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2016年度赴英升學最後召集！
英國各大院校之新學年將於本年暑假後開始，鑒於競爭激烈，現在爲招生的最後召集！衝出香港，直赴英國，刻不容緩！
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新春赴英升學最後召集！

英國各大院校於本學年(2016)之入學申請將於三至四月截止。
如欲赴英升學之學子，報讀刻不容緩！
本中心提供英國十多間院校，涵蓋小學，初中，預科及一年制大學基礎班課程。並提供免費英國升學諮詢服務。
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英國教育的康莊大道正在等著你！

蒙特梭利感官教育

感官教育在蒙特梭利教育體系中佔有重要的地位，她認為感官教育訓練、運動訓練與智力發展以及感官教育與紀律教育、知識、技能的培養的關係和密切的聯繫。
蒙特梭利的感覺教育包括視覺、觸覺、聽覺、嗅覺和味覺等感官的訓練。感官教育的主要目的是通過訓練兒童的注意、比較、觀察和判斷能力，使兒童的感受性更加敏捷、準確、精練。在她看來，學前階段的兒童各種感覺特別敏感，處在各種感覺的敏感期，在這一時期如過不進行充分的感覺活動，長大以後不僅難以彌補，而且還會使其整個精神發展受到損傷，因此，在幼兒時期進行各種感官教育顯得至為重要。同時她認為，感官是心靈的窗戶，感官對智力發展具有頭等重要性，感覺訓練與智力培養密切相關。她還認為，人的智力高低與教育有較大關係，通過感覺教育可以在早期發現某些影響智力發展的感官缺陷，並及時採取措施，使其得到矯治和改善。

Ms Sally Cheung

善用獎懲:
　　獎勵和懲罰都是教導子女的有效方法，但是若使用不當，反而造成不良影響，原則上父母要多使用獎勵，少使用懲罰。建議您：
1. 立即獎勵具體的好行為：多用精神的鼓勵，少用物質或金錢的酬賞。
2. 不要意外的獎勵孩子壞行為：勿因忙碌、心煩而隨意答應孩子「不合理的要求」。
3. 真誠的讚美孩子：孩子有良好表現時，要發自內心地肯定、讚美他以幫助孩子建立信心，追求成長。
4. 與孩子討論並訂定合理明確的生活規範，依約實施獎懲。懲罰不可用威嚇、報復、翻舊帳、殺雞儆猴、連坐（一人犯錯大家受罰）等方法。
5. 在盛怒時，不要懲罰孩子，以免造成身心的傷害。
6. 要對事不對人，並且要就事論事。
7. 避免體罰或在公開場所懲罰孩子。
8. 懲罰前要說明原因，懲罰後要指導他正確的行為；改過自新時，要即時的讚美與肯定。

Ms Sally Cheung

入讀英國大學捷徑！

讀完中六唔知去邊？攞住份DSE成績表唔知報咩？
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而家有辦法啦！
本中心現與英國Shrewsbury Sixth Form College及英國切斯特大學 (University of Chester) 合作推出一新課程，只需留學英國一年，便可直升英國大學！
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管教方式要依孩子的發展和需要而調整，不可一成不變。
該如何合理的管教孩子呢？
1. 以愛為出發點：讓孩子瞭解，即使懲罰他們，也是愛他們的。
2. 明確的規範：訂定孩子行為標準，並切實執行，態度溫和。
3. 有建設性：指出孩子的錯誤，並教他正確的做法。
4. 有效的賞罰：多鼓勵、少責罰，每次賞罰前，一定讓孩子明白原委，以強化正確行為。
5. 立即糾正：孩子做錯事，立即說明指正，事過境遷再來翻舊帳，效果則大打折扣。
6. 避免情緒化：就事論事，切勿藉題發揮，大發脾氣。
7. 管教態度一致：讓孩子有所遵循可幫助孩子及早建立自我的行為標準。
8. 精神物質並重：切勿無限制滿足孩子物質需求，應漸以精神鼓勵替代。
9. 以身作則：孩子由父母的身教所習得的一切，是最自然且不費力的。

