ESF IB Chinese

poonseelai

原帖由 Conniemom 於 16-08-17 發表
換句話說，香港學生是否應該選擇both Chi A and Eng A?

這問題不易答，IB 定義 language A 是 first language, native or the best language, language b 正名是language acquistion, ie to acquire and use the language in a range of contexts and at the same time promote an understanding of another culture through the study of its language. 如一香港學生生長於香港人家庭，自少在国際學校讀，應考中文A定B？

nintendo

Conniemom 發表於 16-8-17 21:41
香港學生是傱幼稚園就開始學習英文，大家認為他們考IB的話，是否應該要選擇Lang A呢？ ...

Hong Kong local school curriculum = English second language.
So technically, they can take English B.

nintendo

poonseelai 發表於 16-8-17 23:34
如一香港學生生長於香港人家庭，自少在国際學校讀，應考中文A定B？

Around 5-6 years ago, IBO stopped using the "number of years" a student learnt a language to classify where he belongs. Many IS stream students in different level of Chinese classes. So for those that have always studied Chinese as a second language, they can take Chinese B. Some students however can keep up with "native" level and thus there are students that are able to take Chinese A.
Similar situation for local students. Local students learn English as a second language and thus they can take English B, even if they have learn English since K1.

cpmummy

想請問那些大學會注重睇你考Chinese A (SL or HL)又或Chinese B (SL or HL)呢？想入香港的大學是否一定要考Chinese呢？

nintendo

cpmummy 發表於 16-8-19 09:52
想請問那些大學會注重睇你考Chinese A (SL or HL)又或Chinese B (SL or HL)呢？想入香港的大學是否一定要考 ...

I think universities would look at the background of students.
Many international school students take Chinese B, some do not even study Chinese for Group 2. They have no problem with getting into local universities (including medicine and law).
However, universities may be not as lax with local IB schools. That is probably also one reason, most local IB schools only offer Chinese A as Group 2. For obvious reasons, local students in local schools cannot take Chinese B.

poonseelai

cpmummy 發表於 16-8-19 09:52
想請問那些大學會注重睇你考Chinese A (SL or HL)又或Chinese B (SL or HL)呢？想入香港的大學是否一定要考 ...

Also depends on where you are applying to.  Taking Chinese B may be seem by US universities as not challenging enough.  I know some students applying to the US will take 4, instead of 3, high levels subjects, i.e. Chinese B high level plus 3 others.