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5 English Language (2023-2024)

SBA Video-recordings (2nd Term)

Name: ________________________________ ( ) Class: 5______

Sets Self-evaluation Peer-evaluation Videos submission (checked

by subject teachers)
Set 1 /28 /28

Set 2 /28 /28

Set 3 /28 /28

Set 4 /28 /28

Reminders for students:

a. For group discussions, you should ensure that all group members are visible in
the video.
b. To enhance the quality of your submission, you should ensure that your voice
is projected clearly and audibly. Review your videos before submitting them.
c. To optimize the recording environment. You should record the video indoors.
d. You should ensure that the image is correctly oriented and not inverted.

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S.5 Second Term Video Recording (2023 – 2024)

Set 1
Part A Group Discussion
You have ten minutes to prepare for the Group Discussion. You may make notes on the note card provided.
During the discussion you can refer to your notes. The extract below appeared in yesterday’s newspaper.

Scan the QR code below and watch a video. Watch the video before you read the following question.

S.5 students from your school are preparing to visit the Xiqu Centre in West Kowloon to deepen their
understanding of the Chinese culture. Your group is having a meeting with some Cantonese opera performers
from a local troupe next week to plan the detailed arrangements for the visit. Discuss with your group what
students should learn from the performers before they watch any Cantonese opera performance during the
meeting. You may want to talk about:

⚫ how important Cantonese opera is in the local culture

⚫ the artistic elements in Cantonese opera
⚫ what positive social values that students can learn from Cantonese opera performances
⚫ anything else you think is important

Part B Individual Response

1. Have you ever watched a Cantonese opera performance? What do you think about it?
2. What type of Cantonese opera performance do you like most? Why?
3. Does any of your family members enjoy watching Cantonese opera performances? Why?
4. Would you recommend any Cantonese opera performances to your friends? Why or why not?
5. Is Cantonese opera important in the local art culture of Hong Kong? Why or why not?
6. Are you optimistic about the development of Cantonese opera in Hong Kong? Why or why not?
7. Should Cantonese opera performances be incorporated into the music lessons? Why or why not?
8. Should Hong Kong students be taught to perform Cantonese opera? Why or why not?

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S.5 Second Term Video Recording (2023 – 2024)

Set 2
Part A Group Discussion
You have ten minutes to prepare for the Group Discussion. You may make notes on the note card provided.
During the discussion you can refer to your notes. The advertisement below appeared on a website.
Welcome to Sydney’s Famous

The Doll Hospital has cared for dolls, teddy bears, wheeled toys and many other items for over 100 years.
Business boomed during World War II, when there were very few new dolls being made or sold, but today,
80% of the business comes from adults who want to restore their childhood memories or pass on their
childhood toys to their grandchildren or others.

“Doctors” who work at the family-run hospital specialize in repairing different things, such as antique and
modern dolls, teddy bears and soft toys, prams, suitcases and handbags etc. “The interesting part of our job
is that no two dolls are the same, so every day poses a new challenge for us,” say the doctors. “There is
nothing more satisfying than seeing the smile on a customer’s face when they reunite with their beloved
toy.”

Aside from doll repairs, you can also wander for hours around the Doll Shop, which carries everything you
could possibly dream of in a doll shop. There are dollhouses and hand-made dresses for dolls, with matching
bonnets and pants. Prices for dolls start at around AUD$20 (around HK$ 140), for a regular doll, to
thousands for a rare collector’s doll.

So if you have a precious doll or bear stuffed in a cupboard, maybe injured, aged and a little neglected, it’s
time to take them to Sydney’s Famous Original Doll Hospital, and ensure they will be passed on and loved
for many years to come.

You and your group study Business Studies. Your group is discussing whether a doll hospital would be a
good business idea in Hong Kong. You may want to talk about:

⚫ why people want to repair their old toys

⚫ whether a dolls hospital business in Hong Kong would be successful
⚫ how a doll hospital could be marketed
⚫ anything else you think is important

Part B Individual Response

1. What toys did you play with?
2. Do you still keep your childhood toys?
3. What toys do young children like to play with nowadays?
4. Is it worth spending money repairing old toys?
5. Why do adults like to collect toys?
6. Can children live without toys?
7. Will electronic games replace traditional toys?
8. Do you think toys play an important role in a child’s development?

