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作者: GC0060 時間: 17-1-12 11:02 標題: QBS 中文程度

I would like to learn more about their Chinese curriculum. Would their students
1) be able to read and write in Chinese reasonably well after their graduate?

2) Do they teach only simplified Chinese or both? I heard mixed message from different teachers.

Thanks!

作者: Petitechien 時間: 17-1-12 15:39 標題: 回覆：GC0060 的帖子

For question 2, simplified Chinese

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-12 16:13

My boy went to QBS from Y1-6, now he is in South Island School. He was in Pathway 3 Chinese from Y3-6. QBS has stronger Chinese comparatively as they have daily Chinese from Y2-6.

When he was in Y6, he could write a 200-300 words Chinese composition. He can read and understand most of the HK newspaper with the traditional characters but he usually can only write the simplified Chinese.

We speak English at home. He can communicate reasonably well in PTH with native PTH speakers.
He can speak PTH better than Cantonese. However, his mother tongue is English and he seldom reads Chinese books.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-12 16:14

As far as I know, the Chinese textbook they used in QBS was from Singapore, thus in simplified Chinese. However, occasionally they may have some teaching materials e.g. song lyrics in traditional Chinese.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-12 16:15

Please see my comments in the other thread as well as following:
其實QBS 同 South Island School (SIS)中文都唔係咁差。

Year 6 pathway 3 教徐志摩作品「再別康橋」，在課堂上唱林宥嘉主唱新版「再別康橋」，學生全都可以不看歌詞整首唱出來，再分段背默, 我自己好似中一正讀。畢業全級 all pathways Year 6 唱王力宏主唱「相信自己」，外國人都可成首唔睇歌詞唱。

SIS Year 8 教「小抄寫員」、文言文「愚公移山」和「夸文逐日」（出自《山海經.海外北經》。依稀記得我中一中文都係讀「小抄寫員」及「愚公移山」兩篇。

作者: bamalamb 時間: 17-1-12 16:28

Activehealth 發表於 17-1-12 16:13
My boy went to QBS from Y1-6, now he is in South Island School. He was in Pathway 3 Chinese from Y3- ...

Thanks for your sharing!

May I know if you have given him private lessons in order to get into Pathway 3? If only relying on school, can they still do the 200-300 words composition?

作者: GC0060 時間: 17-1-12 16:30

ActiveHealth - Thanks so much for your feedback. I remember reading your comment on 「再別康橋」but couldn't find it anymore. So i should expect my daughter to be able to write at least a passage in Simplified chinese upon her graduation from QBS. How is your son's chinese now in SIS?

How did you like QBS? How are the facilities and the teachers there? We have an interview coming up and would like to know more in details about the school. Sorry for bombarding you with so many question.

作者: GC0060 時間: 17-1-12 16:34

One more questions on the ESF Chinese pathway - are they students assigned rather than choosing their pathway according to their Chinese ability in Year 2? Do they get to change their pathway along the way or is it fixed until they graduate?

作者: bamalamb 時間: 17-1-12 16:38

GC0060 發表於 17-1-12 16:30
ActiveHealth - Thanks so much for your feedback. I remember reading your comment on 「再別康橋」but ...

You can find Quarry Bay School page in FB to get to know more about the school life in QBS. They also have a blog for Y1 in the school website with weekly updates. I personally like it a lot!

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-12 22:13

GC0060 發表於 17-1-12 16:34
One more questions on the ESF Chinese pathway - are they students assigned rather than choosing thei ...

The pathway is assigned according to ability. They have continuous assessment and pathway can be changed.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-12 22:19

GC0060 發表於 17-1-12 16:30
ActiveHealth - Thanks so much for your feedback. I remember reading your comment on 「再別康橋」but ...

He only has 2 lessons of Chinese a week now and he is learning a third language French/Spanish which is compulsory in Year 7 & 8.

He is still improving in Chinese but at a slower pace.

