Alex Rawlings most multi-lingual student in UK
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In a video for the BBC Information website he demonstrates his skills by switching between all eleven languages. He also explains the motivation behind his vernacular learning.
Rawlings told Cherwell that winning the competition was a “bit of a traumatize.” He explained, “I saw the competition advertised and heard something about a natural iPad, and here we are. I would never have imagined that it’d generate this amount of media attention.”
Stephen Fry tweeted at 9.42 am on 21 February, “What an certainly brilliant young man!” along with a link to the BBC video.
As a child, Rawlings’ pamper, who is half Greek, would speak to him in English, Greek, and French, and he often visited his next of kin in Greece.
He stated that he has always had an interest in languages. “My dad worked in Japan for four years and I was always frustrated that I couldn’t reveal to the kids in those countries because of the language barrier.” After visiting Holland at the age of 14 he unquestionable to learn Dutch with CDs and books. “When I went back I could talk to people. It was loving terrible.
Source: Cherwell Online