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I won't comment on the "selling" of ISF as I don't think that is relevant to the language issue we are talking about here.
Nintendo> I think you should go check out ISF's Open Day and see for yourself. Most of the kid's English are on par with other IS and that is confirmed by test results (comprehension and writing). I say most since I do think families who speak Mandarin at home are at a disadvantage since they simply get less exposure. I can also say from personal experience that the spoken English is significantly better than good local schools. As for written English, I am not sure how to compare in this case.
On their Mandarin, I don't think it is a fair comparison with either LS or IS since they spent so much time on it. And for those kids who start in Foundation Year, they are miles ahead of other schools. I think a lot of it is because in FY, all the kids start learning pinyin and given the small class size, all the kids will have to recite 唐詩 、 第子規 individually for the homeroom teacher. As a result, they all have really good pronunciation to such an extent that I feel embarrassed speaking mandarin in front of my kids Just go to the Open Day and speak with the non-ethnically Chinese kids or those from HK families.
I actually don't think their disadvantage is in language but rather in mathematics. Haven't done a comparison myself but doubt they will be ahead of LS.
Having gone through LS and then went abroad myself, this "我估敢話中英都好的都係個幾間最 top 的學校,最 top 的一批學生" I completely disagree with. Even for people I know personally who made it to the best US universities directly from LS, their English are below average. Can't comment on their Chinese though.
bobbycheung> interesting construct but in this day and age, I think it is all a question of how much time you allocate to each of English vs Mandarin vs Cantonese. Doubt any HK parent like myself would just pick one of the three |
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