Ms Sally Cheung

自閉症與社交訓練
小雄今年六歲，讀小學一年班。三、四歲時被發現有自閉傾向，社交能力弱。他在幼稚園沒有朋友，亦不懂跟朋輩分享，喜歡獨個兒玩，很少與家人有感情交流；對媽媽多數是功能上的要求，很少情感分享或依附。
當時媽媽不能接受小雄有自閉傾向，覺得他只是較獨立，而且很「叻」，說聰明的男孩子都是這樣的，正如他爸爸現在都沒有甚麼問題。小一時，小雄常被朋友欺負，同學為他改花名，笑他「傻仔」，搶他的食物，搗亂他的書包文具。他常被排擠，不能入組，不知如何處理和調節情緒，只是發脾氣，大哭大叫大鬧和向媽媽哭訴。最後他用暴力的方法，追打同學來報復。老師曾安排一些「小天使」幫助他，可是小雄依然故我，常常「嬲爆爆」。他不能判斷暴力的嚴重性，弄得課堂雞犬不寧。學校要求媽媽在課堂裏伴讀及控制他。
最後，我們轉介小雄到社交小組訓練，用卡通形式教他打敗有行為問題的怪獸，期間他知道自己有怪獸「嬲爆爆」及「硬梆梆」，慢慢領略到小組參與和與人分享及溝通的樂趣。媽媽其後瞭解到培育情緒及社交發展的重要性，不再只注重他的學業成績及興趣訓練，亦幫助小雄提升社交技巧，每天用質素時間來和他傾談，討論學校問題，協助他理解不同社交環境的複雜性及分析朋輩之間的人際關係問題。
香港精神科醫學院
精神科專科醫生陳國齡
原文刊載於Yahoo專欄 https://hk.news.yahoo.com/blogs/psyhk/

Ms Sally Cheung

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管教小孩十二"不"

一、不要瞧不起孩子。

二、不要恐嚇孩子。

三、不要賄賂孩子。

四、不要引孩子答應下次不敢。

五、不要過度保護監督孩子。

六、不要對孩子嘮叨不休。

七、不要強迫孩子立即的服從你。

八、不要縱容孩子。

九、不要用不一致的規矩管教孩子。

十、不要訂不適年齡的規矩。

十一、不要用教條式的引發罪惡感的管教方法。

十二、不要用你不想徹底執行的事命令孩子。

Ms Sally Cheung

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong. 2015-11-04

When students are asked to identify the parts of speech, some secondary students really do not have a clue to what that truly means. They are told to memorise the spellings and the sounds of words, but not really to understand how to use them logically. Some of them do not even know what are, proper nouns, and common nouns, singular and plural, countable and uncountable nouns, all of which are the basic concepts of learning English.

Common nouns are words for people, or things, or animals, or ideas. For example, he / she is an ‘architect’, that is my ‘computer’, that ‘leopard’ is big. Proper nouns are special names given to people, places and things including ‘months’, ‘days of the week’, ‘festivals’ and ‘countries’ and their ‘capital cities’. They always begin with a capital letter. For example, ‘Professor Black’, ‘April’, ‘Monday’, ‘Father’s / Mother’s Day’, ‘Germany’ and ‘Berlin’.

The famous landmarks of countries as well as the people who live in a country are also proper nouns such as ‘Big Ben’ (London, England), the ‘Sphinx’ (Egypt, Gizeh), the ‘Swiss’ (people from Switzerland), and ‘Canadians’ (people from Canada).

English is a complexed language to learn and students in Hong Kong have the opportunity to learn it from a very young age. Educators have the privilege to share their knowledge with the students and help them develop a positive attitude towards learning and growing, but unfortunately, there are no external environments outside the classroom that encourages the students to practice their English, for example, ‘London Town’, ‘Washington Town’ etc.

