813. Language Learning is a Voyage of Discovery / Steve Kaufmann Interview
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
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Studying French at the University of Toronto
I was accepted into the Canadian diplomatic service largely because I wrote the Foreign Service Exam as an Anglophone in French. So that improved my odds of being accepted, right? There weren't that many Anglophones who would have written that exam in French. And then I heard that the government wanted to train people in Chinese. So actually, I started taking Chinese lessons in Ottawa. Then I went to the director of the Foreign, you know, Trade Commission Service said, look, I hear you're going to send someone in their Chinese. Why wouldn't they choose me? I'm your man, because I've already shown an interest in learning the language. He sent me to Hong
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