YouTube videos taught this Business major grammar. She likes the Harry Potter movies so she read the books to know more about the story. The movies are more attractive.

A NET’s encouragement made this Arts major have more confidence in speaking English. As a fan of Harry Potter, she listened to audio books and learnt the British accent.

A one hour pronunciation class with external teachers in primary school made no sense to this Actuarial Science major. The Harry Potter books have more detail than the movies.

Little is learnt when teachers only lecture according to this Social Work major. Novels given by high school teachers taught her vocabulary and life experiences. Her favourite book is Harry Potter.

A drama performance about a king let this Law major learn a lot of vocabulary. In secondary school, she did presentations after reading books. Her school also had a daily reading session. She recently finished Ten Thousand Saints.

Reciting a passage in secondary school was a torture for this Cultural Studies major. She read The Hunger Games after watching the movies.

A primary teacher picked a lot of good books for this Philosophy major. She shared the series of A Song of Ice and Fire with her classmates in secondary school. She likes both the books and TV series.

Tutorial classes improved this Economics major’s speech. She prefers the Harry Potter books to the movies because text exposes her to the whole scene.

Chatting with native speakers and classmates from different places let this Social Science major learn the accents and slang. She prefers the book version of The Fault in Our Stars to the movie.

Giving a speech made this Accounting major realise that the most important aspect of speaking English is confidence. She prefers the Harry Potter books more than the movies.

Tutorial classes taught this Science major reading and writing skills for the exam. He likes the Harry Potter movies more than the books.

Comparing parts of a sentence to left and right legs was a fun way to learn grammar for this Arts major. She likes the Harry Potter books more that the movies. Reading the South China Morning Post expanded her vocabulary.

Reading both the Chinese and English versions of a book simultaneously taught this Psychology major grammar and vocabulary. He prefers the Harry Potter books to the movies because of the descriptive writing.

A drama festival let this Business major learn how to speak fluently and taught her new vocabulary. She read Life of Pi which was recommended by her teacher.

A camp organised by some Canadians forced this Business major to speak English. Watching the movie, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, motivated her to read the original book which revealed more detail.

An extra-curricular course led by university exchange students taught this Business major vocabulary and communication skills. She likes the Twilight books more than the movies.

Providing speaking practice for junior students on a ‘talk counter’ in the English promotion team in secondary school was helpful to this Social Science major. Reading and discussing books in class was interesting. The Harry Potter movies are more exciting than the books.

Analysing the language and culture in TV programmes is different from just watching them according to this Visual Studies major. She compared the Harry Potter movies with the books and their Chinese translations.

A teacher who explained news articles word by word helped this Chinese major expand her vocabulary. She reads Eileen Chang’s English novels and their Chinese translations. The High School Musical movies made her read the novels.

A study tour to the UK immersed this Marketing and Management major in an English environment. She likes the Twilight books more than the film version because of the detailed descriptions of the characters, emotions and settings.

Primary school teachers told this Business major stories with comic books. He read Harry Potter many times.

Watching movies and TV series enhanced this Business major’s vocabulary and speech. Although he read Harry Potter, he enjoyed the movies more because he didn’t need to check the dictionary.

Slang in movies and TV series expanded this Science major’s vocabulary. She likes stories about vampires. Clipping news articles in secondary school helped build her vocabulary.

Body language was used to overcome communication difficulties when this Social Science major studied in Australia. The Harry Potter movies motivated her to read the original books. She likes the books more because she can use her imagination.

A course on popular songs in English taught this Visual Studies major about cultures. With the movie, it was easy to understand the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

English songs played in class taught this Arts major pronunciation. She is reading Harry Potter in English and thinks it is better than the translated version.

In an exchange to the US, this English major used her phone to check difficult words while talking to her American friend. Novels are easier to read than news articles. She likes the religious theme in Life of Pi.

A teacher took this Chinese Education major’s class to a park where they learnt about nature. Book series like Twilight and Harry Potter made her stay in the library for a whole day. She likes the Harry Potter movies more than the books.

Learning that focuses on reading and people who are hesitate to speak in English are cited as a problem for Hong Kong. Reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest made this Engineering major think about confirming to society’s norms.

Vocabulary provided by a teacher helped this Chinese major in his writing exams. Reading the whole series of The Chronicles of Narnia is an achievement. He had to take guesses at the meanings of difficult words and found the movies helped understand the books.

The desire to get a good grade in the public exam motivated this Computer Engineering major to study harder. Fantastic Mr Fox was a compulsory book in secondary school. He didn’t finish Harry Potter because it was too thick.

Watching movies in secondary school let this Cultural Studies major practise listening skills. The movie of The Perks of Being a Wallflower made him read the book. The teenage life and memories depicted in the story touched him.

A teacher quizzed this Cultural Management major on the vocabulary found in the newspaper every day. A difficult reading exam motivated her to improve English by reading novels such as Sherlock Holmes.

This Accounting major didn’t enjoy the exam-focused learning in school. He learnt more English when it was the MOI. He read The Red and the Black as well as detectives stories like Sherlock Holmes.

Watching The Devil Wears Prada in high school made this Social Science major love English. She read Harry Potter after watching the movies; and the books are more interesting.

American dramas taught this Nursing major accent and vocabulary. She likes the TV show, High School Musical. The books of Harry Potter and Twilight are more detailed than the movies.

Playing video games with a dictionary let this Nursing major improve vocabulary and speech. After watching the Sherlock Holmes TV drama, she started to read the book. Although she had to check almost every word in the dictionary, she finished it.

Learning grammar in Form One was made easier by a good teacher for this Chemistry major. A movie shown in class motivated him to read the related book. He likes Harry Potter.

Living with room-mates from Scotland and America built up this Nursing major’s confidence in speaking English. Reading Harry Potter greatly improved her English skills. The Alchemist is her favourite book.

Joining the drama club let this Business major speak more English and build up her confidence. She felt the beauty of the language when she read Harry Potter.