Watch an English movie in class was enjoyable for this Sociology major. The reading passage in an exam was difficult. She read Tuesdays with Morrie and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in secondary school.
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While the writing skills that this Engineering major acquired from secondary school can be transferrable to university, speaking is her weakness. She prefers reading Chinese to avoid looking up English words in the dictionary.
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Meeting friends from all over the world let this Management graduate practise English. She likes the characters in Pride and Prejudice.
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A ‘cute’ university tutor enabled this student to remember grammar rules about clauses. She learnt a lot of new vocabulary while reading The Lord of the Rings. Her favourite author is Nicholas Sparks.
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Academic writing in a university English course was boring according to this Anthropology major. The vocabulary used in course material is also a pain because he is not good at reading.
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Tenses were taught in this trainee doctor’s primary school. Secondary education included grammar and sentence structure. She learnt academic writing in university.
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A Maths Teaching major from the Mainland says his secondary school was different because there were many foreign teachers. He also took part in an English summer camp in Hong Kong. He is now reading and studying in English at university.
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After-school tutorials complemented this Education major’s formal learning. She read novels and listened to songs in senior secondary. She also watched TV programmes in university.
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A fabulous teacher gave this Business major a lot of advice on how to write better and improve his listening skills. She doesn’t feel as close to English in university although she has to read academic papers and journal articles.
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Spending time in Australia and Europe motivated this Finance major to improve her English. The children on a farm in Australia taught her English. She participated in an English reading programme in high school.
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Performing a drama in secondary school boosted this Art major’s speaking skills and confidence. She had to do reading reports in secondary school.
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Learning pronunciation and accent from TED Talks improved this Business major’s spoken English. Stephen King is a good horror writer and this student’s favourite is Full Dark, No Stars.
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English Week activities in this Surveying major secondary school included debates and rewriting English song lyrics. He read High School Musical 3 for a book report.
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A community health major learnt English through activities such as poetry reading in primary school. She read the South China Morning Post in secondary school.
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Primary school was more fun than secondary for this Fashion major because there were games instead of focusing on exams and the SBA. She reads Cosmopolitan magazine online.
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The BBC website and movies like X-Men supplemented learning through textbooks for this Science major. Reading English books is difficult because there are many words he doesn’t understand. He practises spoken English for job interviews.
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A primary school programme let this student become friends with a Canadian child through letter writing. She has read CNN news and course material for engineering.
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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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Working with visiting British students in a camp taught this Marketing major idioms and English usage. She learns about world news by reading newspapers.
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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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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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An English camp led by British students from Oxford and Cambridge inspired this Nursing major. She started tutorials for the first time in order to prepare for the DSE. She read with an exchange student in Form Four. Reading in English takes longer because she needs to check the vocabulary.
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As a member of the drama club, this Translation major did a lot of research to prepare for a performance in English. Reading cookbooks let her learn a different style of text. She read Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller.
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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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The feeling that she couldn’t express herself in complete sentences when speaking with foreigners motivated this English major to work harder. She checked the dictionary and wrote down the Chinese meanings while reading Harry Potter.
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Attending a Christian camp with other young people from the US and UK allowed this Biomedical Engineering major to share her ideas on religion and culture. She reads blogs on Wordpress and Pinterest to learn more about health, medicine, and design.
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A music loving host family in the UK taught this Arts major English by explaining the lyrics in their favourite songs. She prefers Chinese books but felt she could better understand The Time Keeper when she read it in English.
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Repeatedly reading newspapers and doing past papers in class was boring and not useful for this Science major. Reading the South China Morning Post and sharing the news and vocabulary with her friends improved her language skills.
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A NET helped this China Studies major analyse, modify and perform Shakespeare’s Macbeth in class. Although she regards Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter as a ‘heavy’ book for a Primary 6 student, it inspired her.
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Teaching English to children in Russia made this Marketing major more aware of the language and improved her spoken English. She read the Young Post, Tuesdays with Morrie, and Charlotte’s Web for assignments in school.
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University provides this student with more English training opportunities because the language is used by most professors. Most of the course material is in English and he checks new vocabulary with a dictionary.
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An internship in Poland provided this Logistics Engineering major with the opportunity to use English in her daily life and improve her fluency. She read novels by Milan Kundera and Franz Kafka.
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Participating in a charitable event with foreigners gave this Science major a chance to communicate in English. Reading was better in primary school as the teachers would lead the class to do interactive activities such as drama. She likes both the Harry Potter books and movies.
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Books with grammar exercises were bought for this student by her mother to help her build a good foundation when she was in primary school. She also attended a phonics course. She likes Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.
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Preparing for the DSE speaking test gave this Nursing major a lot of chances to practise English. She read newspapers in secondary school. She now reads literature for her studies.
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A university course helped this Economics major to express her opinions during discussions and in writing. She read some fairy tales and novels that were made into movies such as The Hunger Games.
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Achieving good results in IELTS is a goal for this Fashion major who wants to travel after graduation. She recalls reading English passages in the DSE exam.
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Attending classes in a learning centre was how this Accounting major acquired most of her language skills. Her mother used to read Harry Potter to her in Chinese which led her to read the English version later.
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As English is not her mother tongue, this student feels the language is a challenge for her. She finds it difficult to translate Chinese to English as well as the grammar and sentence structure.