A Quick & Easy Way to Assess Your Childā€™s English Exposure assessments bilingualism duallanguage Dec 01, 2024

Are you hoping to raise a native English speaking child in a home where English is a minority language?

Hereā€™s a very common scenario:

Your first language is not English; it may be Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Japanese or any other language. You do speak English ā€“ perhaps almost to native level ā€“ a...

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Your Definitive List of Schools Strong in Mandarin Chinese (Putonghua) bilingualism chinese csl putonghua Nov 15, 2024

If youā€™d like your child to be bilingual (Chinese/English), the obvious choice is a ā€˜localā€™ school.Ā 

However, these schools are mainly Cantonese Medium of Instruction (MOI). More and more are slowly introducing more Mandarin but this is supplemental to the Cantonese. Plus, the English in thes...

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Comparing Top Schools in Hong Kong bilingualism englishschoolsfoundation hong kong internationalschool putonghua Oct 31, 2024

Understanding Curriculum Differences: Choosing the Right Fit for Your Child

When representative of Bank of America's Employee Engagement Committee invited me toĀ partner with them back in July, I imagined they would invite me to deliver a seminar for their staff and clients. I've been doing that for...

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Bilingual Learning: Unlocking Multiple Benefits bilingualism Oct 31, 2022

Hong Kongā€™s unique geographical and historical background makes it a cosmopolitan city where ā€œEast meets West.ā€ As our global society evolves and re-shapes, handling more than one language and dealing with cross-cultures can become an everyday part of a childā€™s life. Years of compiled technical rese...

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