After finishing middle school, this student took tutorial classes at the British Council which boosted his confidence and communication skills.
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A student sought help from a tutorial class to prepare her for the A-level UE exam. She also enjoyed reading the Kite Runner.
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A student feels she improved her English by joining a tutorial centre where they became immersed in the language through playing games and communication. She says school pressure leaves little time to enjoy reading.
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A student decided to attend a tutorial class to prepare for exams. She enjoyed reading Harry Potter.
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A student attended a tutorial centre to prepare for the IELTS test. She finds reading boring but enjoyed The Hunger Games.
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A student explains how her parents sent her to a tutorial school where she enjoyed learning English because she they played games and sang. Her most memorable book is Twilight.
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This student read the Twilight series and then watched the movies to help improve her English.
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Crazy English teaches students to communicate. Preparing for IELTS involves careful reading. She read TIME magazine.
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A mother enrolled an English Teaching major in tutorial classes during primary school. She later studied in Singapore for one year. She has read Frankenstein and the Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.
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A private tutor chatted in English while playing games with this student. She liked reading the self-improvement book, 59 Seconds and feels that reading can be a multimedia experience.
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Tutorial classes expanded this student’s knowledge of idioms and reading methods. He does not like reading English books but enjoyed Harry Potter.
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After-school tutorials in Form Three gave this student a better understanding of grammar which helped her in the A-level exams. She likes the female protagonist in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. She has read Harry Potter and Doctor Faust.
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Private tutorials in secondary school helped this student’s basic knowledge and writing speed. Revising DSE papers exposed him to tons of words.
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British Council courses enhanced this student’s English. Her reading has focused on exam papers.
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Tutorial classes were different to regular school classes because this student could learn exam skills. He checks the dictionary while reading newspapers and academic material.
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Tutorial classes led by a funny teacher who used word games helped this student’s writing and reading skills. He is an Economics major and has to read articles and journals which he describes as boring.
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Talking with foreign workmates from England and the US made this student more aware of listening and speaking skills. He took tutorials to improve his vocabulary for the A-level exams. [4CK054] ...
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In primary school classes organised by the ESF this student experienced different teaching methods including games, and arts and crafts. He likes to practise his pronunciation by reading English newspapers aloud.
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Kindergarten was probably the starting point of this student’s English learning. This student attended tutorial classes in secondary and loves reading English books or watching movies in her spare time.
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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.
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Having a weekly private tutorial in primary school is when this student started learning English. Although she doesn’t study English as a subject anymore, she still needs to use the language daily.
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Textbooks such as Look, Listen and Learn, Cambridge English and Go For It have helped this English major’s learning. Learning in high school was mostly for the university entrance exam.
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Learning phonics in tutorial classes during primary school was useful for this student. The interest in English decreased in secondary school as the student was forced to learn for public exams.
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This student’s English learning started in kindergarten. He took pronunciation class and tutorial classes in primary school. He studied in an English-medium secondary school and read Animal Farm.
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Learning English from interactive activities such as playing card games with a NET in a tutorial class contributed to a great experience for this Nurse. He was introduced to a good English book because he needed to fulfill the public examination requirement in Hong Kong.
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The first learning experience with a foreign English teacher opened a new world for this electrical engineer. He read a bilingual version of Phantom of the Opera that his mum bought.
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Attending tutorials with a native speaker gave this English graduate more confidence with the language. She became interested in Roald Dahl books because her students had to read them.
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A student took IELTS five times after failing A-level English. She sought help from tutors for the public exams because she felt her teachers could not spark her interest. She has read the Kite Runner.
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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.
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During kindergarten, this student’s parents enrolled her in classes with a NET who played games and taught vocabulary. She joined a drama club in secondary school. She bought the Twilight series to improve her English.
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A fun teacher made English tutorial classes more enjoyable than school for this student. He doesn’t like reading and there are few chances to read magazines and newspapers. He reads the TV subtitles.
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A Korean student attended two tutorial classes, one with a native speaker and the other with a Korean who taught grammar. She read book passages for academic purposes.
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Attending optional university English tutorials require motivation for this student. She learnt English in kindergarten but secondary school was better because there were daily lessons. She read past papers to prepare for the DSE and looks for entertaining websites.
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A passionate after-school tutor showed this student learning English can involve listening to the radio and watching movies. She reads journal articles and uses an e-dictionary.
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Extra-curricular classes with games and pictures interested this Chinese Language Teaching major in learning vocabulary. She has travelled to Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. She is trying to read Harry Potter and likes printed books.
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This student’s mother enrolled her in an activity-rich tutorial programme with foreign English teachers in the Mainland. As a postgraduate student in Hong Kong, she enjoys English textbooks. She has read Harry Potter. She likes printed books.
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A British Council course with NETs led to a rapid improvement in this student’s level of English. He also uses English while playing rugby. He likes to understand the lyrics to songs by Bruno Mars, Jason Mraz, and Maroon 5.
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A tutorial class for this student focused on pronunciation. She moved from the Mainland to Hong Kong in primary school. Her teacher asked her to read the South China Morning Post.
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A weekly group meeting with friends and an American educated Korean tutor helped this student improve her spoken English during undergraduate studies. She read some articles to prepare for IELTS so she could study a postgraduate degree in Hong Kong.