Primary school, middle school, when is the best time to study in Canada?

When to study in Canada is a very personalized question. The following are some real experiences, lessons, experiences and feelings that are not suitable for all children. Please make your own judgment and choice according to your own specific situation.

Primary school goes to Canada to study.

My friend's children came to Canada in the middle class of kindergarten, and began to attend preschool (so-called K class) one year after kindergarten. Because he went to a kindergarten in the west, it seems that there is no problem in speaking English, but the teachers here require ESL (English as a second language) courses for children whose mother tongue is not English. At that time, I asked the teacher: if a child grows up in an English-speaking country, how long will it take him to reach the level he should reach? The teacher said that my child's age (then 5 years old) takes 3 to 4 years, and it usually takes 4 to 5 years for older children. If he came at the age of 65,438+04 or 65,438+05, his accent and thinking will accompany him all his life.

When parents saw that young international students went overseas, one year later, they mingled with local children and spoke English better than their parents, so they thought they were on the same starting line as local children. In fact, listening and speaking are the most basic parts of language, and it is no problem for illiterate people in China to listen and speak Chinese. The key is whether the ability to master this language has reached the height he should have achieved, which is reflected in the ability to fully express himself, convey opinions, convince others, read and understand and express in words. As an immigrant country, Canada has done a lot of work in the integration of immigrant languages, and teachers are obviously more experienced in this area. Later, my child's experience proved that the teacher said the time was more accurate.

Because I hope my child can really master English as soon as possible, I give up speaking Chinese with my child and take him to the library to read and borrow books every week. Children themselves like to play with westerners. When children finish the first grade, they no longer need to take ESL courses. They can read Zhang Hui's novels, but at the same time they almost forget Chinese.

The advantage of studying in Canada is that there are abundant educational resources to support children from non-English speaking countries. Children's adaptation period is short, English listening and speaking is hardly a burden, and the learning environment that they can adapt quickly is very conducive to growing up in the educational environment in Canada. There is no question of how junior high school and high school universities adapt to and integrate into life in North America. Generally speaking, children become little foreigners. Because of this, children's language ability is gradually weakening, and what can make up for this deficiency can only be the influence of family language environment on children. At home, parents let their children keep in touch with and learn from China culture through example and guidance, and let them feel that they are from China, which can subtly influence their children to inherit and inherit China culture, which is very proud. Canada advocates multiculturalism, and some schools also offer Chinese courses, where you can learn the basic knowledge of Chinese. The embodiment and function of China's cultural heritage in future children need to be realized in family education. I saw a successful example of the combination of Chinese and western cultures. This is a child from Taiwan Province Province who came to Vancouver at the age of nine. He finally went to university at UBC and worked in a bank after graduation. He is proficient in listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese. He is gentle and has the demeanor of a Confucian. It is conceivable that his family relationship, his relationship with his parents, is not completely westernized. After he went abroad at the age of nine, he kept a diary in Chinese for a week and faxed it to his father in Taiwan Province Province. His father corrected it and faxed it back to share with him. This not only exercised my Chinese level, but also shared my ideas and values.

Whether it is good for primary school students to study in Canada varies from person to person, but it is very necessary to consider a general direction, that is, children will have greater opportunities to live and develop in that environment in the future. If parents want their children to work and live mainly in North America after receiving higher education in North America, then the North American factor needs to be stronger. There is nothing wrong with being educated in Canada or the United States since childhood. Especially if parents can stick to the education of traditional culture in China at home, then when children grow up, they will be able to understand different cultural differences, become more accustomed to using western working methods at work, and maintain the traditional intimate relationship in China in family life, especially with their parents. Considering the influence on family relations in Chinese mainland now, I appreciate the interpersonal communication ways of Taiwan Province people, Japanese people and Koreans even more. In Vancouver, an immigrant city, you can make many such friends.

Looking back, if parents want their children to go back to work and live in China after receiving higher education abroad, then the factors in China need to be stronger, and primary school seems to be earlier.

Middle school students go to Canada to study.