By Martin

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong. 2015-11-03

Apart from identifying the different tenses being the basic foundation of learning English grammar, parts of speech are equally as important. The traditional categorization of eight parts of speech are nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.

Many English words can belong to more than one part of speech based on their use and functions. In fact, the same word can be a verb in one sentence and an adjective in the next. For example, 'a haunted house', 'a closed door', 'added value'. Haunted, Closed and Added are past participles of the regular verbs Haunt, Close and Add but in these cases, they are used as adjectives.

Can you work out which is which in this example? ‘Live’ birds ‘Live’ in the zoo.

By recognising and familiarising the different parts of speech, which are the fundamental concepts that students will encounter throughout the study of grammar, they can become a better writer as well as an effective communicator.
By Martin

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong. 2015-11-02

When younger students are reading storybooks on their own, they often find it confusing and difficult to understand due to the new vocabulary and different syntax, (British and American, writing sentence structure and vocabulary), mixed tenses and some words they do not know how to pronounce. Most of the time they give up half way through the reading process.
Primary students who are six to seven years old do not understand the mixed tenses as they only learn simple present tense at school. Guidance and explanations are needed when reading storybooks. Starting from primary three up to primary six, students learn about the use of different tenses so it is crucial to ensure they understand the basic rules of English grammar and how to apply it to different situations. As soon as they have a good foundation and concept, reading and writing will become much easier for them and in turn learn and practise.

By Martin

教子十鑰
1.多鼓勵，少責備。
2.多關懷，少說教。
3.多尊重，少強迫。
4.多期許，少比較。
5.多建議，少命令。
6.多傾聽，少嘮叨。
7.多信守，少敷衍。
8.多提醒，少限制。
9.多管教，少溺愛。
10.多充實，少逸愛。

Ms Sally Cheung

全英語學習環境 博愛英語村成為學童最愛 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報

環境對於學習外語的重要性不容忽視。我們正是以這樣的環境歡迎您！

news.ltn.com.tw 台南市博愛國小，在縣市合併前，就利用閒置校舍，規劃全台南首座英語村，透過六個主題的情境模擬，以全英語方式，提供全市各國小5年級學生以戶外教學方式，練習英文，由於有別於一般的課堂教學，相當受到歡迎，連帶也激起學習動機，效果受到肯定。博愛國小校長張慧芬表示，98年市政府在博愛國小規劃英語村，透過自聘外師、自編教材、規劃專題、情境教學、純英語環境等方向，提供國小學童練習英語的機會。

環境對於學習外語的重要性不容忽視。我們正是以這樣的環境歡迎您！

全英語學習環境 博愛英語村成為學童最愛 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報 台南市博愛國小，在縣市合併前，就利用閒置校舍，規劃全台南首座英語村，透過六個主題的情境模擬，以全英語方式，提供全市各國小5年級學生以戶外教學方式，練習英文，由於有別於一般的課堂教學，相當受到歡迎，連帶也激起學習動機，效果受到肯定。博愛國小校長張慧芬表示，98年市政府在博愛國小規劃英語村，透過自聘外師、自編教材、規劃專題、情境教學、純英語環境等方向，提供國小學童練習英語的機會。

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong.2015-10-30
Another part of the speaking exam is individual response. The question for each candidate is different. Students will be asked one question based on the discussion topic. They have to use their personal experience and ideas to answer the question.
There is no preparation time given so students must identify the question type and organise their ideas as fast as possible so that they can answer the question within the limited time. When expressing themselves, students are advised to speak audibly and clearly. Maintain eye contact with the examiners from time to time. If students cannot fully understand the question, they may ask for another question.

