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My son is in Year 2 at an ESF school (Glenealy) and they have Mandarin lessons 3 times a week, learning simplified characters. His school (being rather small with only 60 students for year group) streams into 2 levels - Near Native and Chinese as Second Language streams, depending on the abilities of the student. My son is in the Near Native Stream and we definitely supplement with extra Chinese tutoring outside of school.
There is not much homework assigned to the lower Years (higher years have more). My son gets a daily English reader as well as a weekly homework assignment (which can be finished in anywhere from 10-30 mins).
I believe ESF schools - depending on the catchment - vary greatly in terms of the nationality of their students. My son's school which is in the Midlevels have a high percentage of westerners (in fact, there are equal number of caucasian and Chinese students in the school according to Glenealy's 2013 annual report - out of 360 students in the whole school, there are 92 Chinese, 98 Caucasian, 66 Eurasian, 62 Indian - being the 4 predominant ethnicities). But I believe you will find greater proportions of Chinese students in other ESF catchments (eg. Quarry Bay school or Kennedy school on HK island).
In terms of extra tutoring, I think it's up to you. I know families that supplement with extra maths and Chinese (we do with our son - mainly private Chinese tutoring and e.nopi) but many other families don't.
One thing you should be aware of is that ESF schools can vary greatly between catchments. What is true of one ESF school may not apply to a different ESF school. If you are interested in ESF, you should definitely talk to parents whose child goes to the ESF school in your catchment.
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發表於 14-10-16 17:47
