In the cities of Taipei and Hsinchu and the counties of Taichung, Changhua, Nantou, Tainan, Taitung and Lienchiang, English classes were introduced for students in the first year of elementary school from 2002.
台北市及新竹市、台中縣、彰化縣、南投縣、台南縣、台東縣、連江縣等八縣市，更是從九十一學年度開始，將英語教學提前至小學一年級實施。