Being on an exchange in Germany meant this student had to rely on English. She said the trip helped improve her speaking skills. She values English for her future career as an accountant.

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.

A discussion after watching a movie in Secondary 1 English class helped this student better understand the scenes. He read his first English book in primary school.

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

This Computing major’s secondary school teacher used movies and popular songs to let students learn new vocabulary, expressions and sentences. Through fiction, she discovered authors use different expressions to convey the same meaning.

In the university English lessons, this Chemistry major had a debate, and it was quite challenging for her. She enjoyed reading a book about dream interpretation.

This Chinese major finds it interesting to talk to foreign students in her college. She reads BBC news.

NETs helped this History major improve his spoken English. He learns English words and phrases through reading books.

Listening to English music is a good learning experience for this Communications major. She has bought a lot of English books but finds them too long to read.

In secondary school, this Accounting major learnt from the movies played by her English teacher. Reading Dolphin Music exposed her to a virtual world.

This Green Technology major enjoyed English lessons with a foreigner because she could learn about the language and American culture. She hates English reading because her high school teacher always asked her to read a lot.

University English lessons allow this Translation major to speak and share her experience more than in primary and secondary school. She reads subtitles to study the translation.

To prepare for the public examination, this Management major learnt vocabulary and did grammar exercises in summer. He reads books on psychology.

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?

Preparing for the GRE expanded this Biology major’s vocabulary. Reading the Stranger made him think more deeply about the author’s intentions.

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.

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]  ...

This Marketing major began her English learning in kindergarten with A B C. She read about the Umbrella Revolution in the South China Morning Post.

Listening to the BBC and VOA, along with watching videos and reading essays, were good ways for this Business major to learn English during secondary school.

Reading an English book about Chinese arts sparked this Visual Arts major’s interest in painting and calligraphy. Undergraduate English courses improved her reading, listening and writing skills.

Some university English classes seemed useless to this Chinese major because they covered content she studied before. She enjoys reading jokes in English.

A NET encouraged this Arts major to speak more English. He is writing a term paper on children’s fantasy novels.

Playing games and singing songs with a NET in a learning group was a fun experience for this Global China Studies major. She had to read a lot of books for weekly reports.

A debate competition in high school made this Social Science major learn English fast. In a workshop, she learnt how to divide a sentence into theme and rheme.

This Engineering major recalls failing an English exam and reading the exam paper.

The experience of participating in a debate team let this Business Administration major markedly improve his English. He reads newspapers.

A project on the origins of the English alphabet enhanced this student’s knowledge of the language. He considers Peter Pan, which he read in high school, as a classic.

A university English course related to this Business major’s career goals. He started reading a book about expatriate life while travelling after buying it in an airport shop.

A picture dictionary facilitated this Business major’s vocabulary learning. In secondary school, she had reading lessons every week. Her favourite book is about a scientist creating a monster.

A university language centre workshop helped this Creative Media major improve his reading proficiency. He finds literature boring.

Preparing for the GRE was a multiple-stage process for this Engineering major. She was positively influenced by an article on education which she read in a tutorial school.

Passing the DSE required this Biology major to read a lot of texts. She has learnt a lot of technical terms by reading articles related to her major.

A university language course taught this Engineering major vocabulary and presentation skills unique to his field. Reading fiction expanded his vocabulary while experiencing other people’s lives. His favourite book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

A university English course for this Business major was tough because of the workload. She finds Tuesdays with Morrie meaningful.

A good relationship with a teacher motivated this Mechanical Engineering major to spend more time on English. He reads magazines and textbooks to get a sense of English. He has difficulty in choosing the right word when writing his PhD thesis.

As a native speaker of English in Malaysia, this Economics and Finance major picked up the language easily. He describes the books he read as “normal”.

A study tour to New Zealand let this Philosophy major speak English with her host family. The Reader is the first English book she completed.

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.

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.

Training as an Army Cadet in the UK taught this Social Science major listening and speaking skills. He seldom reads English books.