Results of 55th Speech Festival

Results of the 55th Speech Festival

	Name	Class	Poem	Teacher-in-charge	Marks	Place	Comments
1.	Ngan Lit Chun 顏列駿	1A	It's Not the Same Any More – Paul Cookson	PI	86	3rd	Careful, clear speaking. You through about Patch. Now reflect in your eyes.
2.	Leung Tak On 梁德安	1A	It's Not the Same Any More – Paul Cookson	CL	85	1st	So well intentioned – now be careful not to overstate merely losing rhythm are phrasing and naturalness. What a performance! (but your must remember you are speaking poetry. Otherwise you would have a higher mark)
3.	Lam Fung Chin Teddy 林豐展	7B	"Heredity vs environment, which more influential" (Extempore speech on a subject chosen by the adjudicator)	MU/CL	84	2nd	Prepared speech Try to memorizes who you are – don’t read this! A well shaped and very balanced look at both aspects. Enhanced by the anecdotal diversion your style is sincere and given and fluent. The speech was well-structured and delivered with ease and style. Extempore speech Friends: You spore from the heart here and it was very natural and fluent. Good work.
4.	To Yiu Kei 杜耀基	7B	"Heredity vs environment, which more influential" (Extempore speech on a subject chosen by the adjudicator)	MU	83		Prepared Speech This was informative and extremely interesting. A balanced view on the difference. Your oratorical style was good with a communicative awareness throughout. Well poised and in control, you ‘held’ us all the way. Extempore speech Friends: You did not set response from the small audience but happily it did not upset you. This was sp natural in style I would have lived you to extend it-like telling us what you do and where you go with friends – style again was relaxed and communicative.
5.	Wan Pui Ting 溫佩婷	4D	Precious Stones – Silvie Taylor	SY	82		Quiver title smiling performance. Very good variety of pace and emphasis. Verses well separated. Be careful to avoid letting the rhythm value over- you did this in the last two verses – not before! Why do it at all?
6.	Chow Chi Lung 周志龍	6A	My Last Duchess – Robert Browning	SA	82		A good general attitude towards this piece of work. You put yourself in the place of the Duke and spoke aloud, than thoughts with the audience. Don’t exaggerate the words – keep them straight allowing them to speech for themselves. Simply put the emotions in the sub-text. Very good study.
7.	Tsim Cheuk Ling 詹卓陵	7A		SC	82		You spoke the poem carefully, capturing some of the moods behind the words. Do take care of sudden vocal changes – they can distract from the words. Some pleasure interpretive moments.
8.	Chan Lai Ling 陳麗玲	3B	Lies – Carol Ann Duffy	TP	82		A very gentle voice – a thoughtful performance – but prepare is much more for this large rooms. Try to find the unpleasant on water at the centre of this verse. And the delight the wickedness. Rhyme are purchasing were well varied. Developing vocal energy a facial response.
9.	Chan Fung Kwan 陳鳳關	3A	Survival – Gillian Bickley	SZ	81		A firm voice – some merely tarsal expression, but sesame the rhythm, do not elongate the somas, try to work for a more naturalistic delivery. Work for just a little more vowel control.
10.	Ng Sze Lung 吳思龍	3C	I Saw Charlie Chaplin – Charles Causley	PY	81		You spoke this clearly and with pleasant confidence. Good clarify of diction. Now aim for ever greater variety of expression and create the contrasts here. Good work.
11.	Chan Choi Ting 陳彩婷	4E	Precious Stones – Silvie Taylor	WH	81		Comments A straight-faced performance. Well phrased. Far too many weak caesareans. Try to smile when you’re saying a hopeful smile biter this.
12.	Cheng Ka Lee 鄭嘉莉	6B	Warming Her Pearls – Carol Ann Duffy	CL	81		You have fine range of expression is your voice, face and eyes. Do relax, and think about the meaning behind the words. Allow the emotion of the maid to be heard. You have a fine remix of performance.
13.	Tam Ka Yan 譚嘉欣	7A	Warming Her Pearls – Carol Ann Duffy	SC	81		You spoke the poem naturally, phrases flowing easily. Lots of expression in your face, voice and eyes. Don’t over do this however – let the words speak for themselves or just put the motion of the girl behind them. Inter practice work.
14.	Tse Siu Ping 謝筱萍	3A	Survival – Gillian Bickley	YF	80		A very gentle voice, try to prefect just a little more firmly for this large room. Sharpen richer, and explore the moods with contrast a tone colon. Develop final response.
