This is a personal reflection piece that uses hauntology to interpret a study authored by Graham and Yeh (2023), which examines teachers’ perceptions of challenges and their influence on the execution of Taiwan’s bilingual education. Hauntology, a concept originating from Derrida’s philosophy (2012), refers to the exploration of spectres or ghosts—entities that are neither fully present nor absent but linger in a liminal state, influencing the present through their unresolved past presence. In the context of academic enquiry and cultural analysis, hauntology involves exploring how past events, ideologies, or traumas continue to exert an unseen influence on contemporary realities. Applying hauntology to Graham and Yeh’s paper on bilingual education encourages me to uncover obscured dynamics, shedding light on how these spectral influences shape education and perpetuate challenges in bilingual education initiatives. Throughout, I offer my own interpretations from a hauntological perspective, juxtaposed with Graham and Yeh’s viewpoints and findings.