Watching Titanic in primary school on the Mainland created an interest in the lyrics of the song, “My Heart Will Go On.” The student also watched Harry Potter and Twilight. She briefly looked at the Harry Potter book.

English is important for a science and web technology major who enjoys playing the piano. Her secondary school English teacher used songs for writing exercises. She thinks Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is funny.

Listening to songs and writing down the lyrics helped this student build her vocabulary. She also enjoys reading English language horror stories because the complex language sometimes hides the gore.

Listening to songs and writing their lyrics might helped this TESOL major prepare for secondary school exams. She read a book titled Emma in primary school.

A music loving student enjoyed senior secondary English as the teacher shared food and showed movies in class. He likes to read the lyrics from the Beatles, Queen, John Lennon, and Pink Floyd.

Songs from artists such as the Beatles and Bee Gees help this student with his listening skills. He uses a dictionary to find the meaning of new words. He sometimes uses English when he teaches the violin.

Listening to Katy Perry’s Firework in secondary school made this student realise that music and videos are effective ways to learn English. He read Martin Luther King’s speech, I Have a Dream but prefers the Internet and YouTube for learning English.

A teacher used the lyrics to Kelly Clarkson’s Because of You in this student’s classes. Nowadays she prefers Cantonese songs. She read an English book for an assignment in junior high school.

Learning English began with the ABC song in kindergarten for this Maths Teaching major. She did a lot of exercises to prepare for the DSE. Chinese should be used to teach primary school maths.

Songs and lyrics help this student build her vocabulary. She will read a book if the movie version is interesting. DSE students should immerse themselves in English activities.

A British Council course with NETs led to a rapid improvement in this student’s level of English. He also uses English while playing rugby. He likes to understand the lyrics to songs by Bruno Mars, Jason Mraz, and Maroon 5.

Movies and games during British Council tutorials made learning English fun for this student. She especially liked watching Mr Bean. She also likes listening to songs. She has read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

A designer recalls an English class where he took part in a group project that involved cooking and performing a drama about it. He laments the decline of English in his workplace. He plays in a band that uses English songs but is not sure about the meaning of some of the lyrics.

A trip to England exposed this student to different speaking tones. She also found some people spoke too fast. She read English newspapers in secondary school. She prefers English language movies to books, but is interested in song lyrics.

Creating a musical in Secondary 4 required this student to perform and write lyrics. She does not read much in English but English is used in her BBA.

Primary school teachers, including a NET, helped this Social Science major with her pronunciation. Pop music also helped. She appreciates the writing of William Shakespeare.

This Engineering major felt past papers instead of tutorial classes would have better prepared him for A-levels. A secondary school teacher advised him to use lyrics to improve his vocabulary. He likes Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Bruno Mars.

English Week activities in this Surveying major secondary school included debates and rewriting English song lyrics. He read High School Musical 3 for a book report.

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.

Accepting feedback from others helped this Fashion & Textile graduate improve her English pronunciation. She prefers reading on the Internet. The Man in the Iron Mask is the only English novel she has read. She likes to listen to music and studies the lyrics and recommends others to do the same.

Playing clarinet is a way for this Applied Maths major to learn English. To better understand music, she would check the meaning of lyrics and search for the background of composers. She read The Hunger Games but didn’t find it useful.

When the teacher played English songs during class, this Civil Engineering major learnt words that wouldn’t be found in textbooks. She has read popular books such as Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter.

Tutors at a primary school camp used games to encourage this Environmental Policy major to speak English. He credits his secondary school English teacher for making him fall in love with the language. Reading journal articles is difficult.

Secondary school NET teachers from the US used poems, songs and dramas to create an interesting learning environment. This Cultural Studies major learnt a lot through the lyrics of Leona Lewis. She read Twilight and The Hunger Games.

Taking part in an English language competition during his bachelor studies motivated this student to practise a lot and seek help from mentors and peers. He finds inspiration in song lyrics such as Katy Perry’s Fireworks.

Listening to music by Westlife motivated this student to find out the meaning of the lyrics. He reads manuals on the Internet to learn about skills for online games.

Songs and lyrics boosted this student’s motivation to learn in secondary school. She read One Thousand and One Nights.

A teacher taught this Management major grammar by analysing song lyrics. She reads travel guides and online comments.

Learning from songs in secondary school was funny and relaxing for this Business major. She reads articles for her studies.

This Accounting major listens to English songs by Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez. She loved reading Darren Shan’s books in secondary school.

A secondary school teacher used songs to teach this Psychology major grammar and listening skills. The Alchemist talks about personal development, a topic in which she is interested.

A course about popular songs taught this English major sentence patterns, phonics and rhythm. She reads novels.

Playing video games with a dictionary enhanced this Social Work major’s vocabulary. He reads lyrics while listening to English songs.

Listening to pop songs in class helped this Social Work major to learn the accent. She found a fast-paced read and writing group activity centring on a detective story to be exciting.

Listening to the Bee Gees and rewriting their song lyrics in primary school encouraged this Arts major to learn new words. She identified with the author when reading Chinese Cinderella.

Listening to music on the Internet motivated this student to use a dictionary to look up new words. He likes reading song lyrics as they are like poems.

Listening to music and then jotting down lyrics helped improve this Computer Science graduate’s aural comprehension. He interacted with native English speakers through messaging and chatting.

The desire to learn a song accidentally led this Information Technology major to improve his English because he wanted to study the lyrics more closely. Most of his reading centres on course material.

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.

Filling in missing song lyrics in a secondary school English class was interesting for this Management major. Starting from Secondary 1, reading had been stressful because she had to use the dictionary.