囝囝由英轉中，現準備返int'school的K1，又到要學英文而煩惱

MaryBrown

[我看得有點氣憤。  原來,   家長這麼辛苦, 是怕孩子英文唔夠流利， 心儀的IS唔收！
 
你們揀IS, 最主要原因 (或其中原因) 是想孩子英文好, 但你們' 心儀的'IS要小朋友英文好(基本條件)才收，我覺得這樣很諷刺,  試想孩子若英文已不錯,  要那學校幹嗎? 那些所謂'出名'的IS'還好意思向家長說你孩子英文差。家長應揀有良好的語境及接受你小朋友的IS學校。 而不是'辛苦'考進這些'出名'的IS。  
 
 
就是為了這些心儀的IS,  攪到孩子語言有障礙,  醒下！未見其利已身受其害]原帖由 cuteb 於 11-7-30 18:06 發表
suzanlai: 的而且確用母語和自己的孩子溝通是最好，對語言表達、理解、思考、認知等最有利（如自己不是native)

你囡囡現在幾歲？今年9月2歲做細女或3歲做大女？她除了表達冇咁好外，有沒有speech delay? 如有，要快點給她做trai ... [/quote]

WYmom

原帖由 MaryBrown 於 11-8-1 10:04 發表
[我看得有點氣憤。  原來,   家長這麼辛苦, 是怕孩子英文唔夠流利， 心儀的IS唔收！
 
你們揀IS, 最主要原因 (或其中原因) 是想孩子英文好, 但你們' 心儀的'IS要小朋友英文好(基本條件)才收，我覺得這樣很諷刺,  試 ...

IS require students to have good English skills before joining the school because they use English to teach all subjects, target students are native English kids who are able to learn using English.  Real IS do not "teach" English in the way like local schools.  So IS in fact do not cater for Cantonese-speaking local Chinese students.

Many "Chinese" students in IS are born in UK/US/ Canada etc. and come back to HK, so usually they use English as their first language.

gardenwoods

can't agree more!!

原帖由 WYmom 於 11-8-1 10:30 發表


IS require students to have good English skills before joining the school because they use English to teach all subjects, target students are native English kids who are able to learn using English. ...

MaryBrown

原帖由 cuteb 於 11-8-1 11:32 發表
不用那麼偏激，亦不用為了那一兩句說話而激動。可能有些人沒有清楚了解入國際學校的最低要求，就是因為太醒，先要做好準備，不要想得太天真，看實情吧。

我們是看事情問題去想怎樣幫助孩子，而不是逃避問題。或許有些家長根本沒 ...

對, 既然學方都話'NOT for cantonese students',  那又何必考進進去？
 
我間IS, 學校同我講"這裡是聯合國，小朋友會很快適應這學校的英語境中，老師會知點做幫孩子與孩子交流，從沒有失敗的例子，你放心交比我！"。我當時好感動。看，我呀B不夠半年，已與同學溝通得好好， 孩子有他們的遊戲、玩意。 看到他的進步， 我應該多謝他的同學仔， 孩子有他們的世界， 大人 (甚麼NET老師 , Playgroup ) 代替不了。

dubyboy

我朋友大仔本身讀KGV, 妹讀ESF kind, 就係因英文差(其實都唔算差只不過不到佢地standard)無得升上ESF primary.

suzanlai

Which IS your kid is studying?

Radiomama

Agree.  However, good English is the very first step.  Some IS would set some more criteria during the interview: Is the kid responsive to the instruction, is he polite, easy-going, good temper and even knowledgeable.  It's highly competitive.

原帖由 WYmom 於 11-8-1 10:30 發表


IS require students to have good English skills before joining the school because they use English to teach all subjects, target students are native English kids who are able to learn using English. ...

suzanlai

may i also know which IS your sons are going? i agreed using mother tongue to communicate to the kids, but worried that they will get use to speak cantonese and less time to practise their english.... end up lower her english proficiency by the time for the IS interviews. i also want my child to enter an IS with caring teachers and cirriculum that can improve their english proficiency in a later time.

suzanlai

thanks brisingr,

actually i m sending her to Eng/mandarin PN coming year (3 hours a day), not exclusive english.  my helper is speaking to her in english (but you know that's philipino english which is not really native type), do i still need to arrange extra english environment for her?

Radiomama

However, my son and his classmates (Total 6 kids from Victoria, HMT) had attended interview for Year One admission 3 years ago, they all passed and got the straight in offer from ESF (Shatin Junior, Beacon Hill and RC)

原帖由 Brisingr 於 11-8-3 16:05 發表
I don't know which Eng/ mandarin PN you are referring. However, for those so called bilingual PN or kindergarten, it usually cannot provide a sufficient English environment for a young kid to build up ...

suzanlai

thanks brisingr for your reply.  my kid will be going to PIPS which is an international kinder, of course if she can enter a better kinder in K1, i may switch her to e.g. ESF, anfield etc.,

radiomama: is your kid regard as cat 1 ? otherwise may not easy to consider by ESF primary.  or your kid must be very fluent in english.  is your kid in english/mandarin class in Victoria?

brisingr: i have no choice if i am not free and only my helper will be taking care my child. they must communicate in english altho i noticed her phillipino english is not accurate (both accent and grammer)....

Radiomama

suzanlai,
When I filled the form, I thought I put my boy into Cat. 2, ie. he could manage both cantonese and english. And he was in Eng/Cantonese class of Victoria.  Then he was admitted to RC.
For the other classmates, one was in Eng/Mandarin class and the others were in Eng/Cantonese class. However, I'm not sure how the parents filled the form for their kids.
"Accent" is not a big concern of IS. Don't bother about the filipino english only if they could communicate well. There are teachers from India, Philippine, Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, Japan, Korea, UK and etc. Think wide and be smart.