A student enjoyed the TV dramas and movies shown by NETs including Sherlock. She also read the first three Harry Potter books after watching the movie. She finds the smartphone dictionary helpful.

This Law major watches films and shows, and reads books. She appreciates how words are manipulated and played by writers. She likes Harry Potter, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Sherlock Holmes and Shakespeare.

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.

TV series like Fringe and Sherlock, taught this Biology major different accents and vocabulary. She tried to read a novel on a computer. Reading textbooks with a dictionary is a good way to learn English.

Watching Sherlock with subtitles taught this English major vocabulary. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time let her learn more about children with autism.

Emphasising the expression of meaning rather than accuracy was what this Nursing major learnt after an interview. She read magazines and newspapers in secondary school and now does research with journals.

An internship in Japan meant this Science major had to communicate with others through English. He tried to read Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes. He prefers to learn the language through watching TV dramas with subtitles.

Practising speaking with her classmates helped this History major get a level 4 in the DSE. After watching Sherlock Holmes on BBC, she tried to read the book but stopped after 8 pages.

The speakers on TED Talk videos and the actors on Sherlock TV series impress this Engineering major. She chose Before I Go To Sleep as her first English book to read because of its appealing storyline and accessibility.

Watching movies and TV shows including Sherlock and The Big Bang Theory helped this Accounting learn new vocabulary. He had to read the South China Morning Post every morning during secondary school.