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Spring graduate Chloe Lai will reconnect with her family’s heritage and hone her skills in language pedagogy in Taiwan as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA).

During her Fulbright year, Lai will live and learn in Hualien county, a rural mountainous region on the eastern coast of the island. She applied for a Fulbright ETA because she is passionate about learning and teaching. 

“I enjoy all parts of the teaching process, from planning to reflection, and am constantly striving to become a better educator,” says Lai, an art history and East Asian studies major with an education concentration. 

Lai has taken Chinese at 91ֱ�� for three years, and she has worked as an America Reads tutor in the same fourth-grade classroom in the 91ֱ�� elementary school for all four years. She has also taken a course in language pedagogy, and she has been a teacher with the (SITES) program. 

“I love language teaching and learning because for me, these classes make the world seem so big,” she says. “Through (SITES), I learned a lot about language acquisition and leading student-centered classes.”

Outside of the classroom, Lai has been a member of the Third World Co-op, a writer in the Arts Students Committee, and a gallery guide at the . A resident of Redwood City, California, she plans to continue teaching in the future, and possibly pursuing graduate studies. 

“I think I am prepared to adjust to challenges, and I'll be able to find questions and pathways to pursue my interests. During my year in Taiwan, I am most excited to learn about the nuances of cultural identity, explore the natural landscape, and try new foods!”