蔡繼有 Vs Singapore international school

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Dear all mamas,

May I have your opinion on these 2 schools ? How you would choose between these 2
schools
?

minirat

azwildcats 發表於 12-11-8 10:49
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In my opinion, I think kids should learn Traditional Chinese at the beginning.  ...

Honestly I think either way is fine, as long as the learner is comfortable.  It is never too difficult to switch, be it Traditional to Simplified or vice versa.  I agree wholeheartedly that Traditional Chinese is more meaningful and the characters are beautiful.  However personally I think it might be easier for children to pick up from Simplified Chinee, especially if there is an option of both English and Chinese, they might have a tendency to take the easy way out and become resistant to learn a truly difficult language like Chinese.  Just my 2-cent thought.

azwildcats

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In my opinion, I think kids should learn Traditional Chinese at the beginning. First, traditional Chinese(TC) is the origin of our language. Second, TC is more meaningful since the words are created by its meaning. Third, TC is more difficult to learn. So if our kids learn the difficult one first, it is easier to switch to the simple one (simplified chinese-SC). However, I think kids should also learn Pinyin because they can use this method to input Chinese characters.

I grew up learning TC and learned how to read and write SC when I was in high school and college. I did not have any problem switching between these two types of characters.

minirat

Charlotte_mom 發表於 12-11-7 16:39
嘻嘻, 我小朋友就係呢種, 佢地係讀本地小學, 學既都係繁體, 但我貪平, 走去買簡體字(有時D消閒書籍, 無所 ...

其實拼音好好用。

MCLIAN

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Thanks for your sharing!

minirat

112200 發表於 12-6-22 10:01
wow... what a nice discussion here. I make myself as an example... I born and live in Hk, I can read ...

I happened to come across this old post and find this chat interesting.  I am a Singaporean who was born and grew up in Singapore.  I learnt Simplified Chinese since young.  Honestly I cannot write all Traditional Chinese characters but is able read without difficulties.  Traditional Chinese characters are more meaningful and thus easier to remember and understand.  I have to point out that in Singapore education, English is our first language, and we only learnt Chinese in the one Chinese lesson daily, so maybe it is not on a fair basis to compare the Chinese standard of a Singaporean and a HK citizen of the same generation.  It might be a different story if the same question is popped to someone from Mainland China.

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Thanks, michellebaby, . ic

橫風王道

joanthony 發表於 12-6-11 11:49
Lucky u, I can't afford SIS , n still struggling between funful n think, is ur daughter also very ou ...

what's the cost of funful?

michellebaby

112200 發表於 12-6-26 11:56
Dear Michellebaby, mingming yinyin and all,

yes, will thinkthink ... but if we put 繁簡體 aside, ma ...

我的小朋友會於今年九月由國際學校轉到 CKY , 正正係因為 CKY 可以提供到英普的平衡。(上次CKY的演奏會, 我眼見到好多準小一生和家長間的交談都是英文, 我想今年入得的小朋友的英文亦不會太差)。
不過, SIS 我不太清楚, 因為我小朋友唔係讀呢間。希望幫到你啦~

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iyiu c . thank you.

jilin1960

我選CKY

原因﹕ 經濟因素﹐CKY 的學費要便宜過SIS。
           CKY是半傳統半國際的學校。認識一些人讀某些國際學校﹐他們上課太過自由﹐老師並不太理會。。(當然﹐我不是指SIS﹐我並不了解這間學校)
         中英平衡。CKY的中文相當不錯。認識某些國際學校小朋友﹐不會說廣東話﹐卻是地道的香港人。英文成為母語。CKY 的小朋友﹐很多在家都是講廣東話﹐但英文也很棒﹗
我相信SIS是一間相當不錯的學校﹐但我不了解該校﹐所以不能評論。
         

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Dear Michellebaby, mingming yinyin and all,

yes, will thinkthink ... but if we put 繁簡體 aside, may I know CKY and SIS which one you prefer and why ? kindly share   

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what do you mean  ?

michellebaby

112200 發表於 12-6-22 10:01
wow... what a nice discussion here. I make myself as an example... I born and live in Hk, I can read ...

任何事都係由 ''難去易'' 會比較易的啦。正如 ''繁去簡'' 一樣。我都係學繁體大, 而家睇簡體都睇到 80% 啦, 至於寫就記得一個得一個 (我多數請 google translate 幫手, 哈)

但如果小朋友係一張白紙, 我一定會比佢學繁體。因為身邊有小朋友學開繁體但見佢哋睇內地版的喜羊羊都無問題呀。

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wow... what a nice discussion here. I make myself as an example... I born and live in Hk, I can read & write 繁體 very well just like everyone here ( just that I cannot type chinese ,mthat why I write in english now). I tried to learn 簡體 when I have chance in daily life, at the end  I think I can read it 60%. For those 簡體even I can read, but I cannot write indepently too. Are this applied to you guys  ? I am thinking  may this senerio applied to " 簡體 -->  繁體 " ?.........

michellebaby

112200 發表於 12-6-22 01:12
hey, do you think simplified Chinese is the trend ? especially when reach our kids ' s generation ?  ...

問題係我識太多身邊既小朋友一學咗簡體就真係覺得繁體好煩。好難返轉頭囉, 相反, 你要一個由難去易既, 相信好多識繁體字既睇返簡體字都估到一半或以上。

再者, 我記得早前睇報紙講過點解有簡體字呢, 係因為以前有好多中國人無錢讀書咁就簡化啲字嚟比佢哋學。(如果有錯請更正 ^.^  thanks.) 咁如果我哋有機會, 係咪應該比佢哋去學咗繁體先呢 ? 佢住既地方都係四周圍都繁體喎。