令小朋友近似native English speaker

R.Monique

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你小朋友幾多歲?  每星期返多少天? 班中小朋友有外國人嗎?

我都硏究緊TT同Woodland, 但其實2間都不近我屋企, TT好在pg是英普(個人偏好), 但Woodland pg主力是英.

除pg外, 我亦諗緊會否給阿囡K1轉去TT/Woodland, 而Woodland好似語境更好(聽講多些外國小朋友讀), TT冇extended (我上他們的website見有, 但send email去問又回覆冇）, 但Woodland 有全日.  當然若我plan讀那間的k1(即pre-school), 正常我應join讓間的pg, 才較易接住上.

但令我煩惱的是阿囡12月返本地N班, 我係想 keep住給她上英文/英普playgroup, 但她返學時間是12:30-4:30 (連埋搭校車時間), 她那麼細, 要多睡覺, 故我又想不到怎樣給她報, 報上午playgroup (例如9-11), 返到屋企也11:45, 還要吃東西, 又沒有小睡, 之後便返學, 根本就似乎行不通(雖然有朋友說小朋友可以不午睡), 但我囡似乎沒有午睡的日子, 脾氣很差, 很易扭計. 返下午班的問題真是冇時候去做其他東西.

貝珠

樓主那一區方便？boxhill , joyful ,n 班語境也非常好，N班基本上唔會認字，我唔明白點解你要上local 幼稚園，冇語境，但自己用有限英文教小朋友，又再諗上英文playgroup .

貝珠

我建議入一間語境好的nursery , 以研究來說，最少exposure 30% 才可以pick up a foreign language as native speaker , 小孩毎天睡覺12 小時，即係要immerse 在英語環境3.6 小時。tutor time 唔係唔好，但只有一半時間用英文。你自己英文oral 如何？能冇礙表達自己嗎？vocabulary 夠嗎？我建議轉語境好的nursery , 上以英語為medium of communication 的興趣班，請NET 陪玩，多看英文書。

shadeslayer

R.Monique 發表於 17-6-13 12:42
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你小朋友幾多歲?  每星期返多少天? 班中小朋友有外國人嗎?

着重甚麼，便為孩子安排上相關的學校，一字咁淺。

着重中文便上中文幼稚園小學，着重英文文便上英文幼稚園小學，着重中文英文便上中文英文雙語平衡的幼稚園小學。

着重知識便上知識形幼稚園小學，着重創意自主，便上啟發形幼稚園小學。

有乜好諗呢？除非你想讀間易入的中文幼稚園，但又要中英雙絶咁離地者。唔係唔得，如果咁易就人人中英雙絕，知識豐富兼創意爆棚，又有主見，入梗牛劍喇。

sweetbaby13

R.Monique 發表於 17-6-13 12:42
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你小朋友幾多歲?  每星期返多少天? 班中小朋友有外國人嗎?

我有兩個女，一個三歲一個兩歲！我一年前係 ANFIELD轉去TT，一星期番三日！班入面都多外國小朋友，我兩個女好鐘意同D MIX既小朋友玩！ WOODLAND我連SUMMER PROGRAMME都無試過，所以答唔到你佢好唔好！但當初我選擇TT都係因為佢英普教學，重點係我兩個女好鐘意！ 我同我老公普通話都唔太好，有時講簡單生字佢會糾正我地發音，超好笑！ 英文方面，我覺得佢地係學得快左，最開心係佢地番黎會SHARE好多學校野我知，家姐不停講，細妹又跟住答咀！
黎更我諗住比家姐係TT讀K1, 其實你不如帶左小朋友去睇下個環境佢鐘唔鐘意先，我覺得呢點好重要！再唔係就報短期SUMMER PG，一黎你唔洗COMMIT甘耐，二黎可以睇下小朋友鐘唔鐘意！

至於你話返學時間個D，就真係要睇你點取捨！我自己當初係覺得，廣東話佢係屋企都可以學到，同呀爺個D都係講廣東話，所以我就選擇左英普 playgroup！樓上都講得岩，你要清楚自己想要咩先好去決定！

R.Monique

sweetbaby13 發表於 17-6-14 10:09
我有兩個女，一個三歲一個兩歲！我一年前係 ANFIELD轉去TT，一星期番三日！班入面都多外國小朋友，我兩個女 ...

