The timing of the Book Fair suits this woman as it is near the summer holidays. She looks for books on beauty and those linked to movies. She has read Gone Girl, The Fault in Our Stars and Game of Thrones.

Learning through New Concept English tapes that her father played for her was a miserable experience during primary school but this Accounting major had gotten used to it. She likes to read fiction that is simple and easy to understand.

First-year university English classes with a NET helped this student make improvements despite the fact that she made recurring mistakes along the way. She liked reading a ghost story when she was in secondary school.

Learning English became more difficult as this cross-border student got older. She uses an e-dictionary to check new vocabulary. She prefers printed books.

Being an English ambassador and having a good teacher made secondary interesting for this Hotel Management major. She skim read Tuesdays with Morrie for a book report.

Debating in university gave this student an opportunity to prepare speeches and arguments. She has read Jane Eyre and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. She finds the latter exciting.

Watching the movie The Dark Knight Rises expanded this Nursing graduate’s vocabulary. He recalled the first time he had read a journal article and observed how the information was presented differently from newspapers, magazines or textbooks.

Emphasising the expression of meaning rather than accuracy was what this Nursing major learnt after an interview. She read magazines and newspapers in secondary school and now does research with journals.

Foreign friends provided a better learning experience than school on the Mainland for this student. As a postgraduate student in Hong Kong, she is strengthening her English by watching movies. She practised for IELTS by reading.

English teaching in secondary school was only for helping this Social Work major handle examinations. She lost interest in the language because teachers gave exercises with this short-term goal in mind.

Starting with A, B, C, and D, this Hotel Management major began learning English in primary school when she first came to Hong Kong. She found Tuesdays with Morrie easy to read and meaningful.

Watching western soap operas helped this Business major improve her pronunciation. She watched Harry Potter with her friends and read the book series to get more details.

University English classes taught this Social Science major grammar and tenses. Another class taught him how to write a thesis statement for academic essays.

Hong Kong schools do not have enough time to include diverse learning activities according to this Engineering major. She played Scrabble in extra-curricular course. Reading novels by Sophie Kinsella are relaxing because they are not academic.

Analysing news in front of the class in preparation for the DSE turned this Engineering major into a bold speaker. Comparing his performance with others during presentations at university motivates him to improve. Reading academic texts filled with big words can be intimidating.

A retired English teacher showed this History major the depth of the language through critical reading. He gets annoyed with the complexity of academic reading.

TV dramas and games taught this China Studies major vocabulary and grammar. He reads notes given by tutors.

Although it was hard preparing for the DSE, this Mathematics major enjoyed support from his English teachers. After reading the Chinese version of The Hunger Games, he read the English one.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening was the first poem this English major tried to learn and the experience was eye-opening. She was keen to read Anna Karenina after watching the movie and was impressed by the writing of Leo Tolstoy.

Getting a good grade for writing and producing a video for an English language course in university is a highlight for this Computer Engineering major. He uses Google and Wikipedia to search for definitions. He watches YouTube videos with English subtitles and reads reference books.

English was the lingua franca in this Engineering major’s primary school. She found The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas to be a meaningful book. English is important if she wants to learn more.

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.

Reading novels and magazines can broaden your horizons according to this Public Administration major. Studying in the library gives her more time to read.

This Mathematics major borrowed both the Chinese and English versions of 1984 from a library. She was impressed by the Chinese translation and the English usage.

Reading news articles allowed this Radiography major to learn more about social issues. He thinks the lecture notes from his studies are very hard to understand.

To improve her English, this Engineering major attended tutorial classes during secondary school. She wishes she attended them earlier and practised the more as poor results are causing problems in her academic career.

A teacher used jokes and group work instead of PowerPoint to enable this Engineering major to learn academic English. She finds reading TIME useful because it exposes her to new vocabulary.

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.

Travelling put this Civil Engineering major in touch with English speaking people. Reading the South China Morning Post every day improved his English proficiency.

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.

English was needed by this Engineering major when he interacted with an NBA player in a basketball coaching camp. He also likes reading about basketball, particularly Jeremy Lin.

Understanding the meaning in English rather than in Chinese helped this Engineering major prepare for A-level exams. She also had to write a book review in A-level English.

School English classes are where this Chinese major developed the language. She read Tuesdays with Morrie, Harry Potter and The Five People You Meet in Heaven because she wanted to find out why they are popular.

A primary school teacher praised this Liberal Studies graduate for asking a good question about grammar. Love, Rosie was the first book she read in English. She likes Cecelia Ahern.

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.

During kindergarten, this student’s parents enrolled her in classes with a NET who played games and taught vocabulary. She joined a drama club in secondary school. She bought the Twilight series to improve her English.

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.

Taking university language courses improved this Chemistry major’s English proficiency. He likes to read young adult fiction such as Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He also read and watched The Lord of the Rings.

Kindergarten English classes included interactive word games that taught this Business major new phrases. She is able to imagine some of the scenes when reading Harry Potter.

Even though past paper drilling is dull, it’s the only way to prepare for the DSE according to this Mechanical Engineering major. What he has learnt from school helps him grasp the gist when watching TV and movies.