Playing card games in secondary school entertained this Chinese major and helped improve his vocabulary. He has read Batman comics.
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A primary school NET turned this student’s noisy classmates into English learners with games. His reading skills were tested in the A-level exams.
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A three-week summer visit to Canada in Secondary 3 improved this Business major’s English because she had to interact with locals. She spent a lot of time reading DSE papers.
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English was the MOI during drama performances experienced by this Business major in secondary school. She created a news journal in secondary school by reading the South China Morning Post.
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Joining a workshop held by a secondary school teacher required this Arts major to speak English. She built a reading habit after her mother encouraged her to join a library programme.
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When this Linguistics major first learnt English from a native-speaking tutor, he was unable to comprehend what the teacher said. Reading blogs that he was interested in increased his motivation to learn.
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Past papers were a daily routine during this Japanese Studies major’s high school life. She doesn’t like reading but has to get through a lot of passages for university.
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Sitting and listening to the teacher in high school classes was a boring experience. One of the highlights back then was reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for a book report.
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Using English while travelling in Canada was more comfortable for this Social Science major because it didn’t involve being tested. YouTube videos helped her understand a book on morality.
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Organising a booth trained this Accounting major to speak English with confidence. She read the book Tuesdays with Morrie after watching the movie.
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In Form Three, this Social Science major spoke with foreigners in English for this first time when they visited her school. Her favourite author is Dan Brown and she read The Da Vinci Code.
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A secondary school scheme included a trip to England where this student treasured visiting a local family. Although she read the Life of Pi, she thinks the movie was more impressive.
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English was the only language allowed in a camp attended by this student while in secondary school. She says that because she attended a CMI school, she did not read many English books.
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An exchange in Italy provided this Engineering and Management major the opportunity to practise her English with other students. Although she likes Harry Potter, it is difficult to finish the whole book.
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An English Teaching major worked in a group as part of a competition to transform a poem into a video in secondary school. She also read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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A free university English camp attended by this Science major included playing board games and watching movies. The Hunger Games is thrilling and exciting; the book is better than the movie.
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This student liked the storybooks, group discussions, and relaxed teaching style at the international primary school in Shanghai. Using “English as a First Language” and reading The Thing They Carried during IB programme were memorable.
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Chatting with foreigners allowed this Chinese major to discover elements of the language that she didn’t learn in formal lessons. Reading Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom taught her about the lives of people in other countries.
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A university language course prepared this Business major for his undergraduate studies in the US. He finds reading textbooks in university memorable; he has to skim through the books because he doesn’t have enough time.
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Listening to music and then jotting down lyrics helped improve this Computer Science graduate’s aural comprehension. He interacted with native English speakers through messaging and chatting.
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Preparing for TOEFL, the Business major stayed in her room studying intensively for three months. Reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People made her realise she had made progress with English.
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Taking IELTS motivated this Nursing major to revise English. She read literature, such as short stories and poems, for IGCSE.
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In secondary school, this Accounting major was able to practise his spoken English by performing a drama. He read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
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Joining an English drama competition required this Law student to write scripts and perform on stage. She read the South China Morning Post and clipped news articles every night to prepare for A-level exams.
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Secondary school NET classes were different to exam-oriented ones because this Law major read books like Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She likes Les Misérables because it tells a story from a different perspective.
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English was a brand new language for this Science major in primary school. She has read The Little Prince. Much of her course material is in English.
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A teacher made secondary school English classes fun with games. This Nursing major read textbooks to prepare for the DSE and also Harry Potter, TIME, user guides, and reference books from library
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English speaking ambassadors in this student’s secondary school took part in themed activities like Halloween. She read articles posted on the back of the toilet door.
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Starting at 15, this student travelled for exchanges to the US, Scandinavia, and Africa. She watched Sesame Street VCDs when she was young and believes that cultivated an interest in Teen Titan comics.
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This student had to work out how to get food and drink coupons during an English speaking day in junior secondary school. She read the newspaper in senior secondary.
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English enhancement lessons at a Canadian university were interesting because the classes included videos and intercultural communication. This Food and Nutrition major reads a lot of academic material in the field of Life Science as it helps with research for projects.
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Classes at a language centre were interesting due to the background of the tutors who taught grammar, writing and presentation skills. Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers is a logically written book about why people are successful.
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Watching movies and listening to songs helps develop writing, listening and speaking skills according to this Management major. He likes to read Harry Potter because it is easy to understand. He read the South China Morning Post in secondary school.
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Activities using songs, films, and stories interested this Liberal Studies teaching major. It improved her pronunciation. She likes the magic of Harry Potter and mystery of Sherlock Holmes.
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A teacher in kindergarten used pictures to illustrate stories for this student. Grammar exercises were dull and exam-oriented secondary education allowed limited room to explore English.
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Friends helped this student to train his language skills. He reads other people’s comments when he watches movies on YouTube but he doesn’t write anything himself.
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A Primary 5 classroom activity involved acting in a role-play for this Social Work major. The Lost Symbol took a long time to read but it was exciting.
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When this Engineering major was small, he learnt a lot of vocabulary by watching a video shown by his mother. Inspired by his friends in high school, he stayed up all night to read a novel.
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An English learning programme in the UK gave this Computer Science major a chance to speak with the local people. He sometimes reads magazines in the library. He gave up after reading one chapter of the Great Gatsby.