從寶寶出生的那一刻起，要開始面對四面八方的關心及五花八門的育兒資訊，姐妹說、網友說、長輩說，每個人自有一套育兒經，大家都是為寶寶好，但到底該不該照著做？是人都有個性，寶寶自然也不例外，每個新生兒都是一個獨立個體，依照寶寶的習性在育兒路上各別做調整才是王道。

1、 穿這樣太少了會著涼！寧可給寶寶多穿一點，也不能讓他冷到。
常常可以聽到長輩喊這句話，這個觀念不能說對或錯，因為天氣冷和熱也自然影響到穿著，但新生寶寶體溫調節功能尚未成熟，不能單純以大人的自身感受決定寶寶的穿著多少，況且每個人體感溫度都不同，因此請以寶寶體溫及實際表現做評估，若寶寶流汗則代表穿得太多了，請減少衣物。另外，除了用體溫計測量寶寶體溫之外，可以以手掌摸寶寶背心、頸後感受到的溫度來決定衣物量。永遠要記得「有一種冷，叫做媽媽覺得你冷」。

2、 寶寶要穿別人穿過的舊衣服，才會比較好帶。
穿舊衣會好帶的說法，流傳出來的可能性有兩種，一是因為貼身的紗布衣洗過多次後會比全新的來得柔軟舒適，寶寶穿起來比較不會不舒服，第二個說法則是替寶寶增加福報，因為早期農家較為純樸節檢，穿著舊衣有惜福的意味。這個觀念沒什麼不好，因為新生兒長得快，這個時期的衣物很快就不能穿了，若有恩典衣可承接其實省了不少，唯一要注意的是二手衣的清潔度要做好，尤其是對於會過敏的寶寶更要小心。

3、 寶寶剃胎毛、剪睫毛，可以讓毛髮變長變濃密。
頭髮、睫毛的多寡，其實在出生就已經決定了，主要原因還是和遺傳有關，所以媽咪們不要再輕易拿寶寶的睫毛做嘗試了，一來修剪危險，二來睫毛的功能是阻擋灰塵，若沒有睫毛較有可能被異物入侵。至於頭髮，部份寶寶頭頂可能有脂漏性皮膚炎，剃除胎毛可幫助清潔，所以就視情況決定囉！但要這樣長出濃密毛髮，就是看你們基因啦。
網傳十大育兒觀念，可信不可信？4、 寶寶半夜哭個不停，要去收驚才可以。

寶寶哭有很多原因，尤其半夜有可能是腸絞痛、肚子餓、尿布濕不舒服、太冷或太熱，這些原因都有可能，必須靠照顧者和寶寶相處的經驗累積來得知，慢慢找原因再去解決才是根本辦法。當然，若長輩堅持要收驚，其實也有折衷辦法，拿一件寶寶的衣服讓老人家帶去廟裡收驚即可，這種無傷大雅不危及寶寶、長輩又能安心的方式，何樂而不為？

5、 把寶寶的衣服反過來晾，才可以調整他的日夜作息。
這個育兒觀念就有點無稽之談了，新生寶寶的作息日夜未分明之前，只能靠照顧者慢慢幫他們固定作息，單靠一件衣服的晾法？我想妳真的已經無助到沒法可做的時候再去試吧。

6、 新生兒應該用包巾全身包緊緊才會好帶。
常看見一些無法熟睡的寶寶，睡一睡突然全身「驚」到而哭醒，大部份都是被自己揮動的小手給嚇到，因此有些家庭做法就是使用包巾將手腳包起來。包不包各自有主張的一派，其實媽咪們可以自己拿捏，若寶寶本身就好睡，不如讓他們有一雙奔放的小手，若是主張包巾較好睡的媽媽也沒有不對，只是記得寶寶醒時解開包巾，也更能伸展四肢活動一下。

7、 寶寶哭了不能抱，不然他會養成習慣。
新生兒剛離開媽媽溫暖的子宮，從每天被羊水包覆，突然間失去緊緊包圍的感受，其實很容易沒有安全感，在這麼幼小無助的時期，並不會因為你每天抱他，他就會一輩子吵著要你抱，這個時期的觸覺發展比其他感官來得重要，寶寶有安全感了，自然也能和你有良好互動。新生兒時期妳不抱抱他，以後想抱還不給你抱呢。

