What's the difference between international junior high schools and ordinary junior high schools?

Nowadays, more and more parents are keen to send their children to international schools, just for the sake of stepping into famous foreign schools.

First: the charge is high.

Take Shanghai as an example, several famous international schools: Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Gaomei School, Shanghai King International High School and Shanghai Maple Leaf International School all charge more than100000. And you must hold a foreign identity (such as green card, nationality) to enter school. If you are not born with an identity, then the cost of immigration should also be taken into account.

International schools are really different from ordinary schools!

Second: the language problem.

In the international schools that have made achievements, the system of all-English education is very mature. Liberal arts include English, Chinese, history and geography, while science includes mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. These subjects are all spoken in English except Chinese, and non-native speakers need a period of adaptation. The adaptation period depends on the child's personal English level. If you send your child to an international school when he is young, you can immerse him in an all-English environment early, but you should also be careful not to make him feel inferior because of language problems or make it difficult for him to understand knowledge in class. If the child is older (such as graduating from junior high school), it may take a long adaptation period to send the child to an international school. Because all the nine years of education I received before were completed in a local school (if I had not studied in an international school before), even if I passed the 1.48 senior high school entrance examination, it is easy to be at a loss when I first entered the English learning environment. Liberal arts programs taught in English require a lot of reading and writing, and interaction with foreign teachers in class also requires a high level of oral English. In terms of teachers, most of the teachers who teach liberal arts are foreign teachers, mostly from English-speaking countries such as the United States, Britain and Canada. Teachers who teach science are basically China teachers who are fluent in English, and there are few foreign teachers. ) When domestic children are exposed to foreign subjects such as mathematics, physics and chemistry for the first time, they will find that math problems that are more difficult than foreign senior high school entrance examinations are much simpler in calculation. However, these subjects also need to memorize a large number of professional vocabulary, and it is not so easy to adapt to non-native classroom and exams.

Third: learning environment

Studying in a local school, even if there are thirty or forty students in a class, the teacher is very serious about the students, and it is common to copy homework ten times without paying a fine. However, in international schools and future university education, students are always chasing teachers to ask questions and hand in their homework, rather than teachers urging students to hand in their homework. Generally, homework is not handed in, and foreign teachers may remind you again. If you don't hand it in, you will fail the homework directly. Some students may have forgotten to hand in their homework because they were used to studying in local schools and came to international schools to relax, resulting in low grades at ordinary times. If you are a child, you can adapt from scratch. Teachers in the lower grades of primary school are more tolerant of these things and will gradually cultivate the habit of handing in homework on time without reminding. But senior students must keep up with the teacher's progress and always pay attention to the time of each deadline, otherwise it would be a pity to lower their usual grades. Studying in international schools and foreign universities requires not only lectures and homework exams, but also large and small projects. Every subject will have such a topic, and students will either complete it independently or form a group to complete it with team members. Set a theme, look up information, write a paper, give a speech, etc. Are done independently or brainstorm with team members. Division of labor and cooperation with team members is also a point that students should pay attention to. At this point, I think the child's experience of doing projects in international schools will make him better adapt to his future college career. Many freshmen who go out from local high schools in China are at a loss when facing the first project. But those who go out from international high schools basically know what to do and what the process is, so that they can adapt better.

Fourth: interpersonal communication

International high schools, as the name implies, are high schools with students from all over the world. The phenomenon of holding groups is inevitable in all small circles. Generally, Japanese people hold groups, Koreans hold groups, people from Taiwan Province Province hold groups, ABCCBC hold groups, and China people with foreign status who are born and raised in China hold groups. There are still some things I don't know. In such an environment, if children enter school in the lower grades of primary school, the gap may not be so serious, children will play more openly and have a better effect on language training. But when children grow up (grade 8-12), it is easy to lose friends, or just move around in their own small circles. Parents also need to take this into account, and don't let the problems in interpersonal communication affect their children's study. Many parents have the wrong impression that if they send their children to an international school, they will attend classes in English every day and communicate with their classmates in English after class. In a short time, their English level will advance by leaps and bounds, and they will be full of foreign flavor. But in fact, if children were born and raised in China before, they will be more inclined to play with other children born and raised, which is not so effective in improving their English. Moreover, the families of children attending international schools are relatively rich (otherwise they can't afford high tuition fees). The atmosphere of comparison is easy to breed, so be careful not to let children feel inferior or extravagant.

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