In Taiwan, as in numerous other countries where English is
a foreign language, university students are taught through the
medium of the national language, but they need to be able to
read English language texts related to their field of study.
Coleman (1988) found that more than 80% of the books were
written in English. Although the proportion of English
language texts may not be so high for other subjects, most
Taiwan students should have a good reading knowledge of
English in order to be able to undertake their studies
successfully.