G8 Young Scholar Project

Billionaire of Knowledge

Samuel Ho G8D (8)Cheung Ho Him G8S (7)

Bryan Cheuk G8T (7)

Introduction

Description of Problems• We notice that many G8 students start to

lose interests in English• Also, we find out that English seems to be a

difficult subject for them

Objectives

• increase their interests in English• improve the English abilities of students

QuestionnairePurpose Test the English ability

of G8 students Collect their views

towards the game ‘Millionaire’, in order to design the most suitable game for them

Mode Give the

questionnaires to the students and ask them to fill in by hands.

Grade

36 students, six per class

Can already provide enough and useful information

Interviewers were randomly chosen to show that this interview is fair and equal

Which is/are your weakest part(s) in English?

Their weakest parts: Reading

(comprehension) Idioms

Their weakest elements in grammar:

Word Formation

Quiz on Vocabulary

More than 30% get all the four questions correctly

Classes G8D G8P G8S G8M G8J G8T

No. of students getting 4 questions correctly

2 2 2 1 1 3

The students of G8T had the best results

Quiz on Idioms

Most of the students get only half of the questions correctly

Classes G8D G8P G8S G8M G8J G8T

No. of students getting 4 questions correctly

4 1 1 1 1 1

The students of G8D had the best results

Do you like playing the game ‘Millionaire’

(百萬富翁 ) in the television form?

Question 5

Yes56%

No44%

Questions used in our game

• After knowing the results of the questionnaire, we have approximately known the weaknesses of the students

• We can follow those directions to design the most suitable questions in our game

Questions

These questions are separated into different categories.

Our Game

• designed by Flash

• adopts the format of Millionaire (百萬富翁 )

Other SuggestionsApart from playing our game, we also suggest

students to improve their English abilities with the following methods:

1) Do more exercises2) Speak more3) Read more4) Watch television programs with English

narration

Conclusions

• Through the questionnaire, the questions and our game, we have satisfied our objectives– increase the students’ interests in English– improve the English abilities of students

• Billionaire of Knowledge, offers a very useful tool to increase the students’ interests and abilities in English.

Self Reflection

Overall, this has been a meaningful and memorable project for the three of us. We have investigated into the subject English, and have realized the power of it. By designing our game, we have learnt some methods to increase our interests and to master our language.

Throughout the whole working process, we learnt more about teamwork and cooperation. Although we faced a lot of obstacles in the process, we helped one another, and solved several difficulties. In conclusion, this is absolutely a fruitful project for us, and we really enjoy participating in it.

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