由傳統小学轉入名國際小学

jolalee

belle2009 發表於 14-10-29 08:35
好多謝jolalee及jane1983......我們擔心怕她14歲回加拿大講英文有香港口音，就如一片厚多士，大约9歲入inte ...

如果你想孩子完全無中文口音，很可惜，你需要在她七歲前便回加或進入國際學校。七歲前所學的語文會寄存於小腦的中心地帶 cerebellum, 而七歲後卻存於腦葉的auditory lobe, 相差完全是"天生"和"外來"之別。這便是為何孩子0-6歲是學語文的黃金時段。我自己十歲定居加拿大，香港朋友聽不出我厚多士，但土生土長的加拿大朋友一下子便聽出來了。我best friend當然accent比我重很多，但是少少accent未必太過重要。如果你實是很在意，希望孩子一點chinese accent也沒有，那麼你要早點回加或讓孩子早點進IS了。請緊記，針冇兩頭利，想孩子重英定重中、定兩頭唔通 (both in terms of language & culture), 現在便要好好打算。

jolalee

回覆 belle2009 的帖子

我阿媽都覺得我冇口音，其實不然。Remember, the cut off is age 7, so one of your 姪 is probably native whereas the other one still has a hint of accent that Hong Kongers don't notice but natives definitely would.

jolalee

True. Getting in at that age is more on her academics by then. Honestly I think a hint of accent is fine. I get by quite nicely :) the key is that you must realize she will not adapt 100%, which in a way is not a bad thing. You still want her to feel Chinese enough to affiliate with the modest, traditional Chinese culture ;)

queenie1985

我同你個case 有d似, 我地屋企都係加籍, 都諗緊幾時送個仔返加拿大讀書.  (佢只有2歲)

如果你要完全native, 唯有讀IS...我c6 2個表妹, 1個12歲移民加拿大, 另外1個8歲, 2個係當地做野完全無問題, 但係好明顯8歲0個個既英文係勁d同native d.

但係太早送個仔去加拿大我又唔捨得, 所以而家決定讀IS, keep住佢d英文, 遲d再去.

如果你咁遲先轉CDNIS, 會唔會英文跟唔上?

hkparent

原帖由 belle2009 於 14-10-29 發表
其實cut off期in general係before 12 years old....我讀linguistics時professor教的

Age 12 is definitely too late. I have some friends who went to uk boarding schools at form 2 or age 13. Their Hk accent is very strong.

gatochat

I think it depends on the child.  
I went to the UK aged 14, I sound almost British, with a hint of HK accent, though only my British friends notice it.  
My friend went to Canada after her A-levels.  No one believed her when she said she grew up in HK.  
I also know friends who left HK after primary and can barely speak English.  
I believe the ability to pick up an accent depends on how sensitive the child's ears are, almost like a musician's ears.  Also on who do they mix with.  I don't think you can find any school in the English speaking world without Chinese population in it!

Personally, I never judge anyone by their accent.  I believe my accent is part of my identity.  I was brought up in HK and lived in the UK for the most of my life, hence I have a British accent with a hint of HK and I'm proud of it.  

My Dad, who is a very successful man, has a strong HK English and Mandarin accent.  His HK accent did not stop him from achieving what he has achieved.

Unfortunately in Asia, people DO judge others on their accents and some fields are worse, i.e., teaching.  However, for all the years I've lived in the UK,  

I have never seen any schools in the UK rejecting a teacher due to their accents.  In my last school, we had a teacher from Ethiopia, who has an Ethiopian accent, Italian with Italian accent, Swedish with Swedish accent and me with HK accent.  All the people I have met were never bothered by my accent and certainly did not look down on me, just because I sounded like HK people.  

In fact, I have met many people who's English are their 2nd language and are very proud of their 'English with French accent' or English with German accent'.  'I speak English with a French accent cos I'm French!' a friend once told me.

gatochat

BTW, going to IS school in HK will probably give your child, what they called "international' accent, i.e., bit of everything
My brother, who went to international school and spoke only Cantonese at home has an 'international' accent.
I have also noticed my son's accent changed since he started IS, as he is exposed to different accents other than British.  He came home the other day telling me he like tomatoes (to-mai-toes instead of to-ma-toes)!

queenie1985

原帖由 belle2009 於 14-10-29 發表
Queenie: 你也aim at canadian international school 嗎？

Cdnis離我屋企太遠，我會入nis.

Radiomama

問題是：你個女能適應嗎？

國際》本地》國際》加拿大，短短十年，你叫她如何與其他人建立友誼？

國際學校也講紀律，是打從學生心中的自律培養、辯別對錯，而不是單單聽話。當然如果家庭教育沒有配合，還是不行。

口音問題已有JM回應，不重複了。