15.	Yip Chun Fai 葉俊輝	3A	I Saw Charlie Chaplin – Charles Causley	CL	80		You worked hard to bring this life for us! You had an enthusiastic approach – just keep the pattern of speech natural and be sure the rhythm doesn’t get in the way of the sours. You had a unique style have – almost a rap – fen, but keep it natural for Charles Causley to be in the right style. Good work.
16.	Chong Sik Ming 莊錫名	3B	You worked well to bring this to like for us.	KA	80		You worked well to bring to life for us. Be sure to keep the commands string so that each word is clear. You spoke this with understanding - and enlarge this and keep the ending strong.
17.	Lee Chung Wai 李忠偉	5D	Old China Hand – Peter Moss	WH	80		Well-done! What a fantastic, and brave interpretation! This had a musicality about it which was totally compelling. I hope I am right in thinking you have these words well! It was just a slight blip in the heat of the moment! Relax now – you brought so much to this poem and gave a memorable interpretation!
18.	Lee Ting Fung 李庭峰	5D	Old China Hand – Peter Moss	WH	80		A calm confident interpretation, given clearly. Now take time to focus on the great depth of meaning here and aim for even greater variety of expression to communicate the nostalgia and the mastery, and the loyalty. Have food work here.
19.	Tsang Siu Yi 曾肇怡	6A	Warming Her Pearls – Carol Ann Duffy	SA	80		The imagery appreciated and phrasing explored. The every conveyed. Allow the pace to flow spontaneously with variety. Continue to work on English patterns of voice. Do be more subtle with the ending.
20.	Yan Sek Fai 殷錫輝	7B	"Heredity vs environment, which more influential" (Extempore speech on a subject chosen by the adjudicator)	MU	80		Prepared Speech Confident start – This was an interesting look at both features of the speech – You are communicating so naturally and spontaneously! But your pace is very rapid and it is nor easy to understand all your vowel sounds, easily, For more comfort or the audience you really need to scow clown your delivery. Your views were very balanced and you developed the speech to a firm conclusion. Extempore speech Again, such a communicative style – spontaneous! Now do try to lengthen your vowel seconds to form them fully and project consonant was ‘on the point’ but was little bit of a struggle! Overtime!
21.	Lee King Fu 李景富	7A	My Last Duchess – Robert Browning	SC	80		You had made a good study of the work, and followed the form and punctuation well. Do try to break it up little more. As you heard and full stop, or color, find the change of attack. Use this to alter your voice in pitch, pace, volume, etc
22.	Kong Chi Huen Sunny 江智烜	2A	Dear Mr. Examiner – Gareth Owen	IN	79		Quite a good start with some feeling got the mood and humor of the poem. Quite an expressive face and voice with some good use of emphasis. This was well learnt. Just needs much more variation of pace and tone to make it better.
23.	Lie Yuen Yi 李苑怡	2A	Shining Things – Elisabeth Gould	IN	79		A quiet but interesting start. Some expression in the voice let the face show the feeling as well. Try and speak up just a little more. Try and vary the pace of the different verses.
24.	Wong Yuen Ting Cythia 黃婉婷	5B	A Hong Kong House – Edmund Blunden	PI	79		Really see the opening creatives – you made an effort to sustain the thought. Let the phrases flow freely. Some variety of pace. Now really convolute yourself share the images with more tone colour – light and shade vocally and with your face. Feeling for the words made you lost the thread of thoughts.
25.	何家怡	4B		CY	78
26.	Au Tung Ching 區冬晴	6A	Warming Her Pearls – Carol Ann Duffy	SA	78		The relationship and feelings of the girl considered – the reality of the envy developed. Be more subtle with vocal responses – make sure stresses do not overshadow the mood and meaning.
27.	Koo Chong Hang 古仲恆	1A	It's Not the Same Any More – Paul Cookson	MA	77		Natural, pleasant speaking – now be sure we can hear your clearly. Really think about patch sure a pity lose of words worried you so you lost the climax.
28.	Wong Kit Chi 黃潔芝	5D	A Hong Kong House – Edmund Blunden	SA	77		You need to use more power. You spoke the words now let them flow and suspend the words now let them flow and suspend the thoughts to keep the shape. Involve you face – involve yourself in seeing the images. Work on shaping words and intonation. Share the creatives and the movement vocally and facially.
29.	Wong Chui Wo 黃翠和	1B	Roads – Silvie Taylor	NET	76		Made the Planning quite well but you must continue to work on pronunciation and to said out the phrasing. Try to vary the pace.
30.	Tsang Siu Yi 曾肇怡	6A		PI	76		You should determine not to let unfamiliar words upset you – good. You are beginning to read in phrases. Remember to project – I could hear you but I will to listen very hard to be able to do so.