I cursed not paying more attention to languages in school.
"I have a natural sensitivity to languages," Zhang said.
He always preferred user interfaces to languages, but he was trying to be helpful.
Does his attitude to languages embody some of his political intuitions? "Languages enable you to take part," he says.
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Why do you think that sometimes we're attracted to languages that we have no obvious relationship with?
The team also interviewed their parents to gain an understanding of how much exposure children had to languages.
Most languages in the northeast of the province are closely related to languages in Tanzania and Malawi.
The budget also earmarks nearly $10m for a one-year trial of early exposure to languages other than English through online language learning programs.
The British Council has called on government and business to work together to develop educational policy and priorities relating to languages.
