After Manny Pacquiao and Liu Xiang proved that Asians can be the best in the world at sports than their West African-descent counterparts, now it’s the turn of Adelina Raisa Sufian, 21 to show that non-native English speakers can indeed be better at the language than the English themselves.

Recently, she became the top student in English at the University of London’s Queen Mary College.

She obtained a BA (English) degree with 1st class honours and won the coveted 2009 Westfield Trust Prize.

In her own words, she succeeded because:

I set a target throughout my study. Most importantly, we must have the determination and confidence to succeed.

Some people might argue that this could make her more English than the English, more comfortable in tuxedo pants than a sarong. What do you think?

Anyhow, I think she’s truly an inspiration to fellow Malaysians, especially students of the English language.

Source
The Star, 8 Sep 2009

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