唉呀, 頭先又多手打左d HK 常用字, so most words 被食左呀~~ 又要再打過...
Waikiki:
其實我覺得,小朋友番學最緊要係開心
==> this depends on 自小到大 how parents 灌輸 "甚麼是開心" 呢個定義比佢地喇..因為我都真係見過有d 父母會同小朋友講, "要贏人, 唔可以落後於別人" or "要讀書第一先會成功" or "英文好先 find 到錢, find 到錢先會開心" etc, then 久而久之, 小朋友都會認同咁先會開心, so the behaviour after will be quite different ga la...
至於我姪女,唔知會唔會同大彥同班添呢?呢個世界真細小呢!
==>唔奇架, 我大彥 (佢叫孝彥) 係小一"望"班既, you may ask your niece if she knows him la...不過唔同班都可能識佢架, 因為佢係好出名架, 出名曳下 lor... ops:" />
咁你點幫大彥搞好d英文呢?
==> 語文學習, 先前我有講過架 la, 單憑學校一日得個一兩堂係 not enough 的, the most important of all 係去 create a consistent language learning environment 比佢, 仲要就三方面, 聽講寫都下功夫先得, 唔係第日聽得唔講得, 講得唔寫得有鬼用...so at home 父母都要出出力先會效果好的.
彥媽:
Hope you still remember me. I want my son to join the english summer camp at the Little Prince learning center of Olympian City(near my home) for August. As I search BK I found that you joined it before (quite long ago). Any comments? My son also join the music wonderland course at Tom Lee. Do you think it worth as the fee is not cheap & many people keep joining for years.
Many thanks.:)
I want my son to join the english summer camp at the Little Prince learning center of Olympian City(near my home) for August. As I search BK I found that you joined it before (quite long ago). Any comments?
==>係, 小王子以前我俾大彥番過, 個時係想試佢個 LCM course, 我一向對d有 formal assessment 既 course 都比較有興趣的, 因為呢d course 可以比我有較有系統既方法去睇到個 learning results. 當年比佢上係因為佢未夠歲去上 Cambridge, 而佢又最近個屋企, so 就 pick it.
But after a few trials (都上左幾個 round, 佢係 8 lesson per course 的, right?) 我就發覺成效不大, 因為:
1) 人數多 (around 10), not effective for language learning, 一人都講唔到 10 mins
2) 佢地教既方式都係有個講英文既老師, not necessarily native speakers, in fact most of them are ABCs or CBCs only, 年紀唔大, 我唔係歧視 young teachers, 只係個d teacher 好多似係 U 既 first year student 個停, so I wonder how much teaching experience they've got, and how well do they know about kid's training? 我對語文教育既要求唔係旨在 find 個 miss 用 1 hr 係咁同佢地講英文就 = 學英文, 因為要咁我係屋企都得啦, 唔駛老遠去仲要俾錢咁去學的, so I need a "syllabus" 唔係隨意發揮
3) 佢地既 course design 係以唔同 topic 為主題, 之後就成堂就圍繞呢個 topic 講...本來呢個 idea 係唔錯既, e.g. 一堂會教動物名稱等, 但佢地又唔係教 rat, elephant 呢d , 而係 reptiles , porcupine 呢停都幾深既字, 大彥當年係 3.x - 4 歲左右, 之前亦未有過呢類生字既 training, so I wonder 係咪應該教d 常用字多過呢d 深到你都唔多用既字呢....
4) 上左都幾個 round , 除左佢響聽個方面好似好左少少, i.e. at least 唔會成句唔明人地講乜, 不過 I believe 都係估多過明 ga la...so 我開始明白 the course doesn't fit him, or I should say, doesn't fit a kid who is only about 3 or 4, even though the school said it's fine.
所以之後我就轉左, 改用 private coach 小組教, cos then I can discuss with the teacher to use the most appropriate syllabus for the kids.
依家我會比大彥去 learn Cambridge 個d instead of LCM.
My son also join the music wonderland course at Tom Lee. Do you think it worth as the fee is not cheap & many people keep joining for years.
==> 若附近冇 other similar courses which is of lower price 既, 你又唔想佢百無了賴咁 at home 的話, 咁 these courses 都 OK 既. Otherwise 有d 社區中心呀咁都有搞既, 不過就未必可以俾太細既小朋友參加就真.
So the question goes back to : 你想唔想佢早d 去 join 呢類 course la...so if 想, 就都係來來去去得呢幾個 choice 的了, i.e. 唔係呢個就係柏斯, 一係就通利....係得佢地會搞比d 細既小朋友 ge.
你話你做"呢行"有d人事xxx,唔明呢。
==> 唔明都唔緊要喇...forum 係 open place 我唔想俾人認出第時比人伏擊 wor...haha...做人最緊要低調嘛...
睇番精華篇,你話"最緊要 to me 既係間學校幫到阿仔, this is my priority",你覺得培正幫到呀仔d乜呢?
==> 一睇你咁問就知你冇溫書喇....關於 PC, 我點解揀佢, etc...我之前己講過唔少, 你問既野我都答過哂, so dun wanna repeat here...黎 join 彥媽係有個不成文規矩既, i.e. 要溫書, please go back to read 答問區 part 1 la...反正你都想知彥媽點解可以知咁多野, 你得閒就幾頁幾頁咁睇你就會知 ga la.
