港產IB狀元15人 男拔最標青 本地生表現佳 平均分超全球

poonseelai

Ciz 發表於 12-8-23 12:20
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I meant taking Chin B, which presumably is easier.  I'm not comparing IB with DSE/H ...

Based on my limited knowledge, the difference between language A and B is on the focus: A more on the analytical skill and B on the use of the language.
Most people would think A is more difficult but this is not my understanding.
Language A is supposed to be a student’s first language (or the mother tongue) and B a foreign language.
What should be the first language for most HK students then?

In addition to A and B, there is now a third choice, Language and Literature.
Need to find out more about this.

WYmom

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Lang and Lit is also Chinese A... the choice are:
Chinese A Lang and Lit
Chinese A Lit

Chinese B

Same choices  for English A and B.

Choosing A or B depends on the student's ability and afforts/time they have on this subject... as I know, A is more difficult than B.

poonseelai

Annie123 發表於 12-8-23 15:55
I have looked at that section of the SIS booklet and that section seems to be tackling subject (ma ...

Annie123, you are right.  The comments re Chinese apply in particular to application to UK universities.

Ciz

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Thanks for the detailed explanations and fair comments.  My apologies for my choice of words if it sounds offensive.  

Actually I'm not thinking about fairness; rather it's about the strategy or making the right choices in order to secure a better score.  If my child's Chinese is of a standard high enough to do Chin A but tells me that he opts for Chin B to play safe and increase his chance of getting into his desired U, I don't think I have reason to object.  Whether the school allows him to do so is another matter (but why wouldn't it?).  I'm only wondering why these schools place so much emphasis on bilingual diploma which, as many of you said, has minimal practical value.  In both ISF and RC's websites, the bilingual diploma is described as 'prestigious'.

slamai

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The bilingual diploma is prestigious as it signifies proficiency in the two languages concerned.  However, U admission is more than a language matter.

bobbycheung

Sorry, everybody.
"Foreign Language courses ask for one Language and often prefer two at diploma level" 咁大隻字都睇唔到.  There is really no excuse.  抵打!

ANChan59

Mighty 發表於 12-8-21 13:24
其実想一想、DBS大家都知道是本地名校、圧力大、会谷、反観ESF学校、学生都是比較HEA下HEA下的、BUT成績都 ...

事實上學校未必好谷，反而學生自己及家長會緊張些，部分期望入名牌大學及學科，我可能是其中一個家長。
我不想比較誰谷誰hea, 因為各人樣本不同，難以比較，無謂口水戰。反而従實際的角度看lB。

我識得的朋友，如果有孩子讀lBDP，每人都說十分辛苦及有挑戰性，不論是LPC，IS，ESF或DSS學校，所以hea是較困難，如果是天才，又當別論。小兒讀了一年lB預備班，及完成lBDP第一年，因為功課量及多完化，老師的要求配合lBO的理念，用在功課時間是多了，睡眠時間少了，交功課時間較複雜，所以時間管理是明顯進步了。


在DBS，所有學生都可以選lB及NSS，學生在面試時已知道功課是不少，要求亦高，不要以為比NSS輕鬆。部分考試精明的學生不一定選lB。


語文訓練方面，我十分慶幸小兒在相對低水平，在老師諄諄教導下，進步十分鼓舞，令我們看到合適環境及師訓下，小班教學是有果效的。


老師挑戰他們的觀點，讓他們的視野拉闊，明白不同文化背景對同一事件的不同角度；學懂欣賞及尊重其他人的觀點，學識如何善意批評或給同學的正確反饋。


我看到學生的豐盛得著，遠超於38，

ANChan59

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另一位家長去信IBO想了解B，AB如何區分，lBO的回覆是靠學校的判斷及老師的經驗。

ANChan59

Littleho 發表於 12-8-22 13:12
For some schools, their academic results are affected/distorted by the depth and breath of their sho ...

Can you elaborate more on the scholarship and distortion?

ANChan59

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slamai  Taking Chinese B HL should be sufficient for most cases unless to opt for a Chinese language degree.
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[color=rgb(153, 153, 153) !important]My som shared withbme， even you go for Chinese B, but your EE on Chinese, up to certain grades, you still can have Bilingual Diploma..... I didn't cross check the validity, just for another reference.

joys2334

Mighty 發表於 12-8-21 13:24
其実想一想、DBS大家都知道是本地名校、圧力大、会谷、反観ESF学校、学生都是比較HEA下HEA下的、BUT成績都 ...

吓我一d都唔覺得佢地hea (不過大部份親戚朋友都覺得讀IS的人十分hea冇野做冇乜壓力)
但事實上是相反(當然有一部份學生係選擇唔做或打機, 咁都唔会死得, 起碼佢地行出黎滿口也是流利英語)
試想如果佢地係hea 根本唔會在public examinations 中取到好成績, 講緊係public exam喎
事實上佢地係讀到死死吓, 除了考試, 功課, projects, ,又要ECA, volunteering, summer jobs, SAT, etc., 因外國大學要看, 有時真覺得他們邊有咁多時間, 5-6點才放學返屋企
不過IS students 都好識work life balance, 所以比人感覺咪hea囉

Shootastar

joys2334 發表於 12-8-29 11:17
吓我一d都唔覺得佢地hea (不過大部份親戚朋友都覺得讀IS的人十分hea冇野做冇乜壓力)
但事實上是相反(當然 ...

Each school is an epitome of a society. There are extremes in both ends. No doubt, some students are very "hea" but on the other hand many students in IS work very hard each day on different aspects: homework, project, preparation for lessons, ECA, services, musics, drawing etc. I think this situation is no difference to local schools or school of other systems.

There is no one kind of school which is more superior than the other types of schools. There are a number of good IS as well as a number of local schools. It depends on what types of schools are best fit to your kids.

Shootastar

Whether a student "hea" in ibdp is quite different to whether it is possible for him to"hea".

For example, even the average performance of DBS (which is the second, if not the best average in Hong Kong) is 38, there are students below 38, some even got 33 or 34. How can we describe such students? Their ability is not suitable to take ibdp? or what?

hkparent

33 or 34 is not bad, if you understand the requirements of ibdp.  With such scores students can enter 2nd-tier univ in the UK.