A drama performance in secondary school required this Business major to memorise the script. Preparing for the DSE involved a massive amount of reading practice.

English was used as the common language during a university tour to Colombia. This Chemistry major read the BBC News and tutorial notes to prepare for DSE.

A tutor taught grammar to this Social Science major in an interesting way. She finds the IELTS easier than the DSE. She likes to read children’s novels as they are short and easier to understand.

Preparing for the DSE greatly improved this Engineering major’s English. She likes to read passages provided by her tutor and copies the parts that she finds beautiful. English is important for job interviews.

Watching movies in English lessons gave this Public Policy major a chance to practise her aural skills. She found reading The Standard during DSE useful.

To get a good result in the DSE, this Business major worked hard on memorising vocabulary. Reading The New York Times for the first time was difficult as he found the sentence structures very complex.

Doing past papers in preparation for the DSE without receiving the explanations for the answers was dull and frustrating for this Design major. She copied vocabulary and definitions without reading the required text for her writing assignments.

A tutor in an extra-curricular class told this Design major that grammar does not matter which is the opposite of what she learnt in school. She thinks the passage on the DSE reading paper is very difficult to understand.

Performing the story of Cinderella in class improved this Accounting major’s spoken English. He found the words in the DSE reading paper to be difficult.

Watching a university drama performance exposed this Event Management major to Old English and western culture as well as improving his listening. The DSE readings were challenging.

To prepare for the DSE, this BBA major did a lot of exercises to improve his English. He mostly reads the assigned materials in university courses.

Despite being nervous about speaking to foreigners for the first time, this Business major felt encouraged. The DSE reading paper was very tough.

A teacher in secondary school used songs and lyrics to help build this Business major’s vocabulary. Her most memorable reading experience is the DSE reading paper.

A comment given by this Environmental Studies major in a discussion caused her to be laughed at by her classmates. The DSE reading passage was very difficult.

A teacher used songs to help improve this Engineering Management major’s language skills and teach him about different cultures. He thinks the DSE reading passage is too difficult.

A part-time job gave this Business major the opportunity to talk with her British co-worker. Reading the DSE paper was nerve-wracking for her.

To prepare for the DSE, this Civil Engineering major had to read a lot of texts and memorise the vocabulary. She read Julius Caesar during an English leadership programme.

Reading a DSE paper was memorable for this Fashion and Textile major as she couldn’t understand what it was about. She learnt how to act and express her emotions in a secondary school drama class.