Kathy Wang is a second-year graduate student in computer science. Having loved languages for more than 10 years and studied them for four years as an undergraduate, the now 26-year-old decided two years ago to further her education in a completely different field to improve her job prospects.
“Of course, it is not enough to learn three languages nowadays; you have to learn a fourth language—computer language,” Wang laughed.
Wang described herself as “natural with language.” She passed levels 4 and 6 of the College English Test, a national standardized English proficiency test for college students administered by the Ministry of Education (MOE), with satisfactory grades. She scored in the top 20 percent in her own major, Japanese, and can speak some
