Re: 我自己英文唔好, 但我都想囝囝英文好, 比佢讀國際學校...

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imcutebaby | 2006-07-27 11:42
會唔會好難呢??校方會唔會要家長英文底好, 先會收個小朋友呢???
babyoush | 2006-07-27 12:17
我都有少少係因為呢個原因，所以打算送我2個寶貝去讀國際學校，我諗應該唔會太難掛 :roll:
ekkw3786 | 2006-07-27 16:03
I wouldn't go as far as saying it is impossible for a Cantonese-speaking kid to go to an int'l school, but IMHO, it would be best if the kid possesses a fair grasp of the language before being sent to an int'l school. It would be extremely difficult for the kid to start picking up the language from scratch coz as another bk member pointed out before, Eng is taught in an int'l school as the kids' first language. My nephew's experience is that he spoke practically no Eng at all when he was sent to an int'l pre-nursery and he ended up not knowing what's going on in class most of the time, despite his having spent almost one (academic) year over there.

In my daughter's classmates' case, I noticed some of their parents speak Cantonese to them outside school, and that between those kids they speak Cantonese outside class. I wondered if they have a good idea of what's being taught in class. My suspicion was confirmed by the teacher during the parent's meeting who said that sometimes those kids had problems understanding what's going on... :cry:
babyoush | 2006-07-28 13:49
ekkw3786,

So do you mean I have to speak English without any Cantonese at home? Actually I speak both English and Cantonese to my daughter and so far she understands what I am saying and also what my maid is saying. I can speak no Cantonese with her but I afraid my parents cannot. My daughter stays in my parents' home in the day time, what do you think I can do to improve my daughter's English? Thx for your comments! :mrgreen:
ekkw3786 | 2006-07-28 16:28
babyoush, may I ask how old is your daughter? I prefer thinking the learning of two languages as a competition, which in your case is b/w you and your parents. You have the advantage of being the mum in this competition - I'm sure your daughter much prefers learning from you. Thus don't worry about your parents speaking Cantonese to her, if you speak a fair amount of Eng to her (and remember, not half Cantonese half Eng). If you want her first language to be Eng, then I'd think speaking only Eng to her is a must, but then it will depend also on her age now. :wink:
cccandy | 2006-07-29 13:14

Most international schools require students can speak fluent english. Depend on the age too, if your child is young, fluent speaking english is the minimum, if your child is older, written english is also required. If you really want to send your children to international school, better do it when they are young because once children use to the local system, they will be reluctant to write.
drckwong | 2006-07-30 00:46
ekkw3786, would you share your experience with those parents whose English level are not good but want their children to study in the international schools ???
Thanks a lot!!!
babyoush | 2006-07-30 19:38
ekkw3786,
How about the case with her cousin? My daughters are 18 months and 7 months respectively. In the day time they will stay in my parents' home with their 6-year-old cousin (going to P1 in Sept.), my daughter loves to play with her cousin and he speaks Cantonese almost all the time. Actually I found out that my daughter had learnt some naughty things from him already such as jumping on the sofa, I am worry about the learning of language will also be affected by this little cousin, what do you think? ?-( I think the difficulty for me is time, my daughter stays in a Cantonese environment longer than an English environment :roll: :roll:
ekkw3786 | 2006-08-01 00:41
drckwong, to be honest here I don't have experience with such parents as you mentioned and I'd say it could be difficult in their situation. I would get the kid admitted in an int'l kindergarten or an int'l class (a genuine one) of an ordinary kindergarten as early as possible (such as pre-nursery), knowing usually it is easier to do so when the kid is young, and thus not supposed to have a good command of Eng. (or any language) yet. The kid would learn Eng. in school, but since I couldn't help much at home I'd enroll the kid in some Eng. playgroups or other interest classes conducted in Eng. As I said earlier tho I don't think it is strictly necessary that the kid is a native Eng. speaker for admission to an int'l school I do believe a fairly good grasp of the language is the minimum to be asked from an applicant. ;-)
ekkw3786 | 2006-08-01 01:11
babyoush, I could only share my own experience. I started speaking Eng. only w/ my daughter long before she could speak her first word. Both her parents worked during daytime and her caretakers were her grandparents, who spoke nothing but Cantonese. Everyday, she was in a Cantonese environment for a longer time than an Eng. environment. Yet, she picked up Eng. only during her early stage of language development. I found it amazing and that's why I said earlier that being the mum is a definite advantage in such a competition of languages as the one I had. It is interesting my daughter started picking up Cantonese only when it had been quite a long time into her language development and the way she did it was she translated what she had in mind from Eng. to Cantonese - of course not perfectly and many times she ended up speaking broken but funny Cantonese. :lol:

But honestly I wouldn't know what to say about the effect of a Cantonese-speaking playmate - you know, the interaction b/w a kid and his/her playmate is so much different. Tho I still believe the advantage of being the mum invariably plays a significant part in this situation... ;-)
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