Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

I haven’t seen it yet, but it’s the kind of movie that both appeals to teens and also shows that Chinese is a real language, spoken by real people. A plus is that immersion students probably speak Mandarin better than some of the characters, so they can feel like “Well, I could do that.”

‘Love in Taipei’ is a letter to all Asian Americans finding belonging in Asia

AsAm News

Cultural and language immersion programs are quite common in Asia as an opportunity for Western Asians to learn a language and to adapt and appreciate a culture that forms part of their identity. This is the focal point in the film Love in Taipei, a love letter to all Westerners with Taiwanese heritage seeing Taiwan for the first time and risking it all to adapt and live that life, in a bid to find a sense of belonging.

For Taiwanese American director Arvin Chen, who now works as a filmmaker in Taiwan, this idea of cultural immersion is something he is able to identify with. Having little Mandarin when he first arrived in Taiwan over a decade ago, Chen had his struggles fitting in and finding his place in Taiwan’s bourgeoning entertainment industry.

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