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發表於 13-11-11 17:15 |只看該作者 |倒序瀏覽 |打印

We have foreign passport, my kid is in a local kindergartner. I am thinking to let him study abroad when completed primary school because I want my kid to study Chinese and also the Chinese culture. The question now is should I let the kid to study in local primary school (we are old boys old girls, should have high chance to get in traditional famous school ) or international school? Headache....any comments and suggestions?

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I'll recommend bilingual IB private independent schools in your case.

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發表於 13-11-12 12:49 |只看該作者

回覆：With foreign passport, local or international?

How old is your child? You may need to make your decision quick as most top tiered international schools are either very hard to get in or have long waiting lists.

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發表於 13-11-12 13:14 |只看該作者

Do you want your kid to learn Cantonese or Mandarin? Most IS don't teach Cantonese at all.

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If you want your kids to learn Chinese and the Chinese culture, you should send them to local schools, especially since you are planing to send them abroad at secondary level.
Most good students from traditional famous schools will have a much higher level of Chinese than most international school students but at the same time have a reasonable enough standard of English to be able to cope with studying abroad. Given a few years studying abroad, their English will catch up too.

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發表於 13-11-12 14:28 |只看該作者

HinBB0624 發表於 13-11-11 17:15
We have foreign passport, my kid is in a local kindergartner. I am thinking to let him study abroad ...

What's your concern? Only about the language and culture policy or you would care about the learning environment and attitude of your kid? Which stream is more suitable to your boy? Please don't only opt for the "traditional" , "famous" or "international" choices.

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slamai 發表於 13-11-12 11:08
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I'll recommend bilingual IB private independent schools in your case.

Thanks for your reply. Do you mean the local IB private school? (I may not use the right term, but hope you understand what I mean, such as Chan Sou Yan, Choi Kai Yau? )

Why?

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donut012 發表於 13-11-12 12:49
How old is your child? You may need to make your decision quick as most top tiered international sch ...

Thanks for your reply. My kid is four, studying at K2. I know those top tier international schools have long waiting list in recent years and I don't target for that as I did not plan it. Is it possible to get in those not very popular international schools if we only apply next year? Or should I do now?

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victoryu19 發表於 13-11-12 13:14
Do you want your kid to learn Cantonese or Mandarin? Most IS don't teach Cantonese at all.

Thanks for reply. My kid can learn Cantonese at home.

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peter_pan 發表於 13-11-12 13:29
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If you want your kids to learn Chinese and the Chinese culture, you should se ...

Thanks for reply. That's exactly what I am thinking...but not sure it is correct or not...thus would like to hear from other parents' opinions and learn from their experience.

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發表於 13-11-12 16:09 |只看該作者

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How much Chinese and what kind of Chinese culture are you looking for? What level of English can you live with? As a general comment, comparing LS and IS, LS has better Chinese and IS has better English. Independent school is the mid-way point where you get decent Chinese and decent English. As for culture, I think it is really school dependent.

今日佳句: 我以往也以為國際板的家長也有質素，但現在才知deal with 一些麻煩家長也不易！

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發表於 13-11-12 16:10 |只看該作者

It's not a matter of Chinese but that many a time, students at local schools are pressed so much that they can only revise, recite and regurgitate the model answers or spend most of their time on homework or preparing for tests/ exams.
Their beginner's mind, curiosity and creativity will then be chiselled off bit by bit. My worries is that by the time your kid goes back to your homeland, he/she may have lost his/ her interest to study and learn any more (like lots of local secondary school students).
In summary, IS for sure ( preferrably one with some Chinese).
BTW, below is one admissions Interview question of the Medical School of University of Cambridge: "If you were a grapefruit, would you like to be seedless or with seeds?"
If your kid's creativity and imagination are not strong enough (due to some mechanical learning), how can he/ she answer it easily?

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發表於 13-11-12 16:12 |只看該作者

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Let's not forget language acquisition is only one facet of education. I would also think about mindset. Can your child handle the daily homework load? Can he deal with the pressure of exams? What is his reasoning/motivation for studying? …..

今日佳句: 我以往也以為國際板的家長也有質素，但現在才知deal with 一些麻煩家長也不易！

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發表於 13-11-12 18:12 |只看該作者

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陳守仁 is DSS

蔡繼有 is PIS as well as ISF, VSA, RC, DC, etc.

The rationale for my recommendation is:

IB - inquiry-based learning, particularly beneficial to the development of the child's brain
PIS - at least 70% local students
mostly adopting bilingual education incorporating Chinese culture

Some IS's are quite similar to the above PIS's, e.g. Yew Chung and KCIS.

NB: Not all PIS's are IB through-train though all the above-named PIS/IS schools converge for IB DP.

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發表於 13-11-13 11:19 |只看該作者

I have very similar situation as yours. My son is 2.5 years old and goes to so called “International” pre-nursery class now which is more like a bilingual local kindergarten. He is an energnic, creative and happy boy, but also easy to be cranky. We start to consider if local schools are suitable for him because the teachers may not have enough attention on my kid in the bigger class size compare to IS. We also don’t want his childhood to be full of pressure of homework and exams. Especially I am a working mom that I rather spend more quality time with my boy in his childhood than on checking his homework and studying for exams.

We just decided to put him to a real international school or a private IB school from K1, and we will move overseas after his primary school. Besides, I am not too concern about his Chinese language because all IS in HK have Chinese lessons and he can also take extra Chinese course after school.

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發表於 13-11-13 12:06 |只看該作者

very similar to our situation and thinking.

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