Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

[Gentzcorpion]

Thanks Pampers!

[BnJ]

Hi. Anyone can enlighten us do we need to buy The Little Prince book in the school booklist if we have the same book by another publisher?

Thanks in advance.

[pampers]

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Hi. Anyone can enlighten us do we need to buy The Little Prince book in the school booklist if we have the same book by another publisher?
Thanks in advance.

some publisher will have some, if not many variety of words used within the editions. (in this case; penguin classic vs wordsworth — i have both)

plot is still the same.

hope this helps

[BnJ]

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BnJ\" post_id=\"2009485\" time=\"1608795667\" user_id=\"66638:

Hi. Anyone can enlighten us do we need to buy The Little Prince book in the school booklist if we have the same book by another publisher?
Thanks in advance.

some publisher will have some, if not many variety of words used within the editions. (in this case; penguin classic vs wordsworth — i have both)

plot is still the same.

hope this helps

:thankyou:

[Option]

I am trying to find out what ‘language culture’ the school has.

(a) One of the consortiums seems to be dedicated to either those on chinese lit or bilingual program. For the rest of the students in other consortium, is the default language for communications on english, and chinese is not frequently used even if it is a SAP school.
(b) Do students who take foreign languages come together in the school, even after curriculum times, or does the engagement depend on which language the student takes ?

[hwachie]

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I am trying to find out what 'language culture' the school has.
(a) One of the consortiums seems to be dedicated to either those on chinese lit or bilingual program. For the rest of the students in other consortium, is the default language for communications on english, and chinese is not frequently used even if it is a SAP school.
(b) Do students who take foreign languages come together in the school, even after curriculum times, or does the engagement depend on which language the student takes ?

Hi there!

I think the language spoken by most students is probably English. There's a few Malaysian scholars whom I've heard talk to each other primarily using Mandarin, but can switch to English pretty fluently as well. There isn't a consortium \"dedicated\" to those with Chinese Lit or the Bilingual Program, but rather it houses these programs, and I would think there's increased usage of Mandarin in those classes. Nonetheless, most lessons are taught in English, with Mandarin used to teach Music and Art (and Higher Chinese ofc)

Foreign language depends on which language each student takes, Malay and iirc Indonesian are in-house, on either Monday or Tuesday, while French German Japanese and Spanish are all taken at MOELC on Thursdays. However, I rarely hung out with those students taking the same third lang as myself, but instead more with my classmates and/or those from the same consortium (to play football) and my CCA mates. Beyond that, those in council would probably hang out together as well, and I would say that the circles I was in as well as the circles I saw in school rarely revolved around third language.

[masshiro]

Hi would anyone be able to advise the chances of being successful in the S1 posting appeal? Thanks. Is it typically very low? Thanks

[yorkie]

Hi, what is it like to be in ispark? In terms of work load, is it more intense comparing with others? Is it going tough for non geppers to survive? Would greatly appreciate if someone can share more details about it.

[icycandies]

Hi, I like to check if my son is going for MEP, would traveling to the MEP centres be a concern? Would this also means that he will not be offered to other programmes like SMTP and GATE in future?

[SG_KP1]

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Hi, I like to check if my son is going for MEP, would traveling to the MEP centres be a concern? Would this also means that he will not be offered to other programmes like SMTP and GATE in future?

I think best to ask the school to confirm, but if you compare the language re other special programmes in the AEP file and the MEP file, the MEP file definitely seems to indicate it is much harder to enroll in things like SMTP/GATE (and both AEP and MEP are difficult to drop, unlike third language). For whatever its worth, this seems consistent with the info I've seen on special programmes (SMTP, etc) in the past - it is contemplated that a student could take SMTP and AEP whereas I don't think MEP was even listed.

Of course, the rub is that you will find out if you qualify for MEP now but the entry point on SMTP, etc is approximately 2 years away. I.e. if you qualify for MEP, do you take one programme you know you like or hold out for hopes of something else in the future (forego/reject MEP, hope qualify for SMTP)?