Performing in a secondary school musical allowed this Social Work major to acquire vocabulary through lyrics and dialogue. She read The Hunger Games series and novels by Cecelia Ahern. Due to a lack of time, she mostly reads Chinese books now.

A school visit to a university hotel helped build this student’s vocabulary. He read about Coco Chanel during the SBA. He’s an NBA fan and plays video games in English.

Attending tutorial classes were painful but helped this Arts major gain exponential growth. By changing the language settings on computers and immersing in the English media, he created a joyous environment in which to learn. He read the Harry Potter book.

Playing video games with a dictionary enhanced this Social Work major’s vocabulary. He reads lyrics while listening to English songs.

Debating skills helped an English Teaching major with the spoken component of the DSE. She prefers news media such as the South China Morning Post and TIME magazine to fiction. She feels writing is more important than reading.

This Accounting major read The Lord of the Rings after watching the movie in class. Watching movies during an English elective class helped him prepare for the DSE.

A secondary school English teacher helped this Geomatics major to catch up by providing additional classes focusing on reading and comprehension. Her classmate also assisted in translating what the teacher was asking. She enjoyed reading Pride and Prejudice and Romeo and Juliet with her friends.

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.

Working part-time in IT while at university meant this Maths major had to read some technical documents in English. He says although English is not that important for his present studies, he’ll need it for his future career.

Watching English news and doing past papers helped this Sociology major prepare for the public exam. He read autobiographies in university.

Watching an American TV drama Once Upon a Time was a way to learn a new accent and American slang for this Business major. Reading a poem in English literature class in the United States was difficult.

American dramas taught this Nursing major accent and vocabulary. She likes the TV show, High School Musical. The books of Harry Potter and Twilight are more detailed than the movies.

Joining a playgroup was a good way to learn English casually through games and music for this Linguistics major. Telling stories after reading a literary work helped her better understand the content and language.

Learning English in secondary focused on reading the South China Morning Post everyday and some English books. English days included games and watching some shows.

Tutorial centres provided additional learning opportunities for this English major during senior secondary school.

Speaking English helped this Accountancy major make friends during an exchange programme in Canada. It was compulsory to read newspaper articles in secondary school.

Participating in a contest, this Translation major and three other students practised speaking together. After watching Harry Potter movies, she read the books and sought the meaning of new words.

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.

A class drama competition provided this Physiotherapy major with an English-speaking environment. She felt satisfied after reading a romantic fantasy.

The approaches that this BBA major has taken to self-study English have prepared him for assessment. He enriched his understanding of the language and believes delving deeper into the language would help bridge cultural gaps.

The classes taught by a NET are fun according this Science major. He reads Sherlock Holmes.

The need to pass IELTS motivated this Computer Science major to read books and news from the Internet. She reads online news such as BBC.

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.

Studying in a unique primary school in Shanghai that was dedicated to learning foreign languages developed the communication skills of this Economics major. In middle school, he read the dictionary every day.

Doing a presentation about selling soap was embarrassing for this Computer Science major because he didn’t know much about the subject. He was asked to read an article about sexual violence during an English course.

This Chinese major turned a scene from a movie into a drama in junior secondary. She introduced Aberdeen to overseas visitors in senior form. She reads and watches movies in her spare time.

Attending an EMI secondary school did not create an English-speaking environment for this student because the main language of communication between her and her classmates was Cantonese.

Learning English was boring for this Nursing major because it mostly involved doing practice papers for examination. She likes science fiction.

Studying in university required this Biomedical Science major to use the language for academic purposes. He did reading, writing, and speaking in English extra-curricular classes.

Passing the IELTS exam on the second try earned this Politics major a place in an overseas university. She had to learn skimming and scanning skills because of the time limitations on the exam.

Use rhyming words to write a poem in primary school was fun for this English Teaching major. She prefers to teach primary because it is hard to motivate older students for exams. She read the newspaper to boost her vocabulary for the DSE.

A debate competition was a highlight of this Chinese major’s learning experience when he was in secondary school. He read TIME magazine for a school assignment.

Playing games and speaking English with a NET was enjoyable for this Science major. Her class read stories together in a circle. She now reads reference materials to write essays in university.

This Management major has expanded his vocabulary by writing down words when watching TV shows.

Learning phonetic symbols improved this Engineering major’s spoken English. He seldom reads books except for textbooks related to his major.

Performing Cinderella taught this Psychology major different ways of expressing herself in English. She learnt intonation and pronunciation through verse speaking competitions. She reads textbooks in university.

A university instructor taught this Business Administration major a lot of grammar. She read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in secondary school.

Taking a tutorial class didn’t produce the A-level result wanted by this Engineering graduate. These days she tries to sharpen her vocabulary by reading an online article a day. She looks up unfamiliar words in the dictionary.

Staying in New York boosted this Nursing major’s confidence in speaking English. She was forced to write many book reports in secondary school. She read The Da Vinci Code but couldn’t understand it.

Participating in a secondary school drama allowed this Biomedical Engineering major to be an actress for the first time. She likes to read news from the BBC as the articles are easy to understand.