DSE SIFTS Scripts


DIO FILESSimple SIFTS scripts

I think that we should do a (survey/questionnaire) on this topic to gather more information. For example, we could do an online survey. Do you think it would be a good idea to do an online survey on this topic?

SCRIPT 1: I think we should do a survey to find out what we think or feel about... (your own idea)/this topic, because we can put these results in our essay/ report/ article/ presentation/ blog post/ project... For example, we could do a survey on our family/ friends/ students/ Hong Kongers and if we want a big survey, we can do an online survey. Do you think we should do a survey to get more people's opinions for our project?


I think that we should interview our (families/friends/the public) on this topic to get more opinions about this topic. For example, we could interview our (families/friends/the public) in our community. Do you think that it is important to gather the opinions of others for this project?

SCRIPT 2: I think we should do an online search to find up-to-date information because this will make our discussion/ presentation/ talk/project/ workshop/ article/ blog post/ letter/ report...more interesting. For example, we can do a google/ yahoo search to find out what is new. Do you think should do an online search to find more up-to-date information for our project?


I think we should do a field trip to get more information, because it would be helpful to be able to get more experience. Do you think going on a field trip would be a good way to get more experience and useful information for this project?

SCRIPT 3: I think it would be very useful to go on a field trip to get more information for our project, because then we can experience and ask questions so we can do a better job of evaluating this topic. For example, we could plan ahead so that we can ask very good questions for our project. Do you think we should go on a field trip to gather hands-on-experience for our project?


I think that we could do an online search to get more information on this topic. For example we could do a Google search to see what other information we can find. Do you agree with me that doing a Google search would be a good way to gather more information for this project?


SCRIPT 4: I think we should do interviews to find out more information and get some more ideas, because we can use the information from the interviews to make our project more interesting. We can include interviewee comments in our project... CHOOSE 1 question only: 

Do you think we should include interviewee comments in our project?

Do you think we should do interviews?


Complex SIFTS scripts

I think that we should gather more information on this topic. We could do this by collecting more information by doing a (survey/questionnaire) on this topic to get others’ opinions. Do you think others’ (opinions/ideas) should be (considered/used) in this project?


I think that this project is very interesting, but I think that it would be useful to get more information that we could use to complete this project. For example, I think it would be very useful to have hands-on-experience. Therefore, I think we should do a field trip to gather more (useful/relevant) information. Do you agree that getting hands-on-experience by doing a field trip would help us collect useful information for this project?


I think we need to discuss what we should include in this project. Therefore, I think that we should do some research. I think an (online/internet) search on this topic would be very helpful and would give us more relevant information about this project. Do you think that doing online research would help us (gather/collect)more (useful/relevant) information?


Since we have been asked (what to include/the pros and cons/the advantages and disadvantages), I think it is important for us to collect more information and sort through what is useful and what is not. We could collect more information by doing a survey or doing some online research. Which do you think would be more useful to find out more about what information to include – doing a survey or doing some online research?


We have been asked to prepare a debate on this issue. I think that we should go to the library and do some research, because the library has online computers, magazines, newspapers, and books which we could use to gather more information on what issues would be the best to include. After we have some information, we could arrange it into what issues we think would be very useful in our debate.


Since we have been asked to (plan/organize) an (activity/event), I think that we should consider where the (activity/event) will take place, because the (venue/location/site/place) may make a big difference as to what we can include. For example, if we only have a small space and limited seating, then we might not be able to do many hands-on activities. So, where do you think would be a good (venue/location/site/place) to host our (activity/event)?


I think that doing research before starting a project is very important, therefore, I think we should search online to get more information on this topic. For example, we could look up information from various websites and then choose the information which is most useful for this project. Do you agree with me that doing an online search would help us gather more information for our project?