中一面試DGS/MCS討論

kxxx000

我只知係個校長親自面試揀學生(DGS)，詳細就唔知啦。又聽聞MCS唔少好先生退咗，間學校就跌咗啲。

ki33221100

I also want to know that, any people have the interest?

Vernique2005

Hi!

I guess the first step is still to build up a solid foundation before moving on to interview classes.
Do your children have a habbit of reading on their own? Do they have series of books that they enjoy?
This is one of the most commonly asked questions, and it's clear to the teacher whether a candidate really reads or not.

kissie

Academic standard of DGS and MCS are both as high as each other, without counting the no. of 10A in HKCEE since MCS students are not allowed to take 10 subjects.

But as far as i know, it's harder to get into F.1 MCS by interview than  DGS, because
1. DGS has more classes than DGJS. They have enough room to take in students with other talents despite fair academic result.
2. MCS has equivalent no. of classes as its primary school, and places are less for interview, but those who get into MCS via this route probably has excellent academic result.
i personally know some MCS P.6 with 'above average result' in their school (not even top 5) who succeeded in DGS interview, but of course they stayed back in MCS.
and vice versa, some DGJS went to MCS for interview as well.
Interesting enough both DGJS and MCS have students interviewed at SPCC and succeeded too (but nobody changed school).
it's quite common among the elite schools that they tried out the interviews of others.
But i think if your daughter has an excellent skill in any kind of activities, DGS will consider more seriously even the academic result is only 'so-so'.
Actually SPCC attracted a lot more students for interview than both of these girls schools.
I don't know about the teaching standard of these elite schools actually, but i believe that quality of students themselves play a big role.

Vernique2005

elsa2005 寫道:

我個囡都好鍾意閱讀，不過揀既書唔係好深，都係小朋友鍾意個啲，但唔會揀漫畫書，算OK，唔知應睇多啲邊方面書至有利？

係build up a solid foundation方面都有一定準備，比如堅持參加一些課外活動，也取得唔少獎項，但唔係個兩間最熱門個啲方面，唔知如何是好？

其實看什麼書都沒大關係的﹐可以想想孩子為什麼有興趣﹐又從書裡學到了什麼﹗記得自己小時候有段時間很喜歡看有關醫學的書﹐急救的﹐人體的﹐醫學的歷史我都有看﹗大家都以為我將來回想當醫生。哈哈哈﹗最後結果當然是沒有啦﹐但想起那時人們﹐尤其是老師輩的﹐都覺得我的興趣很好﹐幾有外表上的效果﹗哈哈哈﹗

英文書我看的是一個個series的故事﹐ 因為有很多本﹐所以人們都會相信我是有讀書習慣的。當然事實上我也是有的。

我有其他朋友看歷史的漫畫﹐有人看科學的﹐有人只看地圖集﹐其實我想看什麼都沒所謂﹐是個人喜好﹐最重要是能夠解析給人看你的目的和原因是什麼。

課外活動不熱門其實都不是大問題啊﹐你可以解析給學校知道你為什麼這樣選就可以。可能這還能變成一個優點﹐因為老師容易記住考生嘛﹗

英語會話流暢嗎﹖遇到不明白的地方孩子的反應會怎樣﹖看見從沒看過得東西孩子有什麼反應﹖這些也是面試老師很容易看見的性格啊﹗

kissie

you're welcome, elsa2005.
just try to apply both schools. both are excellent.

Vernique2005

elsa2005 寫道:

我個囡係英文方面只能算中等，因為就讀中文小學，所以雖然佢既英文係全級都排頭一、二名，但同英文小學的學生比較就冇得比了，e+我都好努力諗辦法幫佢提高英文水平，盡力而為啦。

Hm.. 試試由這一步開始啦﹗
很多香港的小朋友在學英文上都有中翻譯英的問題﹐你問他們﹕What is an apple?  九成的小孩想都不想就說蘋果﹗哈哈哈﹗你再問他們﹐如果我不懂中文呢﹖哈哈﹗那更不好意思﹐小朋友們很多就會不答你了﹗ :tongue:

其實讓小朋友用英文解釋概念是重要的第一部﹐因為這樣他們才能進入一個外語環境﹐有一個小朋友試了上面的問題﹐他說﹐"An apple is a thing that we eat all the time"
這不錯﹐然後我又問﹐"What do you mean by 'a thing'?"
最後﹐你希望拿到的答案其實可以有很多vocabs﹕sweet, red, fruit, etc...

你可以慢慢引導孩子說長的句子﹐由最簡單的生字開始就可以﹐考考孩子用字的靈活度﹐給她一個機會去把以前學過的東西連起來﹐最後找本英文字典比較一下自己的用詞。

一定要能夠用英文溝通﹐才能用英文學習﹐要不然﹐讀英中可以是很痛苦的啊﹗

Vernique2005

elsa2005 寫道:

我有即刻用你既方法試個囡，佢小六咁大個囡啦，當然可以答唔少野，但呢個方法好吸引到佢，因為從未試過，又可以發揮創意，都試到考起佢，諗好耐都唔係好識答，不過一經提示，又覺得幾簡單。

所以呢個方法真係幾高招噃，我進一步想請個先生用呢個方法谷佢一排，希望佢既英文可以進步得快啲。

elsa2005 ﹕

吾駛客氣﹗BK本來就是交流的地方﹗係啊﹗如果引導得好的話﹐呢招萬試萬靈架﹗因為小朋友會覺得他們真正用到學了多年的英文去試著和人溝通﹗我早兩日同一個讀中中的女孩讀英文﹐她可以用英文跟我說出magma 同lava的分別﹐說完不用我讚她﹐她已經面露笑容了﹗  

但呢招其實只是第一步﹐如果對你女兒有用的話﹐可以把練習改成是寫作練習。給她一些生字﹐如﹕
accident
fortunate
meaningful
vehicle
environment

用些比較難解析的字考考她的表達力﹐再看看她寫字是有沒有正確的語法。如果連平常寫短句都有語法的話﹐那她寫文章就會好自然都寫得好﹗

你努力啦﹗我都好開心你和女兒真的會拿方法來試試﹗

Vernique2005

elsa2005:
哈哈哈﹗你講野好搞笑啊﹗好香港化﹗哈哈哈﹗
補習社抄到咪抄囉﹗我無所謂﹐香港有甘多學生﹐一個人一天又只得二十四小時﹐其實一個人可以教得幾多個丫。。。。。

BTW﹐我的[招數]都不全是自己的﹐要多謝就多謝我在加拿大時的老教授啦﹗她教了我不少就真的﹗所以我想你現在用的方法沒版權的﹗哈哈哈﹗

cy

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