Many students still reach Pathway 3 in Chinese without outside tuition with the right support at home. The best students in Chinese are from PTH speaking families and read heaps in Chinese. They never need outside Chinese tuition.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-12 22:22

GC0060 發表於 17-1-12 16:30
ActiveHealth - Thanks so much for your feedback. I remember reading your comment on 「再別康橋」but ...

本帖最後由 Activehealth 於 17-1-15 12:35 編輯

QBS was great for my boy with great support & facilities. He loved going to QBS and he had very solid foundation academically.

作者: prettymama888 時間: 17-1-14 12:00

May I know if the kids know how to write Chinese in QBS year 2? If they have chinese dictation?

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-14 14:02

prettymama888 發表於 17-1-14 12:00
May I know if the kids know how to write Chinese in QBS year 2? If they have chinese dictation?

本帖最後由 Activehealth 於 17-1-14 15:08 編輯

My boy was in Pathway 2A in QBS when he was in Year 2. He could write his name and simple characters like numbers by then. I can't remember if he had Chinese dictations in Year 2. From Year 3 he got in Pathway 3 onwards he learned to write more Chinese. They also have frequent dictations in Chinese in QBS & SIS at least in the highest pathways from Year 3.

Not sure about the other (lower) pathways though.

QBS has daily Chinese lessons from Year 2 onwards when compared to other ESF primary where they only have Chinese 4 times a week. I was told by other Bradbury parents in my boy's year now that they only had Chinese 4 times a week, not sure about the situation in Bradbury now.

作者: Alvin32 時間: 17-1-14 16:10

Activehealth 發表於 17-1-14 14:02
本帖最後由 Activehealth 於 17-1-14 15:08 編輯

1. May I know how many pathways they have? From 1, 2A, 2B to 3?
2. They divided the whole group among the whole form and review yearly?
3. What is the class duration everyday? 30 mins or45 mins?
4. Will they have newsletter regularly to inform what had been taught?
5. Lastly, do u know what materials they used to teach? Singapore textbook as mentioned by other parent? Many thanks.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-14 19:45

Alvin32 發表於 17-1-14 16:10
1. May I know how many pathways they have? From 1, 2A, 2B to 3?
2. They divided the whole group am ...

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作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-14 20:22

Alvin32 發表於 17-1-14 16:10
1. May I know how many pathways they have? From 1, 2A, 2B to 3?
2. They divided the whole group am ...

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作者: Alvin32 時間: 17-1-14 22:24

Activehealth 發表於 17-1-14 20:22
2. The whole year is divided into 4 groups as above. They have continuous assessment and 1 big path ...

Thank you so much for your information! It helps a lot! The mandarin level sounds better than what I expected. Actually not bad.

作者: bamalamb 時間: 17-1-15 09:00

Activehealth 發表於 17-1-14 20:22
本帖最後由 Activehealth 於 17-1-14 22:28 編輯

2. The whole year is divided into 4 groups as abov ...

Do they expect parents to do revision for the kids on dictations or assessments, or are they conducted sudden ones at school? Some schools handing test materials back home and expect students to study but some don't.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-15 12:08

bamalamb 發表於 17-1-15 09:00
Do they expect parents to do revision for the kids on dictations or assessments, or are they conduc ...

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作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-15 12:08

From Year 3 to Year 5, they have supplementary work sheets, Chinese dictations and composition each week, plus one big assessment at the end of term 1 & 2 and the year end pathway allocation assessment. They say that the parents can assist the kids in those tasks if they want to. However, the end of term and year end assessment dates are not never specified, they'll only say within next couple of weeks or even month. They always have class revisions anyway. Thus there is no need to help them revising. Practically it is difficult if not impossible to help them.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-1-15 12:09

From Year 5 onwards, my boy has to sign a contract with his teachers, saying that he has to be responsible for doing all his homework plus revisions without others' assistance for ALL subjects (parents are still notified about their home work and assessment schedule). That frees me from all his school work.

