CIS : languages

hong0706

I attended the information session last week and there was a short presentation given by the head boy and head girl. The head boy said he started in CIS since reception, but i was a bit surprised that his english, while very fluent, is not native at all and retain quite a bit of HK accent, whilst his mandarin is simply appauling. The head girl instead said she was with CIS for only 3 girls and both her english and mandarin are quite native. Anyone knows where she is from? Also, is langugage environmnet in CIS not enough, or simply because boys aren't as good as girls in second languages?

Hope to know more from CIS parents, and from parents whose kids had spent quite some years in IS.

Jane1983

愛比較，係中外都有，鬼婆虎媽狠起來，一樣吾係講笑。

英文，好到一定程度就够，再比，就睇内容。IQ，高到過左一定的threshold，要更上一層樓，就睇EQ，personal skills，和有無想像力等……

oooray

其實愛比較係人之常情，不分中外。但開壇公審就好有特色。

nintendo

I sometimes wonder when will HK parents be truly open minded?
Would a parent have similar concerns if the head boy was from France and had strong French accents (and flaws) in his English?
Hong Kong is an interesting place.

lui

原帖由 nintendo 於 15-09-25 發表
I have very little expectations from head students, to be honest. However, I do believe they probab ...

True. In IS, one is able to join the school team of whatsoever as long as he or she wants. For my gal, she joins the school basketball team representing her school to have inter schools competitions. They didnt perform well indeed. But still, it's up to the student if she or he likes to join.  This open the opportunity to every child who wants to do. I admire this culture as U will never see it happen in a local school. I understand the thread owner concerns why not the head boy  of CIS speaks very good English. Maybe if there is a chance, check out other students from cis if they speak good English by observing at the school entrance during off school time. This is one of the possible and good way to feel it.

Qso

原帖由 nintendo 於 15-09-25 發表
The boy had the chance to do the presentation probably only because he was a head boy. Head students ...

Well said

nintendo

964000 發表於 15-9-25 10:36
I heard from a real friend directly. But I won't take it too seriously. I don't expect that a headbo ...

I have very little expectations from head students, to be honest. However, I do believe they probably have the charisma and attract fellow students voting.
Every now and then, we see parents challenging the specific ability of a certain student. I would say that the quality of one or even two or three students can hardly represent the general quality of students.
Like I said, head students are not school chosen. And usually IS are not too concerned if they show the so-called "no so good" part of their school. So we always see students that are not exactly very good in sports teams, or competitions representing the school. In this case, they have allowed this boy to speak in front of outsiders.
In local schools, the school would have hand picked the best students to do this job.

964000

原帖由 nintendo 於 15-09-25 發表
I heard similar comments before too. Some also from here in EK.

I heard from a real friend directly. But I won't take it too seriously. I don't expect that a headboy must be the most presentable one, 又不是選香港小姐。Moreoever I think many people tend to deify these top schools with over expectations and imagination.

nintendo

The boy had the chance to do the presentation probably only because he was a head boy. Head students were usually chosen (voted) by students and not by the school.
Then you may wonder, if the head boy has very flawed english, why let him do the presentation?
I cannot say for CIS, but that is the culture of most IS.
May be local elite schools would hand pick students to do these tasks, most IS would just let things flow along like it would be.
CIS is not a school where no chinese is used at school. There are a lot of local chinese families that put children in international schools. Even at ESF, with very strict policies that hinder non-native english families entering the system, parents can get around with these policies and there are lots of students that are not native english speakers.
So may be parents should stop fantasising that students at IS are perfect.

nintendo

964000 發表於 15-9-23 16:34
I believe in you, I have heard similar comments before from previous years.

I heard similar comments before too. Some also from here in EK.

shadeslayer

原帖由 samsam123321 於 15-09-24 發表
本帖最後由 samsam123321 於 15-9-24 20:23 編輯

我無內幕資料。平均分差2分已差好遠。香港lB校，今年最高分同最低分只差7分左右。如果唔計最高個間同最低個間，絶大部份學校平均分在5分多之間。

samsam123321

shadeslayer 發表於 15-9-24 20:13
個別家長的事不能上剛到全校係咁。同楊X琪孩子入學整 cheap 間學校一樣。



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del.....

shadeslayer

原帖由 samsam123321 於 15-09-24 發表
即係各家長們好似波叔，小朋友事要大家理。

個別家長的事不能上剛到全校係咁。同楊X琪孩子入學整 cheap 間學校一樣。

samsam123321

shadeslayer 發表於 15-9-24 19:21
點為之內裏好似波叔咁？

即del.

shadeslayer

原帖由 samsam123321 於 15-09-24 發表
但想起波叔，會不會内裹都好似波叔咁樣？

點為之內裏好似波叔咁？

samsam123321

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If it doesn't feel right, don't send your children there.

Believe in your gut feeling.

There are many other top IS in HK.

Sc21

原帖由 samsam123321 於 15-09-23 發表
有無例子？

I always thought CIS is the most competitive.....
Which one is more difficult?

964000

原帖由 hong0706 於 15-09-23 發表
I think it is up to you to believe it or not, or you can choose to go to see for yourself.

Anyway, ...

I believe in you, I have heard similar comments before from previous years.