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 who entered the Hong Kong education system in Primary 4 received support from teachers and classmates. She says it was tiring reading Harry Potter because she had to keep looking for meanings in the dictionary.
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Using English to learn at university improved this graduate’s speaking and writing. Environment and motivation are important for English learning.
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A graduate explains how she overcame her fear of speaking in English during a trip to Australia. She says students should practise and not be too self-conscious.
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A student credits his teachers for helping him reach what he calls a satisfactory level of English. He remembers reading Roald Dahl because he had to.
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A student recalls how she read the South China Morning Post to improve her vocabulary.
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A student remembers how his teacher and mother used videos to help him learn English. He believes that immersion in an English speaking country is the best way to learn.
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A student says she enjoys studying English drama at university. She enjoyed the English reading scheme in secondary school but seldom reads now.
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A student fondly recalls English Week in his secondary school as an opportunity to practise speaking outside the classroom. He enjoys reading autobiographies.
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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 says secondary school English prepared him for university. He mostly reads for his degree studies.
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A student says it was stressful studying for the DSE. Although she has to read more now, she enjoys it because it focuses on her chosen field.
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This student explains that learning tenses in English is different to Cantonese and Putonghua. She also believes watching a film adaptation helped her to appreciate A Tale of Two Cities.
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This postgraduate student improved her English during her first degree by attending an English Corner in her university. Her favourite book is The Little Prince.
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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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A student practised with her friends after classes when she was in secondary school. These days she enjoys reading material related to her major, Psychology.
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A teacher used the alphabet and pictures to help this student build her vocabulary. She also likes reading Harry Potter.
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A teacher used Cantonese soap operas to teach grammar to this student. She read the Young Post and the South China Morning Post in secondary school because they were free.
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A student says she gained confidence in speaking English by communicating with a classmate from Germany. She also enjoys reading related to her major, Music.
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A student had two overseas English language speaking experiences. The first time in Canada she couldn’t make friends but later in Wales she gained confidence when her new friends were more understanding.
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A student recalls how her NET tested her speaking skills by giving her only a few minutes to prepare for a presentation. Another teacher encouraged her to read BBC English news websites.
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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.
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A teacher encouraged this student to become a school emcee to overcome her pronunciation difficulties. She also enjoyed reading Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
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A postgraduate student with a bachelor’s degree in English found reading to be boring but feels knowing the language can broaden her opportunities.
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A sister-in-law helped this student improve his English. After he improved he felt more comfortable reading books such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Learning phonics in primary school helped this student with his reading skills.
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Coming to Hong Kong as a primary school student was the best English language learning experience. Reading includes textbooks.
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A postgraduate student praises his middle school teachers and explains he continues to learn English through online open courses and Wikipedia and that all master’s classes are in English.
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This student wrote and performed a play with classmates in secondary school. Reading books such as Harry Potter and The Hunger Games help build vocabulary while it’s easy to understand the English used in video games like Fever and Grand Theft Auto.
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A student had to catch-up when she transitioned from the Mainland to Hong Kong in Primary Four. She says her reading ability is affected by dyslexia but reads books about classical music to write an essay.
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English songs, poems and drama are an alternative to grammar and “technical English.” Watching movies such as Harry Potter and The Hunger Games will get you interested in reading the original books.
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A school visit to a university hotel helped build this student’s vocabulary. He read about Coco Chanel during the SBA. He’s an NBA fan and plays video games in English.