Hooray!

作者: bamalamb 時間: 17-1-16 15:49

Activehealth 發表於 17-1-15 12:09
From Year 5 onwards, my boy has to sign a contract with his teachers, saying that he has to be resp ...

Thanks for all the useful details!

作者: GC0060 時間: 17-2-13 17:05

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HI there! I'm pretty impressed by your son's Chinese considering he studied in an int primary school. May I ask if you supplemented alot of Chinese teaching at home or he can reach that level just from chinese classes in school? Do you speak with him in Chinese at home?

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-2-14 08:45

GC0060 發表於 17-2-13 17:05
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HI there! I'm pretty impressed by your son's Chinese considering he studie ...

Thanks for your kind comments.

My boy had speech development delay when he was young. We speak English at home and he only reads English books outside school. However, he liked PTH cartoon and used to watch a lot on YouTube. He had a Chinese home tutor for 3 hours a week when he was young. Now he goes to a 1-hour Chinese writing class a week.

Many of his classmates in Pathway 3 do not have any Chinese tuition outside. They speak PTH at home and read a lot in Chinese including the classic text like 西遊記。Now in ESF secondary, many students in Pathway 3 Chinese are transferred from local schools.

作者: lckfwylyk 時間: 17-2-19 11:37

Activehealth 發表於 17-1-12 16:13
My boy went to QBS from Y1-6, now he is in South Island School. He was in Pathway 3 Chinese from Y3- ...

請教QBS家長，我記得foundation school的中文課程只伸延至Y6，中學開始就要揀other foreign language，中文是其中一項嗎？小學由Y1開始每天均有45分鐘的課堂,到中學，中文堂已經删除了嗎？

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-2-19 12:28

lckfwylyk 發表於 17-2-19 11:37
請教QBS家長，我記得foundation school的中文課程只伸延至Y6，中學開始就要揀other foreign language，中 ...

This is my reply to the other post and it would have answered your questions.

阿仔都係ESF但係South Island, 一星期只有兩節中文課(每節1小時），比ESF 小學還少，因為有Y7 &8 compulsory有third language Spanish/French 一星期兩節。
RC Y7 & 8 要讀third language 嗎？

Y9可以讀dual language（除English必修外）:中文每周3小時加Spanish/French每周兩小時；或讀single language Chinese/Spanish/French每周3小時加多一科creative option 如Art/music/media/drama (總共兩科creative option, 讀dual language 只可選一科creative option). 好多ethnic Chinese 學生drop Chinese 完全唔讀, 寧願揀Spanish/ French 最低果個foreign language level。

South Island就算揀Chinese A 老師都叫佢揀SL唔揀HL, 但攞唔到bilingual diploma, 唔少人讀Chinese B。

作者: 滑蛋河 時間: 17-2-21 18:40

QBS 中文宜家year2已經要聽寫every week（3 words each time）同埋每星期一張work sheet。term 2 開始有閱讀報告~ my kid is not in the highest pathway

作者: GC0060 時間: 17-2-24 07:45

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Thank you for your sharing! I'm amazed to how your boy has come from being delayed in speech to now can easily switch amongst English and mandarin. Very impressive.
Just wondering how do you teach traditional chinese to him? I would like my girl to be able to read most of traditional Chinese text and be able to write some of them on top of simplified Chinese.

作者: Activehealth 時間: 17-2-24 12:35

GC0060 發表於 17-2-24 07:45
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Thank you for your sharing! I'm amazed to how your boy has come from being ...

I didn't teach him traditional Chinese characters.

He learned them himself by copying from whatever interests him e.g. MTR stations, street signs, shop names, etc. He learned to write 銅鑼灣 by copying from my old driving map books before he got in QBS. Also, he loved Chinese cartoons with subtitles when young. Some subtitles are in traditional Chinese.

Honestly, he can read traditional characters better than writing them. He usually writes simplified Chinese only.

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