Tutor Time - suitable for non-Chinese family?

THAT'S what i'm saying... it's southside (?) that is saying they refer to CHinese as being mandarin...

ALL of my experience is: CHINESE in HK means CANTONESE...not mandarin.

in CHINA, CHINESE means PUTONGHUA/mandarin.

(caps for emphasis, not intended as yelling)
 
not that this really matters and this is clearly not the pt of the posting, but everytime someone says chinese, i assume it means mandarin too....i think we all know canto is spoken in hong kong and mandarin is everywhere else....
 
chinese in Hong Kong means Cantonese, it's only Mandarin when they state it specifically - if you buy DVDs and such you have to be aware of this or else you will be buying loads of Cantonese things with the impression that it is in Mandarin...
 
Princess101 said:
Hi, I just wondered if anyone has experience of Tutor Time in Mid Levels (Caine Road). I am thinking of enrolling my son who is 14 months, but we are a western family and speak no Mandarin, half the class at Tutor Time is conducted in Mandarin. We will probably only be in Hong Kong for maximum 3 years, do you think it is worth trying to teach him Mandarin? If anyone has any experience of this I would be very grateful to hear about it. Any other pre-nursery recommendations would also be useful. I currently send him to Woodlands (The Peak) but there is a very small outside space and I'm not sure it's the right place for my son as he is very active and needs to have a lot of free play. Thanks.
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I have had extremely bad experience with this school. The school is extremely commercialized, which to be honest, is 'ok', IF they provide the service that you want, but they are just so commercialized to a point that everything is money, they don't care about parents' concerns, suggestions, feelings, etc., and they do things as a show, but not w/ a heart. Bring your child their at your own risk!
 
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