A homestay experience in Australia inspired this student to improve her English skills. She prepared for the IELTS exam by reading newspapers and magazines such as The Economist and the China Daily.

A student who plans to teach Chinese says English will be important to her in the future. She also read Harry Potter, TIME magazine and newspapers.

A student says learning a language allows you to absorb a new culture. Reading materials such as Eat, Pray, Love and TIME magazine help improve her vocabulary.

A student learns English through news websites.

Crazy English teaches students to communicate. Preparing for IELTS involves careful reading. She read TIME magazine.

Collaborative writing and presentations in university allow students to develop together.

An impressive professor used songs and drama in an English class. Reading includes The Hunger Games, Reader’s Digest, and course material.

A postgraduate student developed her English language skills while working as a teacher in Beijing. She read magazines like TIME to prepare for IELTS.

A student says an overseas exchange programme provided a better learning environment. The South China Morning Post and TIME magazine feed his interest in politics.

Taking part in a drama helped this student polish his speaking skills. He read Typhoon Club Magazine and English Newspapers. Now a Liberal Studies major, he says English is important for writing essays.

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.

Debating skills helped an English Teaching major with the spoken component of the DSE. She prefers news media such as the South China Morning Post and TIME magazine to fiction. She feels writing is more important than reading.

This student had to listen carefully in class when he first moved to Canada in Form Five. He read novels and Shakespeare in high school. He enjoyed reading about Economics in university because he was interested in the subject. He also reads TIME and The Economist.

A love for learning English and doing exercises motivated this student to work on his grammar. He prefers to read magazines such as Forbes and BBC Magazines.

Eating lunch with his secondary school English teacher gave this student an opportunity to learn more phrases and vocabulary. He read Hamlet and Macbeth in junior secondary and now reads The Economist to help with his BBA studies.

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 teacher helped this student improve his presentation skills after school. He has been using the dictionary or the Internet to learn new words that he has come across when reading TIME magazine or course material.

A NET encouraged this student and her classmates to read and share, which led to effective communication. She reads National Geographic because she likes geography.

Writing and performing a drama in Form One exposed this student to everyday English. She feels a sense of accomplishment for reading the entire Harry Potter series. She prefers non-fiction these days.

After winning a competition in secondary six, this English major travelled to the UK. He prefers to read for leisure and feels more motivated to check the meaning of new vocabulary if he’s interested in the text.

Being an English ambassador gave this student more access to his school’s NET who made him more aware of the language. He says NETs focus on communication and subject teachers more on areas such as grammar. He has read TIME and Reader’s Digest.

An English Teaching major took part in a Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in Primary 5. He read TIME magazine but found it too complicated.

Learning English might have been more interesting for this student if the teacher showed movies and played games. She has read TIME and used the Oxford dictionary and Wikipedia. She read Chinese books on a Kindle.

A Chinese teaching major feels there is too much homework to allow time to enjoy language learning through games and conversation. She read National Geographic magazine.

A foreign teacher was fun but this student finds the games and drama did not help. She valued extra-curricular tutorials that focused on exam skills. She has read TIME magazine.

A trip to Singapore involved two weeks of classes for this medical student. He read the South China Morning Post every night with his father when he was in Form One. He needs to use English and Cantonese for his studies and work.

Watching make-up videos on YouTube is an interesting way for this student to learn English. She has read National Geographic magazine and will buy a book if the movie version is interesting.

An English language camp on Lamma Island during secondary school allowed this student to make friends with visitors from Mexico and the Mainland. He has read TIME magazine and Narnia.

English language enhancement courses helped this graduate who is now working as a chemistry researcher. He says the classes helped him with speaking. He uses English in his work and has read the South China Morning Post, TIME, and Wikipedia.

Motivated to get a good result in the DSE, this student enrolled in private tutorial classes. He has read a book about travelling to Japan and also a magazine called Guitar World because he is interested in playing the instrument.

Preparing for IELTS exposed this Malaysian Civil Engineering major to academic writing and argumentative essays. He has read many news magazines and the dictionary. He says he uses English more in Hong Kong but the standard is not as high as Malaysia.

Reflecting on his English learning, this student describes it as the same model over the years – grammar, presentation, and some good sharing. He’s a football fan and has read FourFourTwo magazine and checks results on a website called Who Scored.

Performing a drama and communicating with other students during a trip to Singapore in Form 6 gave this student a unique opportunity. She read TIME and The Economist, and Harry Potter.

Conversations skills are important for this accountant who enrolled in tutorial classes that focus on speaking. She was motivated to study after working in a multinational company. She read TIME magazine.

The use of English in research papers and presentations is sometimes more important than the content for this Mechanical Engineering doctoral candidate. Her supervisor and department tutor provide support.

Reading newspapers and magazines were part of this Physics major’s DSE exam preparation. He feels English will be important in his future career.

Watching Forrest Gump was the solution to this Banking professional’s English learning challenges in secondary school. Reading The Economist gives him insight into international events.

A summer internship for this Engineering major involved working with a colleague who spoke only English. Reading TIME is a good learning experience.

Primary school was more fun than secondary for this Fashion major because there were games instead of focusing on exams and the SBA. She reads Cosmopolitan magazine online.

A summer English camp in Canada also taught this Science graduate about western culture. He read 12 Years a Slave after watching the movie.