劍鳴......好失望

charlotte2008

好多人都話劍鳴好好 , 但剛剛in完對它好失望.

At group interview, my gal performed very well.... and even I saw the native speaking teacher showed her good impression over my gal & called my gal's name. And the NET talked very nice to my gal as my gal liked the giraffe toy very very much ...and even kissed the doll.

But at individual interview, I was so disappointed on my gal's performance and esp on the local teacher's language problem.

As marked by the staff at the reception, the interview is to be conducted in Eng. So the interviewer teacher insisted asking an Eng teacher to come over.... but I stopped her... and simply said it is fine ...as long as the questions are to be in simple Eng.... and no need to request a native Eng teacher...as I saw all NETs are at downstairs.

But I was so surprised the local teacher could not even say any Eng.... and got the puzzle out ..... and then requested me to help..... then I translated all what the interviewer had said into Eng....... the interviewer could not speak a little Eng at all and not willing to draw attention of my gal. ....maybe, the interviewer was sicked of gal not understanding or responding any Cantonese.

As I know Keen Mind's standard (esp Eng) is quite good, no wonder the local teacher's Eng standard is so bad...... it is in HK here and most educated ppl can say a bit Eng.... right ?

The interviewer even did not ask me any questions like the reason I was interested in and applied Keen Mind. Anyway, it is a failure at Keen Mind's interview.

anteater

don't worry, the interviewer didn't ask parents any question.  they only interview the kids.  relax...

w_y

1. KM 中文都好深, 如果你小朋友呢個年紀都仲係要 translate to ENG 至明白, 入KM 之後幾年你都有排受.

2. 你都幾勇喎... 叫個 Interviewer 唔使搵 NET 上來.

唉~~唔好失望, 繼續努力...

twiggyland7

其實劍鳴好唔好呀?
我今日in完, miss給我印象不太好。

charlotte2008

唉 !! 我諗住local老師都講到簡單嘅英文嘛...
總括咁多个interviews, 阿女表現好果D一係就NET , 一係就肯說英文的interviewer , 就連in St. Cat. 嘅表現也不錯 , 問答環節我比阿女80分 , 玩lego就差D ...

請問我阿女中文唔好 , 係咪唔係咁啱讀劍鳴 ? 我都係問吓架啫 , 我知無乜希望 , 佢識答問題 , 答英文 , 但蘋果&香蕉反而唔知做也答普通話 , 佢只識好少好少普通話 , 只从DVD中學習.

而家仲有Good Hope一間未in, 我都不存厚望.

charlotte2008

Apart from the performance of my gal, I just cannot feel the "heart" of most of the teachers.... they are simply doing a "job". 無乜熱誠....好cool....

elmolly

中文唔好, 真係Good Hope都唔好讀, Good Hope都係中文為主既.

又或者應該話唔好讀傳統小學, 所有傳統學校中文都唔易, 而家既中文程度, 比我地以前讀書果陣深左好多.

w_y

我小朋友唔係讀KM. 但有朋友女兒剛畢業, 所以我睇過晒佢地功課, 朋友也透露過, 中文好多深字要考.

我大女兒以前也是中文唔係幾得, 不過幾年前競爭無咁大, 又好彩心儀學校老師願意同佢講英文. 呢幾年我都努力幫緊佢加強中文...中文真係難過英文好多架. 真係苦口婆心勸朋友中文要注重, 否則, 最後可能只有去國際學校至掂, 因為考直資都要用中文架. 到阿仔我已有經驗, 一直都雙語並行, 佢講廣東話, 聽中英文無問題, 暫時見幼稚園表現我都好滿意. 因為我終極目標係傳統小學, 所以即係要搵傳統幼稚園, 中文係好好好重要.

w_y

阿女下年升小一, 我而家最驚佢PTH, 中文同常識 (如派去傳統中小), 簡直係惡夢......

kerkermui

樓主, 我相信KM唔啱你喇!
首先, 你知唔知教KG係d咩人? 有好多係中五都未必pass嘅人, 然後走去讀張cert 去教, 我覺得中文老師唔亂咁响小朋友面前講英文係件好事, 免得教壞細路!
第二, 同上面其他媽媽講嘅一樣, KM好注重中文! 你個小朋友英文咁好, 唔知廣東話識幾多呢? 如果廣東話完全唔識, am班應該唔收, 好彩佢識d PTH, 面試表現咁好.. pm班有機, 不過~ 既然你嘅教學理念同學校咁唔同.. 你唔應該失望, 反而應該高興, 因為你嗰呢個面試裡面更清楚明白自己要d乜~
GH~ 肯定唔啱你, 因為朋友話.. 裡面d 英文老師嘅英文都..

kerkermui

原帖由 charlotte2008 於 10-11-13 18:34 發表
Apart from the performance of my gal, I just cannot feel the "heart" of most of the teachers.... they are simply doing a "job". 無乜熱誠....好cool....

