ESF Abacus

Mrspan

是否沒有interview？ 咁hk人(no foreign passport) 係咪好難入...?
另外, Abacus升Clearwater bay School 難嗎？
Thx

Katherinee

Do u mean there arent any interviews for entering k1?

Mrspan

Katherinee 發表於 17-9-29 08:41
Do u mean there arent any interviews for entering k1?

Yes yes for entering Abacus k1

Katherinee

Mrspan 發表於 17-9-29 08:42
Yes yes for entering Abacus k1

From the website it said there will be interviews conducted in around Jan. Why do you think there arent any? Is it only abacus is like this?

貝珠

Mrspan 發表於 17-9-28 00:17
是否沒有interview？ 咁hk人(no foreign passport) 係咪好難入...?
另外, Abacus升Clearwater bay School  ...

It is called "play visit " , equal to "interview". I don't think passport matters.

Mrspan

Katherinee 發表於 17-9-29 08:47
From the website it said there will be interviews conducted in around Jan. Why do you think there a ...

Cos when I searched for info related to Abacus on google, I saw some ppl said there's no interview... but that was some years ago, maybe different now

Mrspan

貝珠 發表於 17-9-29 09:10
It is called "play visit " , equal to "interview". I don't think passport matters.

Thanks貝珠~ I thought foreign passport has priority. Since Abacus is in sai kung, it sounds more difficult for hk people to enter as there would be more competition from westerners

2pm_magic

Mrspan 發表於 17-9-29 09:21
Cos when I searched for info related to Abacus on google, I saw some ppl said there's no interview. ...

Abacus did have play visit(interview) in Jan this year for 2017 K1. Guess it would be the same admission process for 2018 K1.

Mrspan

I note that Abacus offers English and Bilingual Class.

Bilingual class has 50% of the teaching input done in Mandarin and they have 2 teachers and 1 education assistant. The English class is more basic, 15 minutes of Mandarin daily and one slightly longer session once a week. The English class has 1 teacher and 1 education assistant.

Can anyone advise me whether other ESF kindergartens only offer English stream? and how much time of Chinese is taught in one week in other ESF kindies? Thanks!!

貝珠

Mrspan 發表於 17-10-26 10:15
I note that Abacus offers English and Bilingual Class.

Bilingual class has 50% of the teaching inp ...

Other Esf kinder, no bilingual class, only once chinese class per week ( no idea about the duration of that session )

Mrspan

貝珠 發表於 17-10-26 11:06
Other Esf kinder, no bilingual class, only once chinese class per week ( no idea about the duration ...

Sounds like Abacus is quite different for other esf kindies

Quite surprised of that difference as I supposed Abacus has v few Chinese and the need for mandarin class shd be less

siubotze

Mrspan 發表於 17-10-26 12:12
Sounds like Abacus is quite different for other esf kindies

Quite surprised of that difference as ...

Actually there are more HKers and PRC Chinese than westerners studying at Abacus nowadays.  In the English stream, there is a daily Chinese lesson of 30 mins.  The level of Chinese is very basic, more for teaching a Chinese customs and transition than the language itself.

Mrspan

siubotze 發表於 17-10-26 15:00
Actually there are more HKers and PRC Chinese than westerners studying at Abacus nowadays.  In the  ...

So the Chinese class is taught completely in Chinese ?

ckml

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My boy is in K2 with Abacus now. Chinese is less than half in his class. But I was told that they took more Chinese this year (just hearsay). For Chinese, they used Putonghua in teaching.

ckml

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I guess is half Putonghua and half English (or indeed most is in English).  My boy is in bilingual class.

Mrspan

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Sounds good~ I think it's good enough if they have like 1 hour of Chinese every day.

Thanks for your info!

siubotze

Mrspan 發表於 17-10-26 12:12
Sounds like Abacus is quite different for other esf kindies

Quite surprised of that difference as ...

My girl was in the English stream.  They use Putonghua to teach Chinese.  

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