2015 IB Results Reporting thread

FattyDaddy

shadeslayer 發表於 15-7-8 17:27
Bilingual diploma percentage of ESF is higher than SIS. People have a feeling that SIS has a better Chinese curriculum ...

Bilingual doesn't automatically mean English + Chinese, it could be English + a European language, and ESF is stronger in that regard so may be thats why.

shadeslayer

FattyDaddy 發表於 15-7-8 18:38
Bilingual doesn't automatically mean English + Chinese, it could be English + a European language, a ...

That is possible. However, I wonder how many European parents and students have the appetite and motivation to do bilingual diploma. Also, how many first language level European languages do ESF offer?

FattyDaddy

shadeslayer 發表於 15-7-8 19:58
That is possible. However, I wonder how many European parents and students have the appetite and mot ...

It may not be European families doing it.

Imagine a HK family who are also Canadian citizens (there are many in HK) and they have decided they'll be spending most of their lives in Canada where French is more relevant than Chinese, it is understandable that their child may want to go easy on or even drop Chinese and invest the time and effort in French instead. Not all languages are equal, it is easier to be good in French (given the child already knows English) than to be good in Chinese.

Artie

My daugther's best friend is Japanese and she chose to study Japanese instead of Chinese. Students have different backgrounds.

shadeslayer

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 15-07-08 發表
It may not be European families doing it.

Imagine a HK family who are also Canadian citizens (there ...

This is all conjecture which is possible. How many native level European languages do ESF offer would be revealing.

poonseelai

Creative Secondary:

http://www.css.edu.hk/index.php? ... id=2&Itemid=180

HKTHK

Added CSS, GSIS, Shatin College, West Island

Artie

shadeslayer 發表於 15-7-8 23:35
This is all conjecture which is possible. How many native level European languages do ESF offer woul ...

IB can also be quite flexible when it comes to learning a language.
I have said in my previous comment that my daughter's friend is Japanese and she did Japanese as one of the languages. Unfortunately, Japanese is not available at their school and she studied it through special arrangements. She went to special classes at ESF language centre for Japanese classes with students from other ESF schools that wanted to take Japanese as one of the languages (and Japanese is not available at their ESF school too). I never asked how the classes and assessments were conducted but I am sure everything is done according to IBO procedure.
I also got to know a girl with LPC a few years back and she took Hebrew as one of the languages because of her background. Again Hebrew was not available at LPC, and she had to do it online. Again, I am sure everything was done in accordance with IBO procedures when it came to tests, assessments, etc.
May be it was never my interests (and probably not most local parents' as well) so many parents never even took the time to invest into the possibility of taking a language class that is not available at school. But, the Group 2 language can be something other than the common european languages. More, not many schools can (or are willing to) make special arrangements to help students with this matter. But it is in fact possible that students can take a language which is not usually available at school.

poonseelai

Artie 發表於 15-7-9 08:59
IB can also be quite flexible when it comes to learning a language.
I have said in my previous comm ...

My understanding is that IB school can offer at Literature SL  a self-taught language.  Students study outside school (paid by parents) and there will probably be school support/supervision.  Presumably, students can take whatever language they prefer though not provided at school.

shadeslayer

原帖由 Artie 於 15-07-09 發表
本帖最後由 Artie 於 15-7-9 09:02 編輯

That his easily understood.  The key question is, all these learning of languages does not necessarily translate to a bilingual diploma. I thought you need two languages both at native level, eg English A + Chinese A, or English A + Japanese A.

Don't forget my original question was why ESF bilingual diploma percentage 13% was higher than SIS's 11%, given SIS's focus on Chinese.  I thought most bilingual diploma are sought after by students with a Chinese ethnicity.  But that may or may not be true.

Junhanhk

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gwaichuchu

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Can we add a column of "no. of students get 45 pt" to the chart?

jasonmami

http://ib.dbs.edu.hk/latestnews

HKTHK

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Thank You, does anyone know how many students there are in DBS IB this year? The news doesn't say

HKTHK

DBS added but need number of students

HKTHK

Island School and South Island added

EASTCOAST

HKTHK 發表於 15-7-9 11:45
DBS added but need number of students

2015/7/7
(晴報)
國際教育文憑（IB）昨放榜，其中香港華人基督教聯會真道書院在網頁公布，一名學生獲45分滿分榮膺狀元，另有四人獲44分、兩人獲43分；42.9％應考學生獲40分或以上，平均分38.4。拔萃男書院今年有59人應考，平均分達39分，但未誕狀元，四人獲44分、六人獲43分。另外，保良局蔡繼友學校的家長盛傳該校有一名男狀元；聖保羅男女中學則盛傳有三名狀元。

HKTHK

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Thank you, updated DBS results

HKTHK

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I am still trying to figure out why you think it is 4 times easier to get full marks on IB than DSE?

slamai

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The slightly higher % of ESF's bilingual diplomas over that of SIS is primarily due to the much higher % of RC's.

For avoidance of misunderstanding, bilingual diploma doesn't only mean 2 language As.  The official IBO requirements are extracted below:

A bilingual diploma will be awarded to a successful candidate who fulfills one or more of the following criteria:
a. Completion of two languages selected from group 1, with the award of a grade 3 or higher in both.
b. Completion of one of the subjects from group 3 or group 4 in a language that is not the same as the candidate’s group 1 language. The candidate must attain a grade 3 or higher in both the group 1 language and the subject from group 3 or 4.