8、 趴睡才能有漂亮的頭型。
很簡單，頭型重要還是生命重要？趴睡的危險性就不用再多說了，但要讓媽媽們知道，有不少寶寶仰睡一樣有漂亮頭型，所以趴睡不是絕對因素，和基因也是有關係的。

9、 寶寶不喜歡喝水，應該調點葡萄糖水給他喝。
新生兒所需的水份，都已經在所喝的牛奶或母奶裡了，不需要再另外補充水份，直到寶寶開始吃副食品之後才需要給水，至於要不要給葡萄糖水？現代父母很多都不給小孩吃糖了，再給糖水不是打壞規矩了嗎？要讓他們習慣喝白開水，就不要再添加其他東西了。

10、 發燒要快吃退燒藥，不然腦子會燒壞。
已經有許多小兒科醫師出來喊話「發燒不會燒壞腦子」，除非高燒到43度以上，並連續高燒3小時，才有可能引起其他併發症，但我想不會有家長在小孩高燒還坐視不管的。至於腦子會燒壞這件事，如果你連醫師的話都不相信，不知道還能相信什麼了。

Ms Sally Cheung

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong. 2015-10-29

The last part of the HKDSE exam is the Speaking exam. It aims to test the students on their ability of clear and effective verbal communication.

When students are having a discussion based on a given text / topic, they may have to make suggestions, give advice, argue for or against an opinion / view / comment etc. A good start is always essential, by giving a simple greeting and to initiate the discussion, then state the aim of the discourse, raise the first point and ask for opinions and or comments. It is important to leave a good impression for the examiners to gage your performance on.
By Martin

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong. 2015-10-28

More text type examples which students may encounter in Part B of the DSE Listening and Integrated Skills exam are profiles, proposals, reports and reviews.

A personal profile is a biography, description of a particular person's personal information, background, career and achievements. The heading must show the name of the person.

A proposal should have a title, followed by an introduction to explain the reason and the purpose that is then followed by the main body, which provides reasons and effects on each recommended event or activity. Lastly, a conclusion to ask for consideration and approval from someone in a higher position.

There are various rationales for writing reports. The most common purpose is to present survey results. Students have to provide the facts and findings obtained from the survey and offer recommendations based on discovered results.

A review is to comment on a certain piece of work. It evaluates and gives the readers a clearer picture of the subject and or topic. Remember when writing a review, a Wide range of adjectives and adverbs should be used.
By Martin

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong. 2015-10-27
As previously mentioned, the writing tasks in the Listening and Integrated Skills exam may be required in various formats. Students may be asked to write an article to provide information or discuss a topic. It should consist of title, introduction, main body and conclusion.
For letters, there are two styles - formal and informal. Students must distinguish between the two styles and use the appropriate way to address the recipient, greeting and complimentary close. For example, a letter of advice is usually an informal letter. As it is in response to a request for help, students should write in a friendly tone and use sequence words in order to make clearer advice. On the other hand, Letters of complaint and or of invitation are usually formal letters, so formal language should be used.
By Martin

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong 2015-10-26
Part B of the HKDSE Listening and Integrated Skills exam is mainly writing. At least one of the writing tasks is extended writing. Students have to combine the data from the reading data file and the recordings to accomplish the tasks. There are different text types which can be articles, an invitation letter, a report or a letter of advice.
Some students might think that it is easy because they can just copy directly from the data file. However, they still have to carefully select the correct data and construct sentences. All sentence structures must be grammatically correct and the whole text must be readable.
By Martin

醫知健：午睡個半鐘 學習更輕鬆 - 太陽報

於生理學上而論，睡眠其中一主要作用爲鞏固記憶。於心理而言，橡筋扯得太盡亦會有斷嘅一日。同學們，如晏晝食完飯有時間，請放下手機，正正經經地譲自己充一充電吧。

the-sun.on.cc 【綜合外電報道】「瞓晏覺」有助刺激學習能力？日內瓦有研究發現，每日午睡九十分鐘，記憶力表現較佳。專家相信適當的午睡時間或有助提升學習表現，例如可以增強記憶力，對學童有好處。

