中学来加拿大留学,应如何择校?

中学来加拿大留学,应如何择校?

加拿大教学质量高,留学费用低,成为越来越多的家庭的首选。选择让孩子中学阶段来加拿大留学,便于孩子提早打好学术和语言基础,同样也能提高综合能力,培养孩子大学申请的竞争优势。这是因为勤奋好学的中国学生遇到了相对放松的加拿大学习氛围,再加之精准的大学规划,在很大程度上增加了孩子申请加拿大名牌大学的机会。那么关于中学阶段来加拿大留学,我们需要注意哪几个关键点呢?

一、几年级来加拿大留学最合适?

个人认为,小学阶段最好,因为思维还没有固化,英语达到母语水平也为时不晚。融入本地文化会更快。

如果不能小学留学的话,那么8、9年级是最好时期,理由如下:

1. 有充足时间培养英语能力

来到加拿大留学,接受全科英文授课,这个语言适应期一般在1-2年,如果过晚开始留学,那么语言问题就会是制约孩子学习进步的一大障碍。相反,及早就读加拿大高中,可以提早培养学生的读写能力以及思维能力。

2. 便于合理规划中学课程,及早高中毕业

高中毕业?这也会是一个难题吗?是的,加拿大高中体系与中国完全不同,高中毕业必须达到一定的学分标准,如果不能在10年级前出ESL,就会限制选课,这意味着需要花更长的时间读完高中,如果不能在19岁(安省18岁)之前修完高中必修学分,就只能去成人高中完成未完成高中课程,否则无法取得高中毕业证书,不能申请正式大学。

3. 无需参加中国高考,获取本地学生同等升学机会

众所周知,中国高考的残酷性和一考定终身的形式,给无数孩子形成了巨大的压力。如果早出来留学,享受相对先进、合理的课程内容和丰富的课外活动,有助于培养实际的学术能力和良好的性格,同时不断积累自身优势,享受加拿大本地更多的升入理想大学的机会。

二、择校,应如何看待加拿大中学排名?

与中国不同,加拿大教育是提倡个性化发展的,特别是在教育和文化方面,一贯本着平等与尊重的原则,这里是不鼓励激烈的竞争及标准化排名,所以加拿大是没有官方排名的,民间参考最多的是菲沙研究所(Fraser Institute)排名, 但建议大家不要只看排序,更多的是了解一个学校的具体化数据,比如平均成绩,ESL比率,不及格率等。

我的建议是不要盲从排名,而是根据孩子的特点,选择“适合”个性化发展的学校,紧张一些,还是宽松一些,是公校还是私校,建议合理为孩子量身定制。不一定进入高中排名高的学校,就一定能进入名牌大学。相反,对于一些学生,高竞争力的高中,会很难取得较高的成绩,反而让其失去了进入名牌大学的机会。

三、如何辨别各类型高中的优势和劣势?

加拿大的中小学分为公立学校和私立学校,如果细分,可以分为公立中小学,顶级私校、本土走读私校、国际学校。下面手工表格就简单为大家介绍一下这几类学校。

加拿大中小学类型及特点

各类型的学校的具体特点及详细介绍,请阅读下列文章:

  • 加拿大公立学校特点及重点学校推荐
  • 加拿大顶级私校特点及重点学校推荐
  • 加拿大国际学校特点及重点学校推荐

四、择校考虑的因素有哪些?

1. 语言水平和学习习惯

孩子的英文水平,决定孩子的最初学习体验。选择适合孩子英语水平的语言环境,会有助于学生顺利适应新的环境和教育体系。如果英语水平比较高的话,可以去选择比较挑战的学校;如果英语水平较低的话,可能还是适合选择竞争压力比较小学校。因为最终,我们目标还是要走进大学,是可以通过多元化途径来到达目的地的。要了解学生英语水平和学习习惯,对于中小学生,我们会建议非标化的语言评估,来了解孩子的语言水平和学习风格。

2. 学生个性

每个孩子都有自己的特点。内向还是外向,理性还是感性,以及社交的习惯,都影响孩子学校的选择。比如私校和宗教类学校更倾向于严格管理,公校更自由,私校学生服务可能更关注到学生个体需要,公校需要学生有良好的自我管理机制。

3. 学校课程和孩子兴趣

课外活动是加拿大教育体系中的重要组成部分,加拿大 低龄层教育更加重视学生综合能力的培养 ,无论是公校还是私校都有提供多样性的兴趣课。私校会额外有一些收费的小众活动项目,如马术、击剑等。

4. 费用预算

每个留学家庭,可以参看预算成本来来选择什么类型的学校。加拿大公立中小学学费约为7-8万人民币/年,私立学校根据不同学校类型学校费用在10-40万人民币/年不等。

5. 升学预期

升学预期是择校的一个重要指标。有些学校提供精英教育,有些学校对升学更有帮助,比如顶级私立学校的课程体系以国际IB或AP课为主,学术方面的强度就大些,而公立学校更注重学生核心能力和社会责任的培养,以便融入社会和当地文化。

建议

提前规划、科学评估。

留学生的学习和生活充满挑战,不是随便送孩子去一个排名高的中学,孩子自然而言就可以升入名牌大学。对于初次走出国门的中学生,文化和语言的冲击,很容易让他们迷失,所以我们建议一定申请前了解好、规划好,同时留学期间也需要给孩子及时辅导与帮助。

孩子的留学学校选择不但可以铺垫他们的未来成功之路,也会培养其良好的性格和综合能力。

欲了解加拿大中学留学攻略、或需要进行科学评估孩子的语言水平、学习特点、性格和能力专长,以此定制留学方案,欢迎联系我们,免费咨询

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