supplemented by a harmonica. There are only about 10 aboriginal students each year, but the audience can still feel the charm of aboriginal music and dance. .

Xiulin Elementary School, a key aboriginal school in Hualien County, has about 85% of Taroko students. Therefore, it promotes traditional skills such as Taroko ballads, xylophone, and archery. With the support of previous principals and directors, it actively seeks teachers and original Funding from the local ethnic associations allowed the school to establish the "Meuyas Ballad Singing Association". Every year, the instructor leads the students of the club to participate in the Taroko Song Chorus Competition and the Hualien County Teacher-Student Local Song Competition. of children are willing to sing happily and loudly.

National Hsinchu High School Aboriginal Culture Research Institute performed aboriginal dance at the school celebration concert.

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