When reading English text, this retired Teacher prefers shorter works such as National Geographic or weekly magazines.
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Interacting with Australian teachers in secondary school was a good way for this Chinese History major to practise speaking English. She likes fiction and read The Mortal Instrument: City of Bones, Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes.
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Interviewing travellers at the airport during primary school was the first time that this student had spoken to foreigners. Her secondary school teacher asked the class to rewrite the endings of the readers. She enjoys Marvel and DC comics.
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After moving to Hong Kong, this Biology major had difficulty learning English in primary school. She feels English is essential in life and it is important to start learning at an early stage. The plot in Twilight attracted her.
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Preparing for a competition helped build a good foundation in speaking, reading and writing. Studying in Hong Kong gave this Engineering major easier access to English reading materials. She also read BBC News.
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Primary school teachers told this Business major stories with comic books. He read Harry Potter many times.
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This Philosophy major played the Joker in a high school drama based on the movie The Dark Knight. He says Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is elegant and dignified.
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Foreign tutors introduced this Creative Media to Scrabble when they visited his primary school. He likes drawing and reads books and online articles about art.
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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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The Hunger Games and Harry Potter are good books but they are too thick to read in English for this Graphic Designer. She attended the Book Fair with her friend and was looking mainly for design books.
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Doing dictation, past papers, and grammar exercises made up most of this Property Management major’s secondary school life. He read The Witches for a book report but doesn’t want to read anymore English books.
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An ELT lecturer shared personal experiences with this Anthropology major’s class. Some ethnographies are written as if they were telling stories about culture and human behaviour. She once read about foot binding in the SCMP.
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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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Without the help from her family, this Geography major studied dictation by herself. A literature course in secondary school made her realise that reading could improve her English.
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A summer camp organised by Canadian students gave this Geography major a chance to speak and play games using English. She read Harry Potter while listening to the audio book.
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A primary school teacher used games and fun activities like a trip to the supermarket to teach this Computer Science major English. She read For One More Day because Mitch Albom is her favourite writer.
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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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This Physics major attended a school with teachers from different countries. Her family members can speak English but they mostly use Chinese at home.
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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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A secondary school teacher used movies to teach this Accounting major vocabulary and writing. She didn’t read many English books.
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A private tutor helped this student improve and inspired him to become an English teacher. He read the works of George Orwell and Noam Chomsky as he was a student of both literature and linguistics.
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International school students gave English lessons at this Statistics major’s secondary school. He searches the Internet for articles about topics related to his major.
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Doing extra reading to prepare for the DSE exam was helpful for this Physics major. He read Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time as it was popular but he didn’t find it spectacular.
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Understanding exchange students in the university hostel took some time for this Art major. She read The Book Thief after choosing randomly while shopping.
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Studying Corpus Linguistics has deepened this English major’s understanding of language. She learnt a lot through reading novels in secondary school. She now prefers to read English novels rather than the translated ones.
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Watching Romeo and Juliet in class allowed this Accounting major to learn more about the story as well as English. She finished the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella in secondary school.
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Grammar, pronunciation as well as basic and advanced English were all part of this Education major’s learning. She has taken IELTS.
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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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Extra-curricular tutorials during primary school were more relaxing than formal lessons for this Engineering major. She’s a fan of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Merchant of Venice.
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A teacher made this student’s learning interesting with stories. He used to read novels at home after supper. He uses a dictionary to learn new vocabulary.
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This Electrical Engineering major and her high school classmates appreciated that the foreign English teachers had talked about their daily life in Europe and the US. The first English book she read was The Hunger Games and she plans to read more fiction such as The Hobbit.
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A NET in secondary school showed movies with subtitles that helped this Dentistry major improve his pronunciation. He chose science fiction books for the junior form reading session.
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Acting in Romeo and Juliet was different to sitting in the classroom for this student. He seldom reads English books but uses the language in university engineering classes.
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Preparing for the TOEFL test involved watching films, listening to the radio and talking. This Business major read the Harry Potter series and notes the talent, honesty, loyalty, kindness and happiness of the writing.
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Getting a good grade on the DSE is about knowing the right formula according to this Product Design major. Apart from learning the formula from her teacher, she prepared by watching YouTube videos and listening to music at home.
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Learning the pronunciation of A to Z in secondary school was not expected by this Medical student. Sophie Kinsella’s books make her cry. The first book she read from the author is Can You Keep a Secret?
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This Journalism major put her English into practise when she successfully made an order at a fast food restaurant. She reads textbooks about communication.
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A NET from England provided speaking practice opportunities for this student. She did a lot of reading to pass the Gaokao and now reads academic material for her university course.
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Doing many exercises in class was useful for exams but not for the daily life according to this Psychology major. Reading Harry Potter in primary school was rewarding.