Tutorial classes expanded this student’s knowledge of idioms and reading methods. He does not like reading English books but enjoyed Harry Potter.

Watching movies and TV shows such as Ironman and Supernatural has exposed this student to idioms. He likes Harry Potter because it is easy to read. Roald Dahl is his favourite author.

An advanced reading and writing course helped this student understand inferences and idioms. He likes to read automobile magazines because he is a ‘car maniac’. He prefers news articles to novels.

A good primary school teacher motivated this student who did well in dictation. She realised the advantages of being proficient in English and read books to increase her knowledge and ability with the language.

Primary school English included dictation and poems for this student. This student attended after-school tutorials in secondary school. In university, students are expected to have a level of proficiency to communicate withy others.

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.

Drama lessons in secondary school were helpful for this Engineering major’s public exams and spoken English. The classes also gave her confidence for public speaking. She read Tuesdays with Morrie and recommends other books by Mitch Albom.

University English lessons allow this Translation major to speak and share her experience more than in primary and secondary school. She reads subtitles to study the translation.

An English teacher played movies to this Information Systems major’s class and gave them worksheets to learn vocabulary, idioms and culture. Her class read and listened to audio books during secondary school. Pride and Prejudice is her favourite book.

Learning in primary and secondary focused on grammar and vocabulary, whereas university studies required this Translation major to write more. Going on an exchange enabled her to learn English idioms and dialects, and reduplication.

Reading short stories and learning idioms in junior secondary was interesting, whereas past paper practices in senior form was boring for this Chinese major. She has expanded her vocabulary in university.

Movies were shown to this English graduate in Secondary 3. She feels they exposed her to everyday English. She learnt lots of idioms while reading with classmates in junior form.