Indeed, many foreign brides 'motivation for studying is for the good of their children. Shihlin was the first municipal district in Taipei City to offer literacy classes for foreign brides. Lin Kuo-tai of the Shihlin District Office says that since the courses began in August 1999, over 400 foreign brides have attended them.
台北市最早開辦外籍新娘識字班的首推士林區公所，秘書室科員林國泰指出，從八十八年八月起至今，已有四百多位外籍新娘學員來此上過課。