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

Questionnaire Purpose  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 ClassesG8DG8PG8SG8MG8JG8T No. of students getting 4 questions correctly  The students of G8T had the best results

Quiz on Idioms  Most of the students get only half of the questions correctly ClassesG8DG8PG8SG8MG8JG8T No. of students getting 4 questions correctly  The students of G8D had the best results

Do you like playing the game ‘Millionaire’ ( 百萬富翁 ) in the television form?

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. Reading (Comprehension)IdiomsWord FormationVocabularyPrepositionTenses

Our Game designed by Flash adopts the format of Millionaire ( 百萬 富翁 )

Other Suggestions Apart from playing our game, we also suggest students to improve their English abilities with the following methods: 1)Do more exercises 2)Speak more 3)Read more 4)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. “ “