The data collection was conducted between October 2009 and July 2010 when the students were in Year 3. The study adapted McAdams’ (1993) scheme of obtaining narratives through interviews. Two semi-structured interviews were held, one at the beginning of Year 3 (marked as Interview #1 in the Results section) and the other at the end of Year 3 (marked as Interview #5 in the Results section except for An whose second life-story interview was marked as Interview #4 and Dong’s as Interview #6 because of the sequencing of the interviews and an extra interview, respectively). Similar questions were asked during both interviews. The second interview was intended to identify possible changes in the student and meanwhile clarify and/or confirm the student’s ideas and use of terms and expressions in earlier interviews.