A primary school programme let this student become friends with a Canadian child through letter writing. She has read CNN news and course material for engineering.

A pen pal email programme in secondary school allowed this Finance major to learn more about the life of teenagers in the Netherlands. Works by writers such as have given her a different perspective.

Writing letters to students from other countries during secondary school was interesting for this Science major. Reading books chosen by himself rather than teachers was more relaxing.

Exchanging letters with a penfriend from the UK improved this Civil Engineering major’s language skills. He felt that the vocabulary in the South China Morning Post, a compulsory reading material in secondary school was too difficult.