A working holiday in a relatives’ Chinese restaurant in Nottingham exposed this student to regional accents in the UK. She also learns unique vocabulary while playing rugby. She likes to watch a movie before reading a book.

Trips to Singapore and Australia raised a student’s awareness of accent. She has also read The Trumpet of the Swan, Reader’s Digest, and National Geographic. As an English Teaching major, she feels learning should relate to students.

A student learnt a lot from a secondary school teacher with a good accent. She likes watching TV series such as Vampire Diaries, House, and X-Files to improve her spoken English. She was impressed with the theme of racism in The Bluest Eye.

An exchange to Liverpool made this student more aware of her vocabulary and accent. She liked how the characters communicated in Fifty Shades of Grey.

Playing online video games helped this Maths Teaching major make English speaking friends in the US. It has helped him understand different accents. He liked a picture storybook in kindergarten.

Working with teachers from different backgrounds allowed this student to understand a variety of accents in secondary school. Although she doesn’t like reading, she studied Lord of the Flies in Secondary 4.

A study tour to Perth, Australia exposed this student to slang. She watches vloggers with different accents on YouTube. She is interested in fiction and read a drama in secondary school. She now reads course material.

An exchange in the UK provided plenty of opportunities to speak the language. Practising English with his father induced this Accounting and Finance major to pick up a particular accent. Though reading the translated version of the French book, La Chambre Claire, is a daunting task, he still values the process.

This student recalls listening to regional accents and learning slang in the north of England. He read material written by Robert Boyle for an assignment. He enjoyed a book on the Byzantine era by John Julius Norwich.

This student was surprised when a teacher said he spoke with a German accent. His reading has focused on Chinese texts, but he appreciated the difference when he was writing an assignment in English.

This Nutrition major works in a company where she interacts with overseas colleagues. She learns their accents, vocabulary and pronunciation. She read Harry Potter and other books before, but now she focuses on academic material.

A university language course that used songs changed this Chemistry major’s attitude towards learning English. She watched the movie Begin Again and learnt the British accent.

A NET talking about life made this Business major enjoy lessons. She reads Wikipedia and journals. She watched Kingsman: The Secret Service which let her learn the accent.

Chatting with native speakers and classmates from different places let this Social Science major learn the accents and slang. She prefers the book version of The Fault in Our Stars to the movie.

It took time for this Chinese major to understand her host family’s accent in Liverpool. When she read 1984 for the SBA, she realised that politics can affect every part of the world.

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.

The different accents of secondary school teachers was difficult for this Law major to understand. She practised speaking with her brother. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest motivated her to study law.

TV series like Fringe and Sherlock, taught this Biology major different accents and vocabulary. She tried to read a novel on a computer. Reading textbooks with a dictionary is a good way to learn English.

Watching TV programmes improved this Earth System Science major’s pronunciation and accent. She was forced to read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in secondary school.

Listening to pop songs in class helped this Social Work major to learn the accent. She found a fast-paced read and writing group activity centring on a detective story to be exciting.

Watching movies and dramas was a way for this Chinese major to learn native English accents and slang. Meeting international students, being a tutor and working in an Italian company gave her more opportunities to use the language.

Senior secondary exposed this International Studies major to terms unique to Chemistry and Biology. She has improved her aural comprehension while learning in university.

Being an English Ambassador along with other activities in secondary school boosted this Chinese major’s language skills. Watching TED allowed her to learn presentation skills and appreciate accents.

Being an exchange student in Germany exposed this Translation major to different accents. She took part in a project and read the book Pride and Prejudice to blind children.

Staying in the UK for a month exposed this Biotechnology major to different accents and English culture. She read Heart of Darkness in junior high school and could not follow it at that time.

Watching TV shows exposed this English major to American accents and culture. She read articles from WeChat and browsed learning websites such as VOA and BBC.

Having a casual conversation with a student from the UK familiarised this Accounting major with the accent. While reading business articles, he gained knowledge of the industry and the language used.

An exchange to Singapore exposed this Engineering major to different English accents. He read A Song of Ice and Fire because the title attracted him.

Extra-curricular tutorials exposed this Accounting major to different English accents. She was required to read textbooks for TOEFL exam. She also read Twilight and The Vampire Dairies.

Listening to his classmates speak in university English lessons shattered the confidence of this Finance major. A law course exposed him to difficult vocabulary.

Studying in Canada for three months after completing primary school immersed this Humanities major in an English speaking environment. After finishing a book in high school, she realised that she could read in English. She likes Harry Potter.

Working in a fast food shop in Canada improved this Business Management major’s speaking and accent. Reading the China Daily expanded his vocabulary.

A history teacher used drama to teach this Architecture major a variety of English accents. Animal Farm was a required reading. He is interested in books that have been made into movies.

An exchange tour to the UK during his secondary school improved this Business major’s understanding of various English accents. He also learnt a lot from Animal Farm by George Orwell which was a class reading.

Watching TV dramas such as Fringe and Bones helped develop this Ecology major’s English fluency, pronunciation and accent. He likes reading online news about scientific discoveries.

Speaking to a foreign teacher in secondary school was nervous for this Engineering major but made her pay more attention to her grammar and accent. She was forced to read books for a reading programme in English class.