Australian Ambassador encourages language learning

[Francis Hult]

UQ  News

 

Australian Ambassador encourages language learning

 

Learning a foreign language is very important, according to the newly-appointed Australian Ambassador to Germany (and UQ alumnus) Peter Tesch. 

Mr Tesch completed his undergraduate degree at UQ in 1986, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with majors in German and Russian, and said language skills are important to any chosen career. 

"It has been remarkable the number of times in my career that being able to use a foreign language has been useful, even in the course of work that may not apparently seem in obvious need of a language," Mr Tesch said.

 

Full story:

http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=20055

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