對住咁多陌生小朋友一日, 我唔會expect d老師好有"heart"喎~ 佢肯"扮" 已經好好
我唔知大家份工駛唔駛見人, 對我嚟講, 係對住"熟客仔" 同好忙嗰日對住d"生客" 嘅分別~ 我扮客氣唔等於我對我份工無熱誠喎~

Bear2004

你所講既local teacher可能係 PTH teacher, 因為PTH teacher真係唔多講英文嫁!!

TwinkleBell

我想講教kg的老師可能好耐好耐以前係中五唔pass都可以教, 但1x年前已經進步了, 中五會考最少五科合格(包括中英文), 而且好多在職的幼師都會進修, 他們很努力去提昇自己以切合社會的需要

kerkermui

原帖由 TwinkleBell 於 10-11-13 21:53 發表
我想講教kg的老師可能好耐好耐以前係中五唔pass都可以教, 但1x年前已經進步了, 中五會考最少五科合格(包括中英文), 而且好多在職的幼師都會進修, 他們很努力去提昇自己以切合社會的需要 ...

我知道, 因為小兒N班個班主任年紀都好大, 但係睇學校嘅壁報板, 都睇到近年佢都讀咗d cert.. 佢係一個好有經驗嘅老師, 個哀豬e+讀K1, 班主任搞佢唔掂就"的"佢去揾N班個老師整治整治~ 所以, 絕無扁低佢地嘅意思
但係~ 大家會滿足於中5合格嘅英文咩? 如果係嘅~ 都唔駛揾NET教英文啦..

charlotte2008

No.... that local teacher spoke Cantonese only.... but I just dunno why my gal suddenly spoke PTH ....激C我 !!

charlotte2008

I applied for 英普班 p.m. of Keen Mind.

My gal can understand simple Cantonese....  I start her with Eng daily at home since she was 1 yr old. But at weekends, meeting grand-parents .... we all speak Cantonese.

Honestly speaking, I am not planning her to study at int'l kinder... but just wanna her to build up a good base of Eng. Now she is 2 yrs ago... and I hope it is not too late to learn Chinese.... many kids cannot even speak anything (incl Eng / Cantonese / PTH).... I mean some kids are late in speaking.

Since last month, I've started to let her learning PTH using 小宝宝學漢語DVD..... I am also surprised that she can speak out PTH suddenly...it is really out of my expectation (leaning PTH for 1 mth.... while Eng for over 12 mths).  But by now, she can speak body part, fruits... in PTH rather than Cantonese.

Anyway, I will pay effort in training up my gal's cantonese.

For Good Hope, I know the curriculum is easy... and I expect I also have to pay effort in teaching at home or going for additional classes at weekends. I like Good Hope as I agree to what the sister and the principal had said at the briefing today. And of course, I am also prefer the dragon-tier with its primary and secondary section.

charlotte2008

For my case, anyone can give advice on how to start teaching or strengthening my gal's Chinese / Cantonese ?

For Cantonese, she can only speak very little like 家人稱呼 . 洗手 . 厠所 ...等等 , 但D發音好似鬼佬講唔正廣東話般, Did anyone experience the same with own kid(s) before ?

Thx.

[ 本帖最後由 charlotte2008 於 10-11-13 22:30 編輯 ]

marcuscyrus

其實老師已經"insisted asking an Eng teacher to come over"去配合你的要求，那你失望的是個別本地老師的英語水平嗎?似乎有欠公平吧?本地老師又不用教孩子英語。

另外，昨天我們k2k3班去了旅行，我自己只是負責去玩的都累到不能，可能你碰巧遇上昨天要去旅行的老師吧。

並非要閣下認同我校，學校好與否是很個人的，或者我校跟你所期望的不盡相同，那正好讓你可以收窄選擇的範圍，這也不錯吧，祝你囡囡能入讀心儀學校

[ 本帖最後由 marcuscyrus 於 10-11-13 22:59 編輯 ]

charlotte2008

無錯.........本地老師不一定教英語....只是無諗過小小都唔講 , e.g. what is it ? ...

佢拿些教具出來, 英文唔講 , 就索性連中文都唔講 , 我乾着等 , 此時我个女就自己按掣 , 隻animal公仔彈出來.........彈哂四隻公仔後 , 老師又唔出声 , 好彩阿女情急下按低個cover, closed 4 doors and the animals were all hide up. 我都有D embarrassed as th teachers did not express what she requested indeed.

Anyway, just let it over.......maybe, my gal knows how to choose and picks sup which kinder she likes more... that she could perform well there. Good luck to u all !!

kerkermui

原帖由 charlotte2008 於 10-11-13 22:26 發表
For my case, anyone can give advice on how to start teaching or strengthening my gal's Chinese / Cantonese ?

For Cantonese, she can only speak very little like 家人稱呼 . 洗手 . 厠所 ...等等 , 但D發 ...

I used English at home too.. but after my boy knew how to speak and read in English (about 18mth), I started to use Cantonese and teached him how to read Chinese.
Last year, he used English in SC's interview and Cantonese in KV's interview~ got offer from both KG.

Actually, if you wanna teach her good Cantonese, just use in everyday!