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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Watching Titanic in primary school on the Mainland created an interest in the lyrics of the song, “My Heart Will Go On.” The student also watched Harry Potter and Twilight. She briefly looked at the Harry Potter book.
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A Maths Teaching major began to enjoy English after a teacher introduced videos and games. She wonders about the best language to teach maths as she learnt in English and Chinese.
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An impressive professor used songs and drama in an English class. Reading includes The Hunger Games, Reader’s Digest, and course material.
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English is important for a science and web technology major who enjoys playing the piano. Her secondary school English teacher used songs for writing exercises. She thinks Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is funny.
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A student enjoyed writing poems and playing games in a workshop on Thanksgiving day at university organised by an international tutor. The workshop was different to secondary school because it was interactive. Although reading English books is hard, she was able to finish Matilda. [4CJ093]
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A student enjoyed the TV dramas and movies shown by NETs including Sherlock. She also read the first three Harry Potter books after watching the movie. She finds the smartphone dictionary helpful.
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Different modes of learning such as drama and watching films in secondary school are highlights for this student. She describes The Five People You Meet in Heaven as inspiring and educational.
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Being in a musical helped this student in the speaking component of the DSE exam. A NET provided a guided reading experience with Matilda which included showing the film.
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Watching documentaries about World War Two during history class in secondary school helped this student improve his listening skills. He likes 1984 as it is the first book he read in English. He also likes Japanese comics.
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The first time this student found English movies comprehensible was when he was watching and reviewing one in secondary school. He finished CSI Miami on a plane to Paris and later looked up the words on Google Translate.
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Interacting with foreigners, including a secondary school teacher and fellow university students, has motivated this student. His teacher used movies while his university friends taught him slang. He has read a book about North Korea and he likes books on politics and economics.
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Watching American movies in secondary school English classes allowed this student to learn slang. He does not like reading but is required to use textbooks about electronic engineering.
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Two secondary school teachers inspired this student to learn English. One teacher used songs and English movies with subtitles while the other emphasised a lifelong need for the language.
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The ABC song and writing after-school form this student’s earliest memories of learning English. The student started learning grammar in Primary 3 and could write sentences by Primary 6.
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Learning English has been part of this student’s life since kindergarten. She learnt difficult sentence patterns and how to write a composition during junior secondary while she watched movies and read poems and lessons with NETs in senior secondary.
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Copying a grammar book by hand taught this Social Work major important grammar items and sentence structure. Her English teacher motivated her to read English books by showing excerpts from movies.
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A music loving student enjoyed senior secondary English as the teacher shared food and showed movies in class. He likes to read the lyrics from the Beatles, Queen, John Lennon, and Pink Floyd.
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A NET from Canada used movies and videos in this ECE major’s English classes. She prefers cartoons and movies to reading. She wants to visit a country where she can feel immersed in the use of English
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Producing a film involved scriptwriting and acting for this ECE major. She says books from England and Hong Kong are different. She also reads some of the books in the tutorial centre where she works part-time.
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A teacher used the lyrics to Kelly Clarkson’s Because of You in this student’s classes. Nowadays she prefers Cantonese songs. She read an English book for an assignment in junior high school.
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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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A Form Four teacher from Canada encouraged this student to listen to English songs. She was scared of reading but in Form Two she liked Matilda because the character was magical. English is used in university studies.
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A teacher mixed revising past papers with movies as this student prepared for the DSE. She started reading a book but it was too thick and preferred the movie version. She will read if it’s for academic purposes.
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Watching a movie, reading about it, and writing a review exposed new skills to this Maths Teaching major. She doesn’t like reading but will use an e-dictionary. She feels it is better to use Cantonese to teach maths in primary school.
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Learning English began with the ABC song in kindergarten for this Maths Teaching major. She did a lot of exercises to prepare for the DSE. Chinese should be used to teach primary school maths.
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Watching movies in English were an alternative to boring textbooks in secondary school for this student. She uses English in her university course.
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Songs and computer games were used by this Maths Teaching major’s English teacher. She is confused about the MOI for maths as she learnt the subject in English and is now learning to be a teacher in Chinese. She finds reading difficult.
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Secondary school English classes included drama, dictation, reading and watching movies for this student. She prefers to read short books. English is the MOI for her university studies in fashion and textiles.
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A nice primary school teacher and watching movies followed by a personal reflection are this student’s learning highlights. She enjoyed reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower because she could relate to the story.
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Interactive English classes in university stimulated this student because there were discussions and the teacher also used videos and music. She has read the Harry Potter series and says it has helped her with reading academic material in university. She reads e-books on public transport.
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Learning English songs in primary school and performing a drama after reading Pride and Prejudice in Secondary 3 are positive memories for this student. She says the demands of high grades through exams were frustrating. She also read Memoirs of a Geisha for school competition in Secondary 5.
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Listening to songs, watching movies and making sentences was how this student’s English learning developed in primary school. She read a book about North Korea titled Nothing to Envy which she found in the library.
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Listening to the BBC and watching a drama helped this student with the DSE. She likes the vampires in the Twilight books. She says there is more detail in text.
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Primary school English classes were entertaining for this Social Policy major as it included watching educational TV shows. He uses English in the workplace for written correspondence and to communicate with visitors.
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Movie appreciation and debating in English gave this Hotel Management major more speaking opportunities in secondary school. Reading books like Little Women can enrich writing skills.
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Watching dramas and movies expanded this Social Work major’s everyday vocabulary but it didn’t help with the formal English requirement of the DSE. She read parts of Twilight.