A summer course in New Zealand included learning how the host family and others used English to communicate. This Physiotherapy major found the locals friendly and chatty. She read Harry Potter after watching the movie.
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This Business major loved an extra-curricular class with a NET because they played games, watched movies and had sharing sessions. He was inspired by reading Life without Limits.
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An internship in Cambodia gave this Industrial Engineering major the opportunity to explore other cultures and discuss hobbies with foreign colleagues. This motivated her to seek similar opportunities in the future.
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A secondary school class enabled this BBA major to meet and chat with people from different countries. He watched the Harry Potter movies and read the books.
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A teacher encouraged this Marketing major to watch the Friends sitcom to improve her English. The Harry Potter series were the first English books she read. She also read the Great Gatsby.
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A NET taught this Social Science major grammar outside class. He read newspapers to prepare for the DSE. Although he didn’t like this, it expanded his vocabulary.
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This Chinese major finds it interesting to talk to foreign students in her college. She reads BBC news.
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The university language centre provided this Business major the chance to practise spoken English with friends and professors. Doing summaries after reading magazines like The Economist improved her English.
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Communicating with members of a host family and lessons with buddies were the highlights of a secondary school study tour in Australia for this Humanities major. She has to read some difficult course material related to her major.
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One-on-one speaking drills with a school teacher helped this Nursing major to prepare for the DSE. Divergent is the first English book she read. She teaches herself to play the Ukulele with online sources and most of them happen to be in English.
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Learning through games and communication in tutorial classes sparked this Arts major’s interest in English. She celebrated a new year by reading till six in the morning.
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A drama activity in secondary school provided this Chinese Language Education major the opportunity to perform High School Musical with her classmates. She had to read articles on various topics and do reflections in a school reading activity.
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Staying in the Lake District in England allowed this teacher to learn English from her surroundings. She likes reading Peter Pan and the Bible. She gets new inspirations each time she reads these books.
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Listening to his teacher’s speech is how this Accountancy major learnt pronunciation. He takes guesses at their meaning when he comes across words that he doesn’t know.
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Reading an English book about Chinese arts sparked this Visual Arts major’s interest in painting and calligraphy. Undergraduate English courses improved her reading, listening and writing skills.
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Conducting a survey at Stanley Market gave this Geography major a chance to speak with foreigners. Due to the complexity of the terminology, reading an anthropology paper without knowing a single word was shocking.
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During primary school, this student realised one could learn English by communicating with others. The student also benefitted from a trip to Sweden when she was 15.
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Watching the TV show Monk in secondary school exposed this student to everyday English. Her English classes also had a reading time. Dan Brown is her favourite author.
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Making cold calls in her internship enhanced this Global China Studies major’s confidence and fluency. She reads material on Wikipedia, ProQuest and Google Scholar to prepare papers.
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This Chinese major was able to read English books, watch American movies and use the language for communication in senior secondary. She learned how to write essays in university.
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Immersion during a home stay in the US state of Arkansas enabled this student to learn by communicating with native speakers. She has also studied on the Mainland and Korea. She has read Twilight and course material. She plans to teach in Africa.
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Unlike her bookish friends, this Nursing student prefers to watch action movies. Reading sends her to sleep. Despite her dislike of reading she did start The Battle Hymn of Tiger Mother.
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Working with a foreigner made this Cultural Studies major use English a lot. She really likes William Shakespeare and explores Old English. She loves A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Performing Romeo and Juliet in a drama lesson was funnier than having regular English classes. The reading session in secondary school was not effective in encouraging this Design major to read.
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A commercial tutorial school provided an intense English language learning environment for this student who enjoyed the smaller classes and foreign teacher. He enjoyed reading Romeo and Juliet even though it was quite difficult.
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Interactive teaching including playing games in secondary school gave this Social Science major more chances to speak English. She only reads academic materials.
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A tutorial required this Teaching major to speak in front of the class and share her views on a video. In junior secondary, she had to take a guess at the story of The Monkey’s Paw from the title before reading it.
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Fulfilling the requirement of studying a university English class left this Politics major disillusioned. She values the secondary school reading programme as it allowed her to read detective stories.
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A trip to Canada immersed this Arts major in English through daily interactions. She learnt useful vocabulary such as the names of vegetables. She remembers reading Secret Garden in primary school.
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Going on an exchange to the US gave this Science major an opportunity to learn the culture and talk with his American room-mate. Although he found reading newspapers such as the South China Morning Post useful, he didn’t enjoy having to do it every day.
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An English lesson taught this Hospitality major interview skills. His vocabulary grew in secondary school while reading horror stories chosen by his teachers.
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Going on a study tour to Australia with his friends was enjoyable for this Mathematics major. He read A Christmas Carol under the teachers’ guidance, and had discussions with classmates in secondary school.
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IELTS preparation classes are important for this student who wants to join an exchange programme to the UK. The English reading week at her school involved sharing ideas about books with fellow students. She prefers E-books.
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Learning with foreign teachers enabled this Computing major to practise her spoken English. She loves reading about games and computers.
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This Nursing major attended secondary school classes where an English teacher played his guitar and sang his own songs. He was surprised when he received a book about animals from the teacher.
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Frequent contact with the foreign teacher of a speaking class improved this Economics major’s English. He read about financial crises and learnt from it although it was boring.
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Studying in a unique primary school in Shanghai that was dedicated to learning foreign languages developed the communication skills of this Economics major. In middle school, he read the dictionary every day.
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Debates over literature in secondary school exposed this student to her classmates’ opinions. She read A Streetcar Named Desire and says it is a reflection of past American society.
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An activity arranged by his primary school gave this Journalism major a chance to speak with NETs. He read Harry Potter and had discussions with his classmates in primary school.