1) EFL students in Taiwan worked on collaborative poetry projects to promote awareness of language, identity, and socio-cultural issues in Taiwan. 2) Students analyzed Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" and explored its linguistic and cultural meanings. This helped broaden their understanding of Taiwanese culture. 3) Students then created their own projects responding to the poem, including analyses of themes like social class differences and political divisions in Taiwan and calls for greater understanding between groups.

1. A Look at Taiwanese Culture through Poetry Advocating for Peace: The Nation at Large Hot Topic Session, TESOL 2007 Seattle Aiden Yeh Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages Taiwan

5. A Young Man’s Interpretation http://www.favoritepoem.org/thevideos/ulrich.html (Video available online)

7. http://yehlanguageandculture.blogspot.com/2005/12/final-project.html

8. Students’ Projects

9. http://www.geocities.com/wentzao2004/culture/poetry/ifyouask.htm

10. http://www.geocities.com/wentzao2004/culture/poetry/we_gen_stanza.htm