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Using authentic audio-visual materials in primary school English language classrooms Background Hong Kong primary school students are often given tailor-made ELT materials for learning in the classroom. These are considered more appropriate as they are adapted to Hong Kong students’ English language standard. However, some Hong Kong students still find it hard to communicate with native-speakers of English in genuine daily situations after receiving English language education for more than ten years. We see a gap between what students learn at school and how the language is used in everyday life. This is a sign suggesting that while we need learning materials which are close to students’ language abilities, students should not be denied the opportunity to interact with real-life authentic materials. As the English Language Curriculum Guide (P.15) indicates “Mastery of an authentic text gives learners a strong feeling of achievement and motivates them for further development.” Taking on board this idea, teachers in Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Primary School introduced authentic audio-visual materials to their students. Authentic materials refer to texts we encounter in everyday life. They usually demonstrate language in use for some genuine communicative purposes (English language curriculum Guide P.15). Teachers in Hong Kong may find it difficult to incorporate authentic materials into the classroom because they are not native speakers of English. However, thanks to the ever-improving technology, English television programmes in VCD and DVD formats give students and teachers a very handy way of accessing real life English in the classroom. This paper aims at describing how this school planned and implemented the idea of introducing authentic audio-visual materials into the school curriculum. Students and teachers’ feelings about the project and knowledge generated from the process will be presented in the following