According to Hsu Chia-ling, a professor at National Taiwan University Department of Foreign Languages who in recent years has been teaching pronunciation courses for teachers in Taipei County, some teachers who previously lacked any experience or background in English language pedagogy have to try their hand at teaching English after taking just 60 hours of training.
這幾年在台北縣市國小師資培訓中擔任正音課程的台灣大學外文系教授胥嘉陵指出，有些學校老師完全沒有英語教學經驗、背景，卻在上過六十小時的課之後，就得上陣教英文。