Communication was difficult at the beginning of this Computer Science major’s exchange in the UK. Reading South China Morning Post in secondary school taught him vocabulary. Reading online programming libraries is helpful for his major.

Learning in school was terrible according to this Interior Design graduate. He learnt from TV shows and newspapers.

Playing computer games with an overseas friend lets this History major speak English. Reading newspapers broadens his vocabulary. He prefers local news with which he is more familiar.

Comparing parts of a sentence to left and right legs was a fun way to learn grammar for this Arts major. She likes the Harry Potter books more that the movies. Reading the South China Morning Post expanded her vocabulary.

This Economics major learnt object names in kindergarten. His mother read The Cat in the Hat to him when he was young. He now reads The Economist and novels like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games.

Activities in tutorial classes, like role-plays, debates and presentations, helped this Mechanical Engineering major improve his English. He uses Wikipedia and Google for research. He reads National Geographic and TIME.

While textbooks are quite formal, watching movies and dramas better prepared this Translation major to communicate with foreigners. She can still get the sense of the story if she reads Japanese novels in English.

Foreign students spoke too fast for this Cultural Studies major. He read commentaries in the South China Morning Post to build his vocabulary as he was preparing to resit the DSE.

An exchange student from Germany spoke too fast for this Business major. She enjoyed reading TIME which was free in her secondary school. She likes reading articles about cooking.

NETs in a learning centre added their real-life experiences when reading stories to this Social Science major. Clipping news articles in secondary school was not enjoyable.

University English classes attended by this Chinese major included how to design questionnaires and conduct interviews. Famous people’s interviews in TIME inspire her a lot.

English Wednesdays in secondary school let this Business major chat with language ambassadors and teachers. Reading The Student Standard taught her vocabulary.

Group discussions and one-on-one teaching highlighted this Chinese major’s exchange to Britain. The English and Chinese versions of Kafka’s works are different. He reads about history and politics in TIME and the SCMP.

Reading the SCMP and writing commentaries or summaries taught this Arts major vocabulary and grammar which are useful for the DSE and further studies. The SCMP let him learn more about health, technology and Hong Kong history.

Reality shows like The Amazing Race exposed this Economics and Finance major to real communication between native speakers. Reading financial news and commentaries in Bloomberg and Reuters prepares him for job interviews and improves his English.

Playing the card game “Magic: The Gathering” expanded this Business major’s vocabulary. He gave up reading The Economist because of the unfamiliar sentence structures and vocabulary.

Slang in movies and TV series expanded this Science major’s vocabulary. She likes stories about vampires. Clipping news articles in secondary school helped build her vocabulary.

Discussion is an interactive and effective way for this Finance major to learn English. Talking to native speakers in university also helps her a lot. She read online financial news on Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance.

Preparing for TOEFL involved understanding a lot of subjects and handling all kinds of questions that will appear in the exam according to this Business major. As a debater in school, she read the BBC news to familiarise herself with world affairs.

A NET motivated this English major to write more by giving her a good grade. Reading news every day expanded her vocabulary. She became more aware about women’s independence after reading The Story of an Hour.

An exchange to Turkey gave this History major a chance to speak English with her foreign friends. Doing a huge number of readings for a university History course was horrible.

Exercises based on the SCMP taught this Social Science major how to find the key points in the newspaper articles. He was interviewed about stargazing in Hong Kong for the Young Post.

A primary school teacher helped this Counselling major learn vocabulary. In secondary school, she had to write summaries based on newspapers.

An ESL class in primary school taught this Actuarial Science major grammar and writing, idioms and poetry. She was eager to read children’s book series. Teachers encouraged her to read newspapers and magazines.

Watching TV programmes and movies enabled this Philosophy major to learn through listening to the actors. He enjoyed reading the newspaper articles that his teacher prepared for the class. He uses the dictionary for university readings.

An ELT lecturer shared personal experiences with this Anthropology major’s class. Some ethnographies are written as if they were telling stories about culture and human behaviour. She once read about foot binding in the SCMP.

Watching and discussing movies taught this Quantitative Finance major speaking and listening. Secondary school English classes in the UK focused on practising for exams. Reading newspapers and writing reports let her learn vocabulary and writing style. She reads for her university classes.

NETs who allowed active learning in the classroom impressed this Cultural Management major. In secondary school, he was forced to buy the SCMP and read it.

An enthusiastic teacher was willing to do extra work for this Nursing major. She read newspapers every day in secondary school to learn new vocabulary.

A pronunciation class taught by a NET was useful and fun for this Nursing major. She read a fashion magazine.

Reading the Oxford Dictionary in his first year of high school exposed this Management major to a lot of vocabulary. He reads the Financial Times and books about trading.

Watching movies in secondary school let this Chemistry graduate learn everyday English. He expands his vocabulary by reading TIME with a dictionary. He reads about international news and science.

A teacher quizzed this Cultural Management major on the vocabulary found in the newspaper every day. A difficult reading exam motivated her to improve English by reading novels such as Sherlock Holmes.

Homework based on reading and commenting on newspaper articles trained this Nursing major’s self-learning skills. Understanding journals on medical issues requires researching additional information.

Watching Friends together made this Human Resources major and other students think and talk in English. In an exchange to Canada, she needed to read the local newspapers for an assignment.

An experienced and helpful teacher inspired this Global Studies major to learn English. Dictionaries helped him overcome the difficulty in reading academic papers. It is hard to fully understand The Economist.

Reading novels and doing reports in front of the class in primary school was hard but helpful for this Business major. Participating in the speech festival made her start looking at poems. She likes the writing style and meaning of Pride and Prejudice.

English classes taught completely in the language were hard for this Computer Science major. He could choose his own topics for the news sharing in secondary school.

Participating in public speaking enhanced this Nursing major’s English ability. He subscribed to TIME and National Geographic but the vocabulary is difficult. He reads about technology.

Reading stories exposed this Global Economics and Finance major to different writing styles. The Economist broadens her horizons. Her favourite stories are Harry Potter and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.