Primary school classes with a NET were memorable for this Business major because he studied love song lyrics. His school reading involved clipping news articles.
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Singing English songs was an effective self-learning approach for this Visual Arts graduate. When she was young, she read the South China Morning Post and magazines. She reads textbooks in her free time.
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Watching movies and writing down lyrics were relaxing means of English learning for this Teaching major. Reading magazines such as TIME keep her up with current affairs.
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An “effective” teacher used movies, music and magazines in this Accounting major’s DSE English class. Although she was forced to read books or newspapers during high school, she found it useful.
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Filling in missing song lyrics in secondary school was new to this Biomedical Engineering major. By reading Obama’s speech, she learnt different sentence patterns and vocabulary.
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Learning English through poems and songs in Form Four entertained this Science major. As he had to answer questions about books in the SBA, he took reading seriously.
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Joining a learning camp in the UK with games stimulated this Construction Management major’s interest in learning. Studying song lyrics is enjoyable because she loves singing and listening to music.
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Filling in missing song lyrics and watching movies were activities this Nursing graduate did in Secondary 2. She read The Prince and The Old Man and the Sea and turned them into dramas.
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Making up the last few lines of the ABC song was memorable for this Education major. When reading Harry Potter, she realised how English was used differently in novels and textbooks.
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Listening to Britpop bands like Oasis is a stress-free way to learn English for this Engineering major. She is interested in reading books related to counterculture and individualism such as The Catcher in the Rye and On the Road.
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Listening to new songs and writing down the lyrics helped this Law major build his vocabulary. He is curious and likes to read a wide variety of books including history, geography and culture.
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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.
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Listening to songs motivates this Finance major to learn lyrics. He read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in secondary school. He prefers watching movies to reading.
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Performing in a secondary school musical allowed this Social Work major to acquire vocabulary through lyrics and dialogue. She read The Hunger Games series and novels by Cecelia Ahern. Due to a lack of time, she mostly reads Chinese books now.
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Studying in the UK for two weeks made this Science major speak English with people around her. She prefers reading song lyrics to books.
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Listening to music and reading song lyrics enabled this Engineering major to learn the language. Her secondary school teacher also played songs by the Beatles and Michael Jackson. She also read Garfield comics.
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Listening to music such as her favourite song Can’t Stop Love by Darin Zanyar helped this Biology major learn the language. Reading research papers in Biology was difficult for her.
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A teacher from high school used songs to enhance this Event Management major’s learning. She read Twilight after watching the movie.
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An inter-class singing competition required this Japanese Studies major to perform an English song with her classmates. The experience was boring as the song choices are always the same. She read the works of Shakespeare for a literature course in secondary school.
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Watching movies and listening to songs taught this Nursing major how to communicate in English. She read the Twilight series.
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A teacher in secondary school used songs and lyrics to help build this Business major’s vocabulary. Her most memorable reading experience is the DSE reading paper.
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A teacher from high school showed the movie 127 Hours in class. Another teacher gave this Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering major’s class daily reading exercises. He likes the lyrics of the song titled The Rose.
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English classes in secondary school involved singing songs for this Engineering major. She had to read a poem by Walt Whitman for a NET.
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A junior secondary school teacher should have provided more guidance according to this Business Administration major. He tried to learn English through the music of Taylor Swift and Usher. He subscribed to the Standard when he was in secondary school.
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Reading course material is a better way to learn English rather than having lectures. This Public Policy and Politics major also listened to music that his parents had gotten for him. He read Zorro and Matilda in secondary school.
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A trip to the US gave this Geography major the opportunity to use conversational English. Although English lyrics often involve simple words, the meanings behind are very complex.
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Learning through songs impressed this Engineering major because she could look at the lyrics in a different way. The book Charm’s Life is her favourite and she has read it many times in both English and Chinese.