That saw the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority yesterday publish its latest question papers with marking schemes and comments on candidates' performance on DSE takers' performance in April.

The Chinese language panel head said students are living in a communication environment "filled with images and fragmented text messages" and seldom use full sentences, or even replace their self-expressions with emoticons.

They are ured to make reading lists according to interests and habits and set monthly or seasonal targets to go through them.

While reading, they can jot down good phrases and words.

The English panel also urged students to read different text types to get familiar with the appropriate writing style for various occasions.

"Writing simple sentences accurately might be enough for some tasks but might be too limited for others requiring more linguistic flexibility," it said.

For the English reading exam, candidates should pay attention to grammatical prompts at the start of sentence-completion questions. They should also be mindful when identifying figurative or metaphorical language used in texts to select more focused chunks of language.

For the liberal studies exam, students were asked whether they think remote work should be promoted in Hong Kong.

Its panel said some discussions involved "over-inferences," with students concluding that working from home can create space at offices to solve housing problems. Some misunderstood the question, thinking they should discuss whether remote work should be mandatory and lost marks as they did not answer the question.