於生理學上而論，睡眠其中一主要作用爲鞏固記憶。於心理而言，橡筋扯得太盡亦會有斷嘅一日。同學們，如晏晝食完飯有時間，請放下手機，正正經經地譲自己充一充電吧。

醫知健：午睡個半鐘 學習更輕鬆 - 太陽報 【綜合外電報道】「瞓晏覺」有助刺激學習能力？日內瓦有研究發現，每日午睡九十分鐘，記憶力表現較佳。專家相信適當的午睡時間或有助提升學習表現，例如可以增強記憶力，對學童有好處。

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong. 2015-10-23

During the DSE Listening and Integrated Skills exam, students are often misled or get confused because not every word in the recordings is relevant to the questions. Students are advised to judge what is relevant or not.

Try to listen to the key words in the recordings. For example, words that are repeated. When the speakers repeat what they have said or request another speakers to repeat something, that information is usually important. Words which are, the names of people and places (Proper Nouns) that spelt out for you. Also, the transitional and signalling words such as but, however and while, are words to show a change of idea or opinion.

By Martin

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong.
Many students do not realise just how difficult the DSE listening exam is, until they start to do the practice papers in their senior forms. Some of them can easily understand what the dialogue is about but cannot spell the words, whereas others, just do not have the ability to keep up with the whole conversation and are completely lost. It does require years of speaking and listening practice.

Students can self-practise by watching the English news, with English subtitles. This does not only enhance their listening skills but at the same time, also helps them to learn and recognise new words. Both Old and New English films and TV programmes do help, but try to avoid reading any Chinese subtitles and see how much they can understand.
By Martin

There are other effective ways to improve your writing skills. When it comes to argumentative essays, the first paragraph is always the introduction and the last is always the conclusion. It is advisable to have a topic sentence as the first sentence of each paragraph. It allows the readers to grasp your idea and arouse their interest in the topic, so as to keep them wanting to continue reading. Short stories and journal entries are exceptions to the rule as these forms / styles of writing require a much wider range of verbs, adjectives etcetera so as to describe the feelings or the scenes vividly.
By Martin

奧地利小學生要學習的25件事｜教育｜即時｜天下雜誌

日耳曼人教育制度優良世界知名，雖本港小學未能完全仿傚，但對各家長很有借鑒價值。

cw.com.tw 什麼是上學最重要的事？奧地利新聞報（Die Presse）日前提出了25件小學生應該要學習的事，除了基本的書寫、語文與算數能力，也提醒小學生，如今班上同學可能是難民的小孩，如何與不同文化、價值觀的同學相處，是當今一門重要的學習。

日耳曼人教育制度優良世界知名，雖本港小學未能完全仿傚，但對各家長很有借鑒價值。

奧地利小學生要學習的25件事｜教育｜即時｜天下雜誌 什麼是上學最重要的事？奧地利新聞報（Die Presse）日前提出了25件小學生應該要學習的事，除了基本的書寫、語文與算數能力，也提醒小學生，如今班上同學可能是難民的小孩，如何與不同文化、價值觀的同學相處，是當今一門重要的學習。

Challenges young adults learning English face in Hong Kong.

There are two parts in the HKDSE writing exam. Part A is compulsory which can be any types of topics while Part B contains eight modules. Apart from lacking of vocabulary, Hong Kong students seem not know how to apply what they have learnt in years into their writings. The simplest one, for example, punctuation. All they know is just comma and full stop but somehow they occasionally use them incorrectly . By using different punctuation marks, different feelings can be expressed. For instance, an ellipsis (...) indicates a pause or omission of words in a sentence; a semi-colon (;) breaks a long list. Using punctuation marks appropriately can help you gain higher marks in the exam, do not ignore the importance of it.

By Martin Weir,