| Reading (9) | Reading comprehension (4) | - Summarize the main ideas of the texts after reading books/articles/watching movies (3) - Write comments after reading books/articles/watching movies (1) - Take some notes when reading (1) | 4/11 (36.4%) | 9/44 (20.5%) |
| Reading efficiency and effectiveness enhancement (e.g. scanning and skimming skills, reading speed) (6) | - Record the time on finish reading passages (1) - Read newspapers/magazines/books and write summaries after reading (3) - Practice reading different types of books (1) - Read different types of texts on a regular basis (1) | 6/11 (54.5%) | ||
| Reading habit cultivation (1) | - Read English newspapers, Academic journals and write reviews (1) | 1/11 (9.1%) | ||
| Vocabulary (21) | Idioms and slangs learning (2) | - Watch movies/TV drama, documentaries and jot down interesting expressions (1) - Read more books about idioms and slangs (1) - Try to use idioms and phrases to make new sentences (1) - Use the idioms and slangs learned in writing online blogs (1) | 2/25 (8.0%) | 21/44 (47.7%) |
| Increase knowledge related to phrasal verbs (1) | - Find A Word List Of Phrasal Verbs, Memorize, understand and apply these words in use (1) | 1/25 (4.0%) | ||
| Increase in vocabulary size (20) | - Read authentic materials (e.g. Leaflet, newspapers etc.); watch tv shows in english (5) - Check the meaning and how the words are used in dictionary (1) - Collect different types of formal letter for reading (1) - Write down new words met in reading and make a vocabulary notebook (2) - Jot down new words and use them in making new sentences/writing comments on newspaper clippings (2) - Find a word list of phrasal verbs, memorize, understand and apply these words in use (1) | 20/25 (80.0%) | ||
| Acquirement of a specific sort of vocabulary (e.g. food vocabulary) (2) | - Read more English news related to sports and watch sports videos in English (1) - Jot down new words (1) - Try to write sports news (1) - Collect some guidelines or leaflets from shops/malls and group the words on them into different categories (1) | 2/25 (8.0%) | ||
| Grammar (8) | Prepositions learning (1) | - Do more grammar exercises (1) - Highlight the prepositions used in different articles (1) | 1/9 (11.1%) | 8/44 (18.2%) |
| Correct use of sentence structure (2) | - Read grammar books to figure out proper usages of sentence structures in different genre (1) - Borrow English grammar books to read (1) | 2/9 (22.2%) | ||
| Spelling accuracy improvement (1) | - Read newspapers and underline some words (1) - Write down the wrongly-spelled words and bear in mind the correct spelling (1) | 1/9 (11.1%) | ||
| Correct use of tense (1) | - Do more grammar exercises (1) - Write some sentences (1) | 1/9 (11.1%) | ||
| An overall improvement in grammar (4) | - Frequently refer to grammar books when writing summary of books/movies (1) - Read more english grammar books (1) - Read english grammar textbooks, memorize the rules and try to apply them in writing blogs (1) - Read more grammar books and do some proof-reading exercises (1) | 4/9 (44.4%) |