Prompted by her friend, this student reads and watches TV dramas to improve her English. Her earliest memory is learning the alphabet in kindergarten. She read Harry Potter and Narnia.

This Physics major spent a lot of time and effort to prepare for the GRE exam. He read To Kill a Mockingbird and would like to read more English books when he has the time.

A professor taught this Risk and Insurance Management major daily English. Doing a lot of readings for a history course was stressful.

The parents of this Accounting major helped build her vocabulary by reading to her when she was in kindergarten. She likes taking guesses of the difficult words in English books instead of checking a dictionary. She reads fiction.

A student from a CMI school appreciates the support from his teacher as he was afraid of facing the DSE exam. He has read a little of Harry Potter. He uses a printed dictionary.

Coming to Hong Kong as a primary school student was the best English language learning experience. Reading includes textbooks.

A tutor taught this Chinese Medicine major pronunciation. Her readings about medicine include grammar and vocabulary that are difficult.

Doing large amounts of homework and reading newspapers in Form One was difficult but helped enhance this Accounting major’s language skills. Reading newspapers given by a NET in Form Three was relaxing as the content was not difficult.

Listening to songs and filling in the missing lyrics expanded this Communication major’s vocabulary in secondary school. She likes reading romantic novels with movie adaptations like One Day. Her favourite book is He’s Just Not That Into You.

Listening to songs and writing their lyrics might helped this TESOL major prepare for secondary school exams. She read a book titled Emma in primary school.

When this Creative Media major was small, he repeatedly listened to English songs. He read Marvel comics in English, which contain slang and advanced vocabulary.

Being an intern in Canada meant this Social Work major used only English in the workplace which was a shock considering her course in Hong Kong was in Chinese.

Attending a camp in Poland as a teenager gave this Law student a wonderful experience in which she had to use English all the time. She has read Harry Potter and Twilight which she describes as classics.

Interacting with tourists and foreigners in the city enabled this Actuarial Science major to improve her English during primary school. She read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins which contained many unfamiliar words.

Listening to the BBC and watching a drama helped this student with the DSE. She likes the vampires in the Twilight books. She says there is more detail in text.

Interactive English drama lessons led by a foreign teacher involved games that allowed this student to communicate with classmates. Reading academic journals in university has raised his political awareness.

As a lover of the performing arts, this Creative Media major was impressed with the Animal Farm opera. The autobiography of Maus was refreshing because she expected it to be heavy and boring.

A pre-university course in London enabled this Global China Studies major to interact with classmates from different countries. She likes Twilight because the plot is romantic and uses the dictionary and Wikipedia for learning.

Bible studies involved interacting with a native speaker for this Arts major. The DSE English reading examination was stressful. She searched for Shopaholic and read it after watching the movie.

An extra-curricular English class in secondary school gave this Computing Science major a chance to learn with teachers and students from different countries. Reading taught him about western culture.

Chatting with visiting students from Scotland was meaningful for this Engineering major. He likes doing outdoor activities rather than reading. He read newspapers and magazines during secondary school.

Learning tennis with foreign coaches improved this Business Administration major’s English speaking and listening. She became addicted to reading A Series of Unfortunate Events.

A trip to Canada raised this student’s awareness about using English to communicate. A dictionary is helpful when reading.

A university course taught this Contemporary China Studies major speaking and writing for academic purposes. One of the required books for a course was difficult to understand.

A university exchange in New York allowed this Media and Communication major to meet one of her favourite authors, Jodi Picoult. She has read Wild by Cheryl Strayed. She likes TV dramas, movies, rap music and popular magazines.

A daily episode of an American TV drama such as Walking Dead, Homeland and Breaking Bad helped this student’s tone of speech and knowledge of slang. Reading an English classic together with the Chinese version improved his reading.

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.

Attending a music festival in England let this Civil Engineering major communicate with people from all over the world in English. A paper about new technology contained a lot of new vocabulary.

Building a strong vocabulary in senior secondary helped this Chinese major to achieve a good College Entrance Exam result. He read a lot for the TOEFL exam and also took part in CET and GRE.

In Form Three, this Social Science major spoke with foreigners in English for this first time when they visited her school. Her favourite author is Dan Brown and she read The Da Vinci Code.

Speaking to a tutor from South Africa improved this Electrical Engineering major’s language skills. He read Harry Potter and it was quite difficult to comprehend the entire story.

Watching movies like Harry Potter is the preferred method to learn English. This Statistics major was required to read after lunchtime in secondary school.

In senior secondary, this Sociology major read newspapers and watched English programmes. She listened to songs and gained confidence in speaking with exchange students in university.

An IELTS class taught this Economics major exam skills by letting him do past papers. He only reads textbooks. He doesn’t read other things because it takes him a lot of time to check the dictionary.

Secondary school English classes included watching Christmas-themed movies for this Business major. Her secondary school asked her to read Roald Dahl’s books.

Watching YouTube videos presented by foreigners developed this Hotel Management major’s accent and vocabulary. She rarely reads English materials apart from the course material related to her major.

Studying English Literature as an undergraduate developed a deeper appreciation for works in the language. This student will read a book twice to explore possible connections between different passages.

Attending an English cafe workshop let this Arts major share her school life with classmates and teachers. She read fiction books during a dedicated session in secondary school. She likes Twilight.

Being a frequent visitor to the Book Fair, this Nurse feels there is a better variety of English titles than in shops. She bought the Horrible Science series by Nick Arnold. She searches online for hot books.

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.