普左傑實習心得09：公民會實習感想

 普左傑實習心得09：公民會實習感想

作者：普左傑 Isaac Platt Zolov

日期：2024年11月6日

很難講我在台灣公民參與協會實習的所有感想，所以我寫這篇文章來分享我在公民會所學。我很難想像只過了3個月而已！

 

對我來說，開始在這次實習並不容易。這是我第一次接觸到沒有人說同一種母語的工作環境。所以，我從來沒有體驗過完全用中文工作機會，確實是有語言溝通挑戰。但現在這種情況，也是意料之中的事。然而，在最初的幾週之後，我的中文開始有了很大的進步，我的交流沒有任何問題。

 

我在公民會的實習最終成為我在台灣學習的亮點。我很幸運選擇了一份不是只有整天坐在辦公桌後面的實習，而且有機會參加、學習和體驗台灣各地的許多不同的機會。從在新北市採訪里長談動物權利，到拜訪著名奧運選手紀政女士，參觀立法院，甚至去台灣最古老的城市台南，我感覺好像是以本地人的角度看和體驗台灣的公民參與。對一個美國留學生來說，是非常難得的經驗。

 

在這裡的這段時間裡，我確實學到了很多。從教育知識開始，例如了解台灣NGO的責任、台灣的公民參與歷史、台灣的動物權利等，以及獲得許多個人技術，例如公開演講、記轉錄、錄影、翻譯、新聞報導。更好的是，所有內容都是中文的！這不僅讓我進一步了解公民參與，也大大提昇了我的華語聽、說、讀、寫能力。

 

最重要的是，我在台灣期間在公民會遇到了一些最友善、愛心的人。儘管我最初對語言、文化、習俗等的不太懂，但我的導師非常支持我的學習經歷，總是熱情的教我更多！我開玩笑說他們成為我的“下午中文老師”，因為他們不僅教我與工作相關的知識，還教我台灣文化和日常生活的知識。他們甚至還教我很多關於不同台灣美食的知識！在台灣留學，家人遠在千里之外，很辛苦，但我很幸運，有那麼多老師們在這裡照顧我。

 

雖然我只是一個大學生，我知道在公民會的實習將是我一生難忘的經歷！我很期待下次來台灣再找你們。

Final Thoughts on My Internship at TCPA

It’s hard to fit all of my thoughts about my internship at TCPA into just one article! I have learned and experienced so much that it’s hard to process that it’s only been three months since I’ve arrived here. 

If I’m being completely honest, beginning this internship was not very easy. This was the first work environment I’d ever been in where none of us spoke the same mother language. So I’d never experienced working fully in Chinese before. There was definitely a language barrier, which resulted in some misunderstandings, but in this situation, it was definitely expected. 

My internship at TCPA ultimately ended up becoming the highlight of my semester in Taiwan. I’m lucky to have chosen an internship that didn’t just keep me behind a desk all day, and had the opportunity to attend, learn, and experience so many different opportunities throughout all of taiwan. From interviewing Community Leaders in New Taipei City about animal rights, to meeting famous olympian Chi Cheng, touring the Legislative Yuan, and even going all the way to Tainan, I’ve really been able to see and experience civic engagement in Taiwan from a local perspective, which is an incredibly rare experience for an American college student studying abroad. 

Throughout my time here, I have truly learned so much. Starting from educational knowledge such as learning about the functions of Taiwanese NGOs, civic engagement in Taiwan, animal rights in Taiwan, etc., as well as gaining lots of personal skills, such as public speaking, note-taking and transcription, translation, and journalism. Better yet, all of it was in Chinese! This has not only helped enrich my knowledge of civic engagement, but also vastly improved my Chinese speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities.  

Most importantly, I’ve been able to meet some of the nicest and caring people throughout my entire time in Taiwan here at TCPA. Despite my initial unfamiliarity with the language, culture, customs, etc., my supervisors have been incredibly supportive of my learning experience by always being eager to teach me more! I often joke that they have become my “Afternoon Chinese Teachers”, as they not only teach me things related to my job, but also about Taiwanese culture and daily life. They have also taught me a lot about different types of Taiwanese food! Being in Taiwan as a college student, it is hard when family is thousands of miles away, but I am so lucky to have our teachers to take care of me here. 

Even though I am only a college student, I know that my internship here is an experience that I will remember for the rest of my life! I can’t wait to come back and visit you all soon.