A university exchange trip to Australia made this student read more to strengthen her English language skills. She read The Maze Runner to familiarise herself with the story before watching the movie. She reads course material.

A summer programme in England during secondary school gave this student the chance to improve by communicating with locals. He preferred reading the English version of Harry Potter. He also likes Gilgamesh. He reads more now in university.

Using English with peers from other countries in university allows this student to learn about other cultures. She felt her English improved by reading Harry Potter.

Preparing for public exams by doing past papers gave this student more pressure. She enjoyed the reading tutorials with a foreign teacher during her primary school years.

A trip to Indonesia placed this student in an English speaking environment. She has read the Elephant Man and likes Mitch Albom’s books such as Tuesdays with Morrie.

Talking with foreign teachers in everyday English in secondary was interesting for this student. She felt a sense of accomplishment when she finished reading The Lord of the Rings series on a second attempt. The Little Prince is her favourite book.

Listening to pop music and using the Internet to understand new vocabulary encouraged this student to learn more English in university. Most of her course material is in English.

University gave this student the opportunity to become a word detective in a vocabulary game. She likes reading detective stories set in the US and England.

A secondary school teacher urged this student to read and share in front of the class. She also appreciated that a teacher had taken them to watch a performance with captions on an offstage screen.

A secondary school teacher guided this student and her classmates to identify the parts of speech in newspaper articles. Watching a drama performance, also in secondary school, was an enriching experience.

TV shows and movies have entertained this student while he learnt. He has also read some novels. He values English for his future career.

Working as a volunteer in Mainland required this student to use English as the common language to communicate with colleagues. She had a different emotional experience when she read Harry Potter in English.

A summer camp in secondary school allowed this student to play games with a NET. She likes reading novels with interesting content.

Watching Marvel movies taught this student English he couldn’t learn from a book. He read books on biology, chemistry, and physics in secondary school.

Interviewing travellers at the airport during primary school was the first time that this student had spoken to foreigners. Her secondary school teacher asked the class to rewrite the endings of the readers. She enjoys Marvel and DC comics.

As part of her volunteer work, this student taught kids to make snacks at a primary school using English. She read storybooks and did book reports in secondary school.

A foreign teacher helped this student to improve his speaking skills in secondary school. He also watches programming on BBC and CNN. He read a lot while preparing for IELTS, and also during a university language course.

This student learnt the hard way that English may not be useful in all parts of Germany. She read The Architecture of Happiness because it was mentioned in the movie, 500 Days of Summer. She prefers to read in Chinese.

An English documentary about WWII sparked this student’s interest in history. He is impressed by the journeys described in James Fergusson’s book about the Taliban. He views English as an international language and a focus for employers.

Songs and lyrics boosted this student’s motivation to learn in secondary school. She read One Thousand and One Nights.

This student enjoyed the healthy competition between his classmates and the sweets awarded in A-level tutorials. He remembers the first long article that he read for university.

A university exchange in Australia exposed this Biology major to foreign culture and everyday English with fellow students and the host family. He has studied English literature.

A university tutor motivates this Computing major to speak more English. He reads articles about technology and economics. He learns the views from different cultures by reading online columns.

To prepare for GRE and IELTS, this Chemistry major read books and tried to communicate with foreigners. She read Reader’s Digest and New Concept English.

This Religious Studies major stayed with an American family with whom he watched and discussed movies. He reads the Bible and course material.

Watching Friends helped this Marketing major learn intonation and speaking. She reads fashion magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan. She also reads books about research and psychology, such as The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker.

This Nutrition major works in a company where she interacts with overseas colleagues. She learns their accents, vocabulary and pronunciation. She read Harry Potter and other books before, but now she focuses on academic material.

A tutorial school provided writing and exam-oriented support for this Social Science major. He read passages in his tutorial notes but now he tries to avoid English materials.

Secondary school English classes taught this Psychology major vocabulary and writing from dramas, musicals and role-plays. Her favourite book is Tuesdays with Morrie. She also reads Karl Marx and Émile Durkheim.

This Government and Law major watches and discusses movies and TV dramas with her family. She reads original books such as The Lightning Thief in the Percy Jackson series after watching the movie.

In Form Four, this Arts major had fun and gained real-life experience during a study tour to the UK. Her favourite author is Jane Austen. She fell in love with English after reading Pride and Prejudice. Her favourite book is Tess of the d’Urbervilles.

Literature taught in an associate degree course made this Arts major see English differently. Her favourite book is A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka. The book relates her to an unfamiliar society.

This Law major watches films and shows, and reads books. She appreciates how words are manipulated and played by writers. She likes Harry Potter, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare.

A trip to Canada immersed this Arts major in English through daily interactions. She learnt useful vocabulary such as the names of vegetables. She remembers reading Secret Garden in primary school.

Reading grammar books was one of the methods used by this China Studies major who had to retake his A-levels. He also used to read the website BBC Learning English.

In a university course, this Biology major had to make an eight-minute speech. She reads Wikipedia to find information about experiments in her studies.

From kindergarten to secondary school, this Translation major had the same native English tutor with whom she chatted, watched movies, read books, played games and shared feelings. She read Harry Potter.

This Journalism major learnt a lot from a class on pronunciation as she felt her spoken English was weak. Her favourite book is Harry Potter.

This Chemistry major enjoyed the discussion in a supplementary university course. When reading stories, she learns a lot of vocabulary and enjoys letting her imagination run wide.

Shakespeare has been central to this Geography major’s English learning. She watched a Shakespeare movie without subtitles during an exchange trip to the US. She also read Twelfth Night and watched two movie adaptations.