9:00-9:15 Opening
9:15-10:05
Keynote 1: Yu-Ting, Lin
10:05-10:20 Break
10:20-11:10
Keynote 2: Dejah Crystal
11:10-11:25 Break
11:25-12:15
Keynote 3: Teresa Kuo & Jordan Strouse
12:15-13:20 Lunch Break
13:20-13:30
Teaching Workshops Instructions
13:30-14:10
Teaching Workshop 1: Summer Assignments: Education in Taiwan 📍Conf. Room 1
14:10-14:35 Break
14:35-15:15
Teaching Workshop 2: Cross-Cultural Communication 📍Conf. Room 2
15:15-15:30 Break
15:30-16:10
Teaching Workshop 3: Interactive Introductions 📍Conf. Room ABC
16:10-16:30 Break
16:30-17:00
Intercultural Communication
17:00-17:15 Group Photo
18:00-20:00
Buffet 📍Arcadia Cafe on 2F
Grantees will be divided into 3 groups and rotated between classes!
English teacher, National Tainan Girls’Senior High School
English teacher in senior high school since 2008
English debate coach and judge since 2014
Presenter of The Conference on Teaching English in Secondary Schools, EERC, 2023(Topic: Verbal Battles: Having a Fun Time Learning to Debate)
Co-Pi of National High School Critical Thinking and English Debate Promotion Project funded by the K-12 Education Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Guest English Teacher, English Program in Korea
Ms. Dejah Crystal holds a B.A. from Kalamazoo College and an M.A. from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. A former Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grantee and FSE TEFL/EMI Advisor, Ms. Dejah Crystal is currently based and teaching in Geoje, South Korea.
✉️ jstrouse@fse.fulbright.org.tw
2025-2026 TEFL Advisor
Jordan Strouse is a TEFL Advisor with Fulbright Taiwan based in Taichung. Through a cooperation with FSE and Azusa Pacific University, he holds an MA in TESOL. During his four grant years as both an ETA and ETF in rural elementary and junior high schools, Jordan strived to tap into students’ creative sides in an authentic language classroom, all with the goal of fostering lifelong motivation for language learning alongside a team of LETs. Outside of the classroom, Jordan loves to bike around central Taiwan and watch Taiwanese soap operas.
2025-2026 TEFL Advisor
Teresa Kuo is a TEFL Advisor at Fulbright Taiwan, where she applies her expertise in TESOL to support educators. She holds a BSEd in Early Childhood and Special Education and an MA in TESOL. A former Fulbright Taiwan grantee (ETA and ETF) for three years, Teresa is passionate about social-emotional learning, project-based learning, and community engagement to bridge the gap between school and students’ lives outside the classroom. In her free time, she enjoys reading, yoga, cafe hopping, and traveling.