Because the child's Chinese was too weak, and I thought that China's basic education was relatively solid at that time, I took him back to China after he was able to read English books by himself. At home, he went to primary school for another four years. During this period, we ordered books popular with children of the same age in Canada and took him back to Canada every summer vacation to maintain his English ability. Therefore, when his Chinese ability can try to imitate Jin Yong's martial arts to write novels and read more adult books such as The World Banker, Civilization and Empire, I will take him back to Vancouver and go directly to the sixth grade. Although the sixth grade is still in primary school in China, I have always opposed the learning method of "frying cold rice" repeatedly to cope with junior high school. Therefore, it is recommended to leave the sixth grade, not the first grade. In this way, children can have a "happy childhood" in North America for one or two years, because the burden of a good middle school in North America is actually quite heavy.

After attending school in Vancouver, the children quickly adapted to the learning environment here. Parents of local westerners said that he didn't look like a child who had just arrived from China, and he had no accent at all. However, I know that his English level has not reached the level of knowledge he could have reached, because when I showed him the English versions of The World Banker, Civilization and Empire, he said it was too difficult. His English ability can only be read by teenagers. Therefore, it is not that children speak English fluently, but that English has passed. It may really take 3-5 years to catch up with the real English ability.

The education system in different cities in Canada is slightly different: Vancouver is a primary school with 8 grades, with grade K/ 1/2/3/4/5/6/7. Middle school is in grade 8/9/10/11/2. However, UBC University will establish Vancouver's first junior high school this year. In the future, the academic system will be grade K/ 1/2/3/4/5 in primary school, grade 6/7/8 in junior high school and grade 9/10/12 in senior high school. No matter how the school changes, what needs to be mastered in each grade is similar. It is recognized that the curriculum burden will increase after grade 7, and many school activities such as science competitions, history competitions, cultural performances, sports competitions, etc. Will be needed. The course can also be easy, but if you want to take the Ivy League exam in the future, the burden will basically be heavy. Because middle schools begin to choose courses, if students have specialties or hobbies, it is strongly recommended to learn the specialty subjects to the top, that is to say, they should not only take the AP(Advanced Placement) course of the project, but also get high marks in the AP exam. Not only in Canada, but also my classmate in Chicago, she mentioned that children sometimes finish their homework after 1 in the evening. In North America, schools are not out of touch with society. When the teacher (boss) assigns homework (work), you can spend 1 hour to hand it in, or you can work hard, strive for perfection, and then hand it in. The final result, of course, is to bear it yourself. Therefore, it is often difficult for excellent children to learn.

If you consider studying abroad in middle school, it is suggested that you start studying in the eighth grade at the latest, that is, finish the second grade in China. It is better to study abroad directly than to prepare for the exam in the third grade. Moreover, from grade 8 to grade 12, studying in Canada for 4 years generally does not require TOEFL or IELTS alone. Changing an English environment in the eighth grade is basically just an adaptation period, because it is difficult for new students to squeeze into many English-based activities due to the limitation of their English level. As for activities that don't require too much English, such as math and biology, it doesn't have much influence, but in any case, students who are late will definitely lose many valuable opportunities for on-campus activities. From grade 9 to grade 12, children should go all out to go to middle school after passing basic English. Grade 9 to 1 1 will affect college admission. If you want to apply to an American university, you need SAT scores. These preparations must also be completed before 12 level. Therefore, the arrangement of examination time is very important. It is necessary to grasp the examination time of all subjects and not miss the registration time.

It is almost impossible for foreign students who come after the eighth grade to become the main members of English-based activities in schools, such as debate teams, model United Nations, virtual courts and so on. However, if students are good at science in China, they will generally have a great competitive advantage in science and science in North America.

If you are an international student who just left China in high school, the China factor is already very strong, and the Chinese level is almost perfect, but the English accent has been formed, which will be difficult to change for almost a lifetime. As a foreign language, English will never replace Chinese as its mother tongue. At least when taking the college entrance examination, the school will require most high school students studying abroad to take the TOEFL test. Some parents think that studying in high school can lay a good foundation for English in high school, and going to college can be on the same starting line as American students. Hope is beautiful, but the fact is unlikely, but international students generally have no language barriers in science and science, so many international students often do well in science and science study in universities.

Compared with domestic education, middle schools in Canada already have career planning courses. Children should keep thinking, discuss with counselors the courses they are good at and like, and plan their future life direction. In this way, when choosing a university, they already have very clear goals and plans.

Generally speaking, if you start studying in Canada from the eighth grade, the future China factor and North America factor will probably account for half. Therefore, when considering whether to study in China, it is also very important to consider the children's future environmental factors, just like the problems that need to be considered when studying in primary schools.