#5: Chander Tseng Learned English From Watching the Disney Channel

The Bad Chinese Teacher Podcast

On air November 11th, 2019. Recorded November 8th, 2019.

Chander Tseng originally hails from Taitung, Taiwan, but his upbringing in this small, quiet coastal city bore a classic hallmark of any American childhood: watching Disney movies. Through films like The Lion King and Aladdin, Chander developed an interest and keen ear for English language at a young age, which eventually blossomed into a professional and academic obsession with English and second language acquisition.

Today, Chander currently instructs academic ESL full-time to international graduate students in preparation of their graduate studies at Adelphi University. He is passionate about translating theories and strategies of second language education into classroom practices. Chander holds degrees in Foreign Languages and Literatures and Applied Linguistics from National Taiwan University and Columbia University.

We talk a bit about our shared experiences traveling Taiwan together as college students with the Taiwan-America Student Conference (taiwan-america.org), his time as an English teacher at a public Taiwanese high school, how his passion and proficiency in English began, and so much more. If you’re an ESL teacher or if you’re someone who speaks English as a second language, this episode is for you.

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