"好似"整個制度不同一般高考等, 要根據考試評分,而是按學生興趣的課題做project研習, 據聞要中英文根底好及要有多元化的興趣及見識?! (呢個答案可能得30%-40%分 ops:" />ops:" />ops:" />ops:" /> )
==> concept-wsie 係 right direction la....你慢慢 read 我響"精華篇"打既野喇....我會逐d 打出黎 all those about IB.
彥媽據你所講,似乎我地呢D平民百姓都可以唔駛唸啦!:-(
==> 籠統地講, 你可以話係, 但其實佢既理念係就係俾小朋友係一個 multi-cultural 既環境上"自由學習", and this will mean 小班教學, project approach 用既資源亦絕對比就咁坐定定上堂為高, 所以基於成本既考慮下, 唔會平係一定的, 之但係又唔係一定要去到d 好 top 既 IB school la...而且若好多家庭係講緊 1 kid only ge, 我絕對信係好多人可以負擔得到既. 但個問題係 most kids taking IB syllabus 都多數會出國, 因為考本地大學根本讀唔讀 IB 都得, 所以 if you are not going to send the kids abroad 既, 我又睇唔到一定要讀 IB ge...至於你話佢個 approach 好, well...我只可以講, 每種 "產品" 都有佢一定既捧場客, 亦有佢既優缺點, 而人地呢種產品好就=/= 我地自家既產品差既, 各有所需 only la...
另外,彥媽,我覺得你用你咁多寶貴時間同我地傾偈實在太偉大啦,我要封你做我既精神領袖!
==>thank you thank you, 得閒就多d黎坐啦~~
彥媽:
Thank you very much for your info. I really appreciate your reply but 3:30am to me is really late night. I would feel sorry if you got tired or sick. So next time no hurry. Good rest is #1. It may also hard for you to type a lot in details and I don't mind if you make it short (Although I enjoy reading your comments).
So far I didn't hear much bad commets in BK about "Little Prince" so I think it should be OK, and I just join it for summer only. About Tom Lee I heard that their courses had a long waiting list so I just want to see anything special by trying for a month. I like to build up some music sense to my son and prepare him for piano later. I remember you let you 1st son learning piano at 4 w/private teacher & own piano.(Maybe you planned to have 3 kids?) I think I may consider a digital piano instead (piano is big investment).
Thanks again & feel good to chat with you !
原文章由 彥彥媽咪 於 07-8-1 03:18 發表
paulmom:
I want my son to join the english summer camp at the Little Prince learning center of Olympian City(near my home) for August. As I search BK I found that you joined it before (quite ...
1) 好似銅鑼灣間聖保祿小學,會收佢哋幼兒園學生,我家住北角,請問喺港島區仲有無其他類似嘅好校風同學習風氣嘅小學連幼兒園/幼稚園?
==> HK 本來就一向都唔多呢類學校的, HK island 就更甚, 所以 St Paul 一向都超爭崩頭的, 要想由幼稚園直升上小學既唔多, 另一間你可以考慮聖心喇.
2) 我自己以前讀玫瑰崗小學,所以根據計分法,最大機會就係番去讀,我都知佢嘅小學都ok (只係ok)。如果你係我,會唔會1st round 就「安全地」去讀玫瑰崗,定試吓其他,唔得先再「叩門」?
==> RH (Rosary Hill) 小學都 OK 既, 中學就真係麻麻地, 佢個商科部更不敢恭維, 但......佢小學係私立 ga wor, so 同你地係咪校友唔太有關 (係官津校先計分 ga ja) , 所以根本唔存在 1st round 呢樣野, 你大可以先去考當 back up (除非收得你就唔俾你搞珠喇) 然後 1st round + 2nd round 都去揀另一d 更好既學校, so 呢兩個 action 係冇抵觸的.
So far I didn't hear much bad commets in BK about "Little Prince" so I think it should be OK, and I just join it for summer only.
==> no harm try ge...it's also a learning process for parents, right?
About Tom Lee I heard that their courses had a long waiting list so I just want to see anything special by trying for a month.
==> well..it's simply bcos all parents are fighting for Sat/Sun classes only, so that's why there is a long waiting list la...I am sure there are more vacancies for those classes on weekdays.
I like to build up some music sense to my son and prepare him for piano later. I remember you let you 1st son learning piano at 4 w/private teacher & own piano.(Maybe you planned to have 3 kids?) I think I may consider a digital piano instead (piano is big investment).
==> I bought a piano not bcos I know my plan to have 3 kids, but I have checked with many experienced piano teachers and they told me that the "formal" way to learn piano is to use a "real" piano, but not a digital one, cos the weight of the keys are different and therefore the keystrokes would be different too. That's why I tend to follow the "formal" way of learning, and thus I bought a traditional one.
With discounts and a good piano teacher to help me in picking one, our piano costs less than $15,000 only, which fits my budget.
依家學吓用中文打字, 因為始終親切D, 同埋可以表達出語氣,呢樣英文好難做到. 其實坊間D 林林種種 courses 真係超多, 但係上BK好少有 forum 討論或 comments, 同埋要 search 是非常難, 好散. 其實好多 Mom 都有比仔女上 courses, 但真係唔多出来討論, 唔通大家認為唔重耍?
Piano 其實我都知 traditional 嘅係好, 但萬一阿仔唔係咁有興趣(呢樣野都好 common) 咁都唔使咁重本麻.
原文章由 彥彥媽咪 於 07-8-2 01:07 發表
paulmom:
So far I didn't hear much bad commets in BK about "Little Prince" so I think it should be OK, and I just join it for summer only.
==> no harm try ge...it's also a learning process f ...