I should point out that before a class ever has me as a teacher they have already been together as a class for around eight months. During that eight months, they learn the rudiments of English from a Taiwanese-born English teacher.
我得解釋一下，在我開始教他們之前，他們已經在一起上了約八個月的課了，在這八個月間，有一個本地的教師教他們基本的英文。