The desire to study in Hong Kong motivated this Social Science major to study English hard for his Gaokao. Reading A Tale of Two Cities allowed him to feel the beauty of English.

A study tour to Australia surprised this Library major as she could communicate well in English. She had to read books written in a different style while studying history. Her favourite book is 1984.

This Japanese major watched movies with friends. Her favourite is Love, Rosie. In secondary school, she read The Five People You Meet in Heaven and did a book report.

Mock speech exams in front of the whole class made this Arts major work hard to avoid embarrassment. Tuesdays with Morrie is an inspiring book.

Moving from Taiwan to Hong Kong, this Engineering major had to learn English from scratch. English is hard to understand but is used in university course material.

Secondary school dictation on TV news was useful for this French major. Her favourite book is Animal Farm by George Orwell. She also likes reading poems.

A tutorial class provided this Law major with extensive training for the DSE. She read Charles Dickens, Jane Austin and Charlotte Brontë in secondary school but felt she improved her language skills with online articles.

The poetry recitation competition gave this English major a chance to improve her pronunciation. She likes reading fairy tales. She found The Yellow Wallpaper thought-provoking.

This Communications major attended secondary school tutorial classes that included past papers and writing. English teachers encouraged her to read the Young Post.

A tutorial school teacher responded dramatically to errors in classes attended by this Communications major. She subscribed to the South China Morning Post and read the Young Post for clippings.

English stories and songs in class stoked this Computer Science major’s interest in learning English. She read The Ph.D. Grind.

This Science major reads English aloud every morning to improve pronunciation. In secondary school, she read poems and fiction. The most interesting book for her is Remember Me?

This Visual Arts major attended a course to prepare for university interviews. She read Howl’s Moving Castle in English because there was no Chinese translation.

This Translation major’s class had to remember words on the blackboard in 10 minutes, and then their teacher would test them. She was entertained by a storyteller during a Christmas promotion in a shopping mall.

Travelling to the US and the UK made this Computer Science major value English more than before. He read Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.

University English classes interested this Communications major because the teacher prepared a lot of activities. Books give her more room to imagine.

A secondary school teacher showed this PE major films and TV shows including Yellow Submarine in class. She watched the movies of Harry Potter and read the novels in both Chinese and English.

A tutor let this Humanities major experience English in her daily life. Another English teacher made use of music, drama and movies in class. She read TIME to improve her English.

A professor leading a GE course on morality inspired this Chemistry major. Reading helps improve grammar and build vocabulary. His favourite book is For One More Day.

An after-school English lesson helped this Translation major with the DSE even though it was boring. She learns more by reading passages with professors and classmates.

Socialising with friends on and off campus was the highlight of an exchange trip to America for this English major. She felt a sense of accomplishment after reading Frankenstein.

Studying in America for one year made this English major think it’s better to learn the language in a foreign country. She likes Vladimir Nabokov and Friedrich Nietzsche.

An NET showed this Chinese major it is important to know the culture and values in a language. He enjoys reading world literature such as Italo Calvino and Franz Kafka as well as watching movies without subtitles.

A teacher taught this Management major grammar by analysing song lyrics. She reads travel guides and online comments.

A foreign teacher required this English major to read newspapers every day which she finds more interesting than textbooks. She discovers more when she rereads a text. She read Revolutionary Road after watching the movie.

TV drama and movies taught this Chinese major how to use English. She didn’t enjoy doing a lot of reading exercises in secondary school.

Studying overseas in an international school forced this Religious Studies major to express her ideas in English. She read novels or short stories such as Enid Blyton and Harry Potter.

An English ambassadors’ camp gave this Business major the opportunity to communicate with other people in the language. An English writer who visited his school shared some reading skills with him.

Drama lessons in secondary school provided this Chinese Medicine major with the chance to speak English with the NET. After reading the Chinese version of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, she read this book again in English because she thought it should be more impressive.

The Global Café in university allowed this International Studies major to talk to foreigners. Reading articles and passages helped him write his papers.

An exchange trip to Germany provided the environment where this Humanities major could learn and practise English. She did reading exercises to prepare for the university entrance exam.

After studying in Australia, this Maths major student felt that environment is the most important thing for learning English. Preparing for IELTS improved her reading skills.

This BBA major attended tutorial classes that focused on exam skills to prepare him to re-sit the DSE. He also read newspaper articles which he found difficult.

In an exchange to Norway, this Arts major experienced different varieties of English. She read books, novels and poetry in a literature course. Her favourite author is Charles Dickens.

A study tour to Australia required this Communications major to use English while interacting with her schoolmates and host family. She read P.S. I Love You for the SBA. It was the first time she had completed a book in English.

The English learning corner in a café provided this Chemistry major a rare opportunity to chat with foreigners. She has to read a lot of technical papers related to her major.

A spoken English course allowed this Management major to communicate with teachers from different countries and cultures. She mostly reads for her studies.

As a member of AIESEC, this Communications major has a lot of experience in speaking English. She likes reading newspapers, especially columns, but seldom reads English books.

An Australian study tour broadened this Statistics major’s horizons and enhanced her confidence in speaking English. In secondary school, she joined a competition to read and summarise a passage. [5CK312]  ...

Watching English movies with subtitles exposed this Social Science major to more casual conversation. He compared the film and the book of Pirates of the Caribbean.