請問現在返TT 一星期三堂，每月多少費用？要排嗎？另，亦想知道K1學費如何 (我問了，但回覆說不能給我fee schedule, 只是粗略說約$10000（每星期五天），又說冇extended program, 但網上又說有?  

貝珠

Believe it or not. Even in international schools, teachers always emphasise using of mother tongue in the family. Children will learn better second language with good mother tongue foundation.  

shadeslayer

貝珠 發表於 17-6-14 15:29
Believe it or not. Even in international schools, teachers always emphasise using of mother tongue i ...

Trouble is, English based IS need the children to learn English NOT as a second language.

貝珠

For school admission in early age, schools accept students with certain level of English standard, it is ok for not up to native level. Once you get in, of course schools expect native level of English when students get older, however, schools encourage speaking in your home language at home. They are confident that school will provide sufficient environment for English immersion. I cannot speak for all IS but I was told repeatedly with this philosophy in esf schools.

shadeslayer

貝珠 發表於 17-6-14 21:30
For school admission in early age, schools accept students with certain level of English standard, i ...

I am not saying using mother tongue at home is wrong, I am just saying the statement about mother tongue helps learn English as a second language creates dilemma for some parents as some schools expect native level English before admission, not coming to school and learn native level English.

貝珠

shadeslayer 發表於 17-6-14 23:04
I am not saying using mother tongue at home is wrong, I am just saying the statement about mother t ...

Understand, so 樓主may not be best fit in GSIS. But she definitely can consider other IS which encourage using mother tongue at home

qpalzm

Far be it from me to say what's best for OP's little one, but I guess you will be surrounded by a motley of cultures and accents in an international school.

I wonder if English learned in such environment can be called "native".

shadeslayer

qpalzm 發表於 17-6-15 11:04
Far be it from me to say what's best for OP's little one, but I guess you will be surrounded by a mo ...

why not?

sweetbaby13

R.Monique 發表於 17-6-14 11:16
請問現在返TT 一星期三堂，每月多少費用？要排嗎？另，亦想知道K1學費如何 (我問了，但回覆說不能給我fee  ...

一星期三日，一個月大概7千幾！我上年入個時就唔洗排，咁岩AM有位呀，但而家我就唔清楚，我諗你最好打去問下！K1係大概＄10000到呀 （一星期5天）
我小朋友係寶馬山個間讀，佢地有EXTENDED PROGRAM呀！但我唔知係咪間間一樣，同埋下午堂可以選擇幾多日，唔一定日日都上EXTENDED ！通常如果佢地上EXTENDED個D日子，我會預備好飯盒比佢地，係學校有人睇住佢地食

R.Monique

sweetbaby13 發表於 17-6-16 14:54
一星期三日，一個月大概7千幾！我上年入個時就唔洗排，咁岩AM有位呀，但而家我就唔清楚，我諗你最好打去問 ...

唔該曬，我問咗，中環下學年冇extended program, 係間間唔同

Atecila

Covenant2017 發表於 17-6-15 10:59
GSIS也鼓勵父母在家用自己的母語跟孩子溝通。

Good to know. So GSIS also believes children should retain their mother tongue? I heard some theory saying using mother tongue first before learning a second language is better. A bit off topic- but wondering if you may share your experience with GSIS which I understand is an elite school? Seems they are highly selective and cherry pick the best/smartest students only ( I guess just having native level of English isn't enough). Are all the kids there super smart?

星星的後裔

Nbs 發表於 17-6-9 14:51
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yeh 要做到好似native 甘真係唔容易。真係要全屋企人連親戚都係 ...

我同意你既講法。 要去到Native 係另一層次，同聽得明及講得流利是不同的。多數香港人死讀書面語法，表達唔到個神韻出黎。中文：近日喜歡做什麼？最近搞咩多？搞緊咩？ 三句差唔多意思， 邊個最地道？ 有d 野係無書會教。

Atecila

Covenant2017 發表於 17-6-17 08:04
國際學校版那邊最近有一標題有關GSIS，你可看看了解多些。
其實無論是否為了更好學習外語，父母也應該或必 ...

Thanks for the detailed info! Very useful. The school seems excellent indeed and provides a very good learning environment . I don't dare to think that my little one would be bright Enough to be selected for GSIS. Your son must be very bright- do u mind sharing how you nurture your son And train up his  native English?