Shell Quiz on the Road 2009

The winners of Kasetsart University Laboratory School pose with their trophy, in the photo with them, Shell Company of Thailand Limited’s External Affairs general manager Sutasnee Thabthim, first from left, Nation Multimedia Group Chief Operating Office a

Kasetsart University Laboratory School (KUS) students last week became the champion of an English language quiz competition.

Tatnita Sangchotchaungchai (female student), 18 and Por Khampalikit (male student), 18 who represented KUS's team beat three other teams from three Bangkok schools in the final round of the Shell Quiz on the Road 2009. 

It was the first success of KUS after having its students compete in the annual quiz for years, as both students could win the first prize of the competition, the first time of the school being able to reach the high¬est prize and also it was the first time that student representatives from KUS could advance to the final round.    

Furthermore, this was their first triumph that they could reach the first prize as well since each of them began competing in many competi¬tions.

Of the three teams, St. Gabriel's College won the first runnerup, Suankularb Wittayalai School was the second runnerup and the third runnerup went to Rajini School. Each team consisted of two students.

The winning KUS's team was pre¬sented a trophy from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and KUS also got a Bt50,000 cash prize while Tatnita and Por were awarded a Bt10,000 cash prize each.

Bt5,000 cash prize was given to each student of the first runnerup, Bt3,000 to each student of the second runnerup and Bt2,000 to each student of the third runnerup.

The Shell Company of Thailand Limited and Nation Multimedia Group have jointly held the final round of this quiz at Nation Tower in Bangkok on November 20.

Tatnita and Por used the abilities of remembering vocabularies and hinting and guessing words to make highest scores in pictorial dictation and word - clue game sessions, beating all the three schools.

"Our teacher let us study a picture dictionary to remember the so many vocabularies," said Tatnita.

"We've often practised hinting and guessing words together as well," Por said.

Apart from these sessions, question and answer as well as watching and listening were other sessions testing the final round competitors.

However, both said only short period training was not enough to win the competition and to improve English language.

Por said he had adjusted using English in his daily life. He had watched and read English news, lis¬tened to English songs and read English literature.

Tatnita added that she had done the same as Por, saying: "I've learned slang and spoken words currently used by native English speakers people." 

They also recommended other students to participate in many competitions when any opportunities come to gain more and more experience if they want to become a winner in one day.

Over 300 schools across the country had applied for the uppersecondary school quiz competition through the internet and done an English language test screening the highqualified ones on the internet and sixty four of them were selected to join the competition in their region.