Oral Stories

This family share how they improved their English communication in the UK.

This storyteller speaks in her native tongue Cantonese about her experience moving to the UK.

Storyteller speaks about the biggest challenge he faced when entering the UK being language as he didn't know any English and how he overcame the language barrier through continual studying and developing a career and business throughout the years.

Storyteller encounters challenges when arriving in the UK during lockdown such as dealing with the language barrier...

Storyteller speaks of coping with loss of son in the UK

Storyteller speaks about finding work in Stockton

Storyteller explains her experience with discovering how food differs in the UK to the food in her home country.

In this interview, the Storyteller describes about studying in the UK through College, University and then working as a nurse in the hospital. 

Lisa tells us about how hard it was when she first arrived in the UK as her English language proficiency was very low. She studied very hard to learn it and attended college and then university. She described her job looking after patients at a NHS hospital. She used to work at a care home but didn't get on with the staff so she changed her job to current hospital. She enjoys working now as the staff team is very supportive and help each other out. 

Storyteller has lived in Manchester for many years. He has retired and spends his time volunteering for Wai Yin Society and at Dragons Voice learning radio broadcasting. 

Beside his volunteering roles/work, he spends his time cycling and dancing too.

He likes his simple lifestyle and with his advancing age, he feels he wants to preserve his calm and quiet lifestyle.