A Swedish exchange student led this Philosophy major to learn a different accent. Reading A Child Called “It” was inspiring.
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Attending an English cafe workshop let this Arts major share her school life with classmates and teachers. She read fiction books during a dedicated session in secondary school. She likes Twilight.
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Reality shows like The Amazing Race exposed this Economics and Finance major to real communication between native speakers. Reading financial news and commentaries in Bloomberg and Reuters prepares him for job interviews and improves his English.
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Junior and senior education focused on preparing this Nursing major for the DSE. Plagiarism, citation and referencing were highlighted in university.
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Metaphor and rhetoric were introduced to this Dental student in junior secondary. He prepared for the DSE in senior secondary. He also did the IELTS exam.
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In the university English courses, this Marketing major could speak more and do presentations. She had to read many passages to prepare for the HKCEE and A-levels.
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Despite studying English for ten years and getting a good academic results, this Politics major had trouble using the language when travelling. She reads English articles for her major.
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An extra-curricular university leadership programme enhanced this Management student’s English. She enjoyed reading Racing in the Rain for an SBA project.
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A debate in a university English class let this History major improve her presentation skills. She reads history books in English to learn.
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Camping with students from other countries was a primary school highlight for this student. She has used English while volunteering on the Mainland and in her part-time job with the MTR.
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Activities, PowerPoint, movies, and computers were used instead of textbooks in secondary school English classes. This Engineering major prefers Chinese books rather than English ones.
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When this Psychology graduate could not understand the dialogue in Brokeback Mountain, she could refer to the subtitles. A regular 20-minute session in secondary school helped to establish a reading habit.
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There were lots of opportunities for this English major to exchange and communicate with native speakers during primary school. She explored different literature genres in secondary school.
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After studying lyrics in secondary school, this Mechanical Engineering student fell in love with English songs. Her favourite bands are Westlife and My Chemical Romance. She prefers design books but has read some of Shakespeare’s works including Macbeth.
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This student explains that learning tenses in English is different to Cantonese and Putonghua. She also believes watching a film adaptation helped her to appreciate A Tale of Two Cities.
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An Arts major feels studying song lyrics is a good way to learn English because pop music is a student favourite. Reading 1984 made her more aware of her political surroundings.
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A postgraduate student developed her English language skills while working as a teacher in Beijing. She read magazines like TIME to prepare for IELTS.
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Talking with foreign friends and participating in a UK study trip helped improve this Engineering student’s English. He believes speech proficiency is more important than reading.
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Researching for a project gave this Social Work major an opportunity to speak with tourists in English. He bought The Chronicles of Narnia after watching the movie.
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Hong Kong schools do not have enough time to include diverse learning activities according to this Engineering major. She played Scrabble in extra-curricular course. Reading novels by Sophie Kinsella are relaxing because they are not academic.
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Playing cards with an American tutor in a village primary school was how this student learnt English in an informal way. She reads articles and online news in English for research purposes.
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Learning in a small class included storytelling, role-playing and writing for this English major. A reading competition in secondary school motivated her to read.
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An IELTS preparation course helped this Statistics major improve her listening and speaking. A tutor instructed her to use sentence patterns and logic for reading comprehension. She reads newspapers and course material.
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Learning English on the Mainland involved more writing and reading than speaking. This Information Systems major also watches movies and listens to songs. As a programmer, he had to read a book about this subject in English in order to get the newest information.
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An exchange to Australia enabled this Management major to learn more about Aussie English and culture. He is interested in reading books about business.
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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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Getting a good grade for writing and producing a video for an English language course in university is a highlight for this Computer Engineering major. He uses Google and Wikipedia to search for definitions. He watches YouTube videos with English subtitles and reads reference books.
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Interacting with an English speaking classmate during university has been useful for this Science major. She read many news articles to improve her language skills in secondary school.
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Websites such as Stack Overflow, Wikipedia and the W3School allow this Computer Engineering major to read and share ideas about programming. He learnt conversational English by watching movies like Momento in secondary school.
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Having started learning English late, this Fashion and Textile major’s secondary school teacher gave her tutorial lessons. She read books for school assignments.
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A tutor helped this Business major when he moved from Hong Kong to Canada in primary school. He was embarrassed by his level of reading at the time but it motivated him to improve.
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Although a university teacher was strict, this Media Arts major learnt many things from her. A course book on communication was difficult to understand. Harry Potter is the first English novel she read.
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Attending an EMI secondary school immersed this Sociology major in an English language environment. She loved the Harry Potter movies and felt she could get the full picture by reading the books.
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Debating in secondary school taught this Business major to research and respond quickly in a discussion. She read a book about Sir Alex Ferguson because she likes football.
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TV dramas such as House enabled this student to learn daily conversation. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is the best book he has ever read and it inspired him to be creative and adventurous. He also reads TIME and The Economist and watches TED videos.
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Speaking English while playing a board game with friends was pleasurable for this Engineering major. She is interested in reading romance books and read Romeo and Juliet for the SBA.
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Secondary school teachers taught this Chinese major vocabulary. The secondary school reading scheme motivated her to read after class. She likes books by Sophie Kinsella such as Remember Me?
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This Computer Science major reads websites, such as Smashing Magazine and TIME. She likes reading about entertainment and photography.
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Having received education in both New Zealand and Hong Kong, this Business major doesn’t like the content taught in HK’s English class. He read an inspiring book by Adeline Yen Mah for the SBA.