A teacher helped this student by creating an English language exercise involving entrepreneurial skills. He felt reading Shakespeare helped him and he now reads the South China Morning Post.

Shakespeare exposes students to exaggeration and similes. Good movies make books interesting.

A student enjoyed performing a drama and sharing with classmates in secondary school and university. He enjoys reading Shakespeare and Joyce Warren. Although he is an English Teaching major, he is also interested in art.

This student had to listen carefully in class when he first moved to Canada in Form Five. He read novels and Shakespeare in high school. He enjoyed reading about Economics in university because he was interested in the subject. He also reads TIME and The Economist.

Eating lunch with his secondary school English teacher gave this student an opportunity to learn more phrases and vocabulary. He read Hamlet and Macbeth in junior secondary and now reads The Economist to help with his BBA studies.

Books with grammar exercises were bought for this student by her mother to help her build a good foundation when she was in primary school. She also attended a phonics course. She likes Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

Reciting articles from books in primary school English helped this systems engineer get used to the language. She learnt stress and rhythm of the language by performing in dramas. She read Harry Potter with a dictionary at first.

A Chinese teaching graduate had more English speaking opportunities during an exchange trip to Singapore. These days he uses English in China to communicate with potential overseas students. He studied Shakespeare in secondary school.

A teacher stirred this student’s interest in English through activities such as field trips and debating. She also read the Phantom of the Opera.

A study tour to Perth, Australia exposed this student to slang. She watches vloggers with different accents on YouTube. She is interested in fiction and read a drama in secondary school. She now reads course material.

Reading Harry Potter and Hamlet in secondary school English literature helped this student’s analysis, writing and organisation skills. She does not like Shakespeare’s writing style so Harry Potter is her favourite.

A commercial tutorial school provided an intense English language learning environment for this student who enjoyed the smaller classes and foreign teacher. He enjoyed reading Romeo and Juliet even though it was quite difficult.

Coming from an all English IB secondary school, this student had difficulty adjusting to the use of Cantonese at university even though she used it at home. She has developed a liking for classical literature such as Plato but couldn’t get the hang of Othello.

Primary school teachers, including a NET, helped this Social Science major with her pronunciation. Pop music also helped. She appreciates the writing of William Shakespeare.

Group discussions during the DSE speaking module is enjoyable. This student seldom reads in English except for lecture notes. He uses English to communicate with gamers from other countries.

Watching the Twilight movie triggered this Engineering major’s interest in reading. She surprised herself by completing the book and noticed it also improved her English. She read a number of books for high school English.

A new teaching style helped this Science major achieve a good result in DSE English. He loved Animal Farm but now enjoys reading sports news on the Internet.

Extra-curricular tutorials during primary school were more relaxing than formal lessons for this Engineering major. She’s a fan of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Merchant of Venice.

Acting and writing scripts in the drama club at school kept this Fashion and Textiles major interested in English. The drama club activities also included reading plays such as Doctor Faustus and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Literature which this Tourism and Hospitality major found difficult at first, became fascinating as she developed an understanding. She valued studying the differences between the play and the movie of The History Boys because students don’t normally have the chance to do this.

After studying lyrics in secondary school, this Mechanical Engineering student fell in love with English songs. Her favourite bands are Westlife and My Chemical Romance. She prefers design books but has read some of Shakespeare’s works including Macbeth.

Starting off in an international school, this Fashion Marketing major faced problems when switching back to the local system as teachers preferred using Cantonese. She read works of Shakespeare for her literature class, such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

An active learning environment in university language classes including presentations and discussions enabled this Business major to speak more English. Reading poetry allows him to know more about English culture. Shakespeare is his favourite writer.

A brilliant secondary school English teacher explained the use of Shakespeare in Chinese writing and prepared this Environmental Science major and her classmates for exams with drills and news clippings. Agatha Christie’s famous detective character Hercule Poirot is funny and made her think about life.

Growing up in UK meant involved learning English and the culture for this Law student. She was required read a variety of books and analyse them for secondary school English class assignments. She read Shakespeare, The Great Gatsby, The Glass Menagerie, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

A tough teacher enabled this Law student to be better prepared for the IB exams and raised her interest in poetry from William Blake and Shakespeare. She liked reading Harry Potter.

Extra-curricular English tutorials during primary school were fun for this Global Studies major. She studied Macbeth in secondary school and later travelled to Edinburgh where she learned more about the history of the play. She also likes Oscar Wilde, Barbara Demick, and many others.

NETs in primary school seemed more fun to this Finance major because they made jokes. In secondary school, another NET introduced him to Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Hamlet.

Taking a university course about literature raised this student’s awareness of poetry. It was different to secondary school because she could appreciate how literature relates to human experience.

Being in drama during secondary school exposed this Social Science major to new vocabulary and sentence structures. Performing also gave him confidence to speak in front of others. He prefers movies to books.

Taking a university course in romanticism made this philosophy major fall in love with English. He likes the poetry of John Keats and Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.

Debates over literature in secondary school exposed this student to her classmates’ opinions. She read A Streetcar Named Desire and says it is a reflection of past American society.

A secondary school teacher encouraged this student to let English into his heart. He liked drama and poetry. He gets immersed when reading books such as Cloud Atlas and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

In university English literature lessons, this Accounting major read poems and stories. She read The Pillowman.

Watching classic films such as The Importance of Being Earnest and Sunset Boulevard in a university language class broadened this Humanities major’s views on the use of English. He also read the script of The Importance of Being Earnest.

A summer in Cambridge made this Social Science major speak English. Reading Oscar Wilde’s plays is an eye-opening experience. Her favourite fiction book is All the Light We Cannot See.

A course called Language Crimes taught this Translation major how people can make threats in English. She read The Two Noble Kinsmen in her literature course.

Reading lessons in the UK include analysing the language according to this Architect. He also learns about the culture of English by watching the BBC news and living in the environment. Although he didn’t appreciate Shakespeare in school, he decided to read it again as an adult.

Watching and discussing the movie 3 Idiots in Form 5 was the first time this Math Education major learnt English with a film. The abridged version of Hamlet was taught in his secondary school’s reading lessons.

A teacher suggested this Computer Science major watch Japanese cartoons with English subtitles. He had to read famous texts like Shakespeare in secondary school but the vocabulary inside was difficult.