Well, I learned French at school, then chose sinology as my professional field and taught myself English while in Taipei because my Chinese wasn't up to any serious book-reading and I was going crazy. I owe my bit of German to being determined to become a medievalist, before changing path and deciding on Chinese.
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Date: 2011-08-05 08:59 pm (UTC)Well, I learned French at school, then chose sinology as my professional field and taught myself English while in Taipei because my Chinese wasn't up to any serious book-reading and I was going crazy.
I owe my bit of German to being determined to become a medievalist, before changing path and deciding on Chinese.