A Dutch doctor - it’s important to communicate in English.

Interviewer : When did you begin learning English?

Doctor: I studied medicine in the Netherlands for eight and a half years and I started
learning English in middle school with German and French. In my work I travel all over
the world - well, now I’m in China only for a few weeks but I have travelled with the
Red Cross to most countries in the world.

Interviewer : What is the Dutch approach to teaching English in medical school?

Doctor: When I was at university all of our teaching was in Dutch but all the textbooks
were in English. At that time, there was a movement going on in Holland to make all
the teaching in English. I followed this movement very strongly because in my
profession it’s important to communicate in English. Most of the research done in the
world is in English too so I need to be able to understand it to evolve.
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