The Taiwanese education minister praised an Oxford school for its language teaching during a visit.

Dr Jong-Tsun Huang -- pictured being presented with a gift by Nafisa Bashir while Zainab Rana, Danny Doyle, Tom Pye, Charity Kibathi, Emilee Fergason, Jack Wells and Chloe Miller look on -- said Cheney School in Headington should be commended for its language programme, not least because it boosts the confidence of children whose first language is not English.