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S.5 Second Term Video Recording (2023 – 2024)

Part A Group Discussion

Set 3
You have ten minutes to prepare for the Group Discussion. You may make notes on the note card provided.
During the discussion you can refer to your notes. Below is a short story from a teen support web page:

Online Writer Rises to Fame

The Midnight After is a 2022 Hong Kong satirical horror comedy film directed by Fruit Chan and starring
a wide caste of actors. The film is based on the web-novel, Lost on a Red Mini Bus to Taipo, by the 25-year-
old Hong Kong writer nicknamed “Mr. Pizza”, who first became famous on the Internet forum LIHKG.

Lost on a Red Mini Bus to Taipo is about a bunch of passengers who are lost in a parallel world—where the
surroundings remain the same, yet all humans have disappeared. It was first serialized online from February
to July 2021 and then published in book form in July 2021. Against all odds, the book, which contains adult
themes and strong language, sold 30,000 copies at the Hong Kong Book Fair.

Pizza, who is a big fan of American writer, Stephen King, and the US television series Lost, decided to
create his own sci-fi novel with a local touch. He wrote the novel using local slang to relate to the online
community. The story became an instant hit and was one of the three bestsellers at the book fair.

While Pizza welcomes feedback and criticism, some internet users left unreasonable and nasty comments.
He admits that it took some time to get used to that aspect of writing online. He describes some of the
hateful comments as “like you are writing something in your room, but suddenly someone comes in and
shouts at you in your face.”

As member of the school magazine, you are preparing for an article on how to be an online writer. You may
want to talk about:
⚫ the advantages of writing online
⚫ the problems faced by online writers
⚫ whether there should be censorship of what is published online
⚫ anything else you think is important

Part B Individual Response

1. Do you like reading online?
2. Have you read any online stories?
3. Have you ever posted things you have written online?
4. Do you think people can write whatever they like on the internet?
5. Why do online stories appeal to young people?
6. Do you think online fiction will replace print fiction?
7. What do you think about posting online comments?
8. Should online fiction be free?

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S.5 Second Term Video Recording (2023 – 2024)

Set 4
Part A Group Discussion
You have ten minutes to prepare for the Group Discussion. You may make notes on the note card provided.
During the discussion you can refer to your notes. Below is an extract of an interview published in a magazine:

Urban Dictionary

The Urban Dictionary was started in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Since then, it has become an archive for
any new term or slang word, particularly those used to describe the behaviour and activities that have
arisen because of social media and the web. More than 7 million entries are listed on the stie and 2,000
definitions are added daily and it has become the default dictionary for many users.

The Urban Dictionary documents words, photos and videos posted on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
with words/ phrases that would not be found in a standard dictionary. Anyone can add a word, no matter
how offensive or controversial. Submissions are approved and rated by volunteers and visitors to the
website. Mr Peckham said that he rarely edits or removes words unless they reveal someone’s private
information. Because Urban Dictionary’s users contribute and vote on which definitions are most popular,
it says something about our current culture—something that traditional dictionaries can’t do.

‘People have always been inventive with language,’ said Katherine Connor Martin, the head of U.S.
Dictionaries at Oxford University Press. ‘In the 19th century, if young people were using slang terms among
themselves, those words had to become very well entrenched before anything came into popular use,’ she
added. ‘Now, if someone invents a new word on Twitter, it can go viral.’

Your group has to do a project to compile a dictionary of English words commonly used by teenagers. Dicuss
with your group how to carry out this project. You may want to talk about:

• useful sources for collecting words commonly used by teenagers

• ways to decide what words to include in your dictionary
• how to present the information for the dictionary in an interesting way
• anything else that you think is important

Part B Individual Response

1. Do you like to learn new English words?
2. How often do you use a dictionary?
3. Are dictionaries useful in learning a language?
4. Do you like to learn new words from pop songs and rap music?
5. Should schools promote the use of the Urban Dictionary?
6. Do you think the Urban Dictionary is a reliable source of information?
7. Do you think slang plays an important role in learning a language?
8. Should standard dictionaries include words from the Urban Dictionary?

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