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Intro:
For the purpose of finding out school students’ understanding of Taiwanese opera and the “Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club”, on January 19, 2015 Teacher Yu-chun Tseng conducted an Arts and Humanities seminar on the introduction of Taiwanese Opera and designed a questionnaire for the participants to fill-out. The purpose of the questionnaire was to find out whether the student’s interest and knowledge toward the subject had increased after the seminar. A total of 149 questionnaires were given with 122 valid and 27 invalid responses. |
During the seminar, Teacher Yu-chun Tseng introduced the origin of Taiwanese Opera |
Teacher Yu-chun Tseng demonstrating the props used and postures presented in Taiwanese Opera |
During the seminar the participated students demonstrated the posture of riding a horse in Taiwanese Opera |
Films were used to introduce performances of Taiwanese Opera |
Your experience on the subject of Taiwanese Opera.
Please respond in accordance with your experience prior to Teacher Yu-chun Tseng’s Taiwanese Opera Seminar. |
- Have you watched Taiwanese opera before?
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- If you had seen Taiwanese opera, where did you see it? If not, where do you think you could find it?
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- Regardless of whether you had seen Taiwanese Opera, have you heard of the following Taiwanese Opera groups?
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- From the Taiwanese opera you’ve seen, what language did the performers perform the opera in?
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- In the past what were your knowledge of the elements consisted in a Taiwanese opera?
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- If you had never seen Taiwanese Opera, if you had the chance would you want to watch it?
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Analysis:
This section consisted of 6 questions and the results showed that over 70% of the participants had seen Taiwanese Opera. Most of the participants had the knowledge of the language used in the opera and its contents. Over 50% of the participants saw opera through television and temple festivals. However, prior to the seminar only 25% of the participants showed great interest in watching Taiwanese opera. From the results one can see that few participants were interested in watching Taiwanese opera. |
The outcome after the Taiwanese Opera seminar conducted on Monday, January 19th. |
- Where was Taiwan Opera originated and where was it developed?
- What are the types of tunes performed in Taiwanese Opera?
- What does the dance in Taiwanese opera refer to?
- During the development of Taiwanese opera, what were the scenes used for the filming of Taiwanese Opera?
- After the seminar, which one of the present performances would you relate to seeing a Taiwanese Opera?
- During this meaningful seminar did the contents introduced by Teacher Yu-chen Tseng attract your attention? Do you find it interesting?
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Analysis:
This section consisted of 6 questions. Almost all participants were equipped with relative knowledge on the subject of Taiwanese Opera. They knew its origin is in Yilan and that the opera consisted of mainly seven-word tune and Duma tune. They also knew that the dance was referring to the movement in Taiwanese opera, and that most operas were performed on stage. Most of the participants thought that Taiwanese opera is similar to modern stage performance. Furthermore, a point worth noting is that the seminar had increase the interests of the participants toward Taiwanese opera and that more than 50% of students found it interesting and intriguing. |
Knowledge of the “Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club” |
- Do you know the “Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club”??
- Which of the school teachers are members of the Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club?
- After the viewing of the Taiwanese opera performance on Monday, January 19th, what types of role did Teacher Yu-chun Tseng play most?
- Did know that there were students who took part in the performing of Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club’s “The Story of Liu Hai and Jinchan” last November?
- After the seminar, what are the chances that you would want to see another performance of the “Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club” in the future?
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Analysis:
This section consisted of 5 questions. There was little difference in the Participants’ knowledge of the name “Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club” prior to and after the seminar; there was little increase in the number of participants who knew the name after the seminar. However, participants knew that Teacher Yu-chung Tseng was an important member of the Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club and that she usually played the role of xiao sheng. One third of the participants knew about the performance and knew that there were students who took part in it. After the seminar, more than 50% of participants were interested in seeing the opera again. Seminars such as this not only helped students get to have a better understanding of the “Zhi-Shan Taiwanese Opera Club”, and also a deeper knowledge of Taiwanese opera. |
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