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Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School

It had been a fruitful year for TSL at the captioned event. Our English Choral Speaking Teams, both

junior and senior, won the championships in the competition in the 63rd Speech Festival.

Senior English Choral Speaking Team - Sir’s Secret Agent

6D Chan Ho Tin, Benny

Hi everyone, I am Benny, a Senior English choral speaking team member. This year, we presented an

interesting poem: “Sir’s a Secret Agent” by Tony Langham. We spent three months practising the poem,

and it was really fun. Our teachers first thought of dividing the members into three groups. We formed the

shape of 0s and 7, symbolizing double oh seven, the code name of James Bond. I thought that this grouping

was really special and meaningful. Then the teachers thought of actions to enhance the meaning of the

poem. The part I find most interesting is when a student named Kenneth pretended to be the secret agent.

He even borrowed a tuxedo to wear and he looked really cool in it. Also, we had to hum the James Bond

theme song at the beginning of the poem while Kenneth moved suspiciously around with a finger gun as if

he was being tracked down. At first, we all laughed at Kenneth as his moves were a bit clumsy, but practice

makes perfect, he later moved as professional as James Bond and we all found him adorable. Despite all

this, the hardest part of the poem was to speak simultaneously. For that, we practised again and again.

However, we didn’t find it tedious as we learnt how to work as a team. Occasionally, the teachers would put

the three groups in a competition. The winners would be treated to delicious chocolate lollies. For the

treats, every student did their best and it was a close call every time. Even if we didn’t win, they would still

treat us to jellybeans to recognize our effort.

On the day of the competition, I was really nervous because I had never performed in front of that

many students. When we started humming the theme song and Kenneth started doing his actions, every

student downstage laughed. I felt a bit embarrassed but I kept on presenting the poem. I remember the

teacher told us that we had to be committed to our roles. I think we did a great job, though. The result

would only be announced in two hours’ time. Only Kenneth and another student remained to listen to the

result and the rest of us had to go back to school for our lessons. It was a shame that we were not able to

witness the momentous moment, the adjudicator announcing the result that we were the champion. Our

three months of hard work really paid off. We had achieved an incredibly high score - ninety marks! When

hearing the news, I was so delighted that I whooped in joy. I have another piece of good news to share with

you: we were recommended by the adjudicator to perform at the Prize-winners’ Recitals on 15 January

2012. It was such a great honour to perform in front of a wider crowd of audience and our performance will

later be shown on TV.

From the speech training, I have learnt to speak fluently and confidently onstage and I don’t have stage

fright anymore. I also think that it is an honour to be a member of the choral speaking team. It is really fun

and it is an excellent learning experience. Thanks to the effort of the teachers and all team members, we

all made the team wonderful.

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