Although different international schools may have their specific curricula and interview languages, most international schools have similar assessment contents and formats, interviews are usually conducted in English.

For written assessments, schools aim to assess students’ basic language and mathematics competence. Bestie Speak provides comprehensive training to students according to the curriculum and academic level of their target schools, to better prepare them for the upcoming written assessments.

Regarding interview sessions, students’ language skills and their overall development will be assessed and explored. Therefore, delivery techniques are crucial to candidates. To ace the interview of target international schools, students should acquire proactive interview attitude, be flexible and show confidence when answering various interview questions.

Bestie Speak offers international school interview course aims to train up students’ English speaking skills and to boost their confidence in English application. By enhancing students’ eagerness to answer interview questions, this increases students’ chances of entering their target schools.

It depends on the student’s grade, academic level and specific needs. Some students may solely enroll lessons for written assessment or interview training, while others may require training in both. Usually, for students applying to kindergarten and lower primary, only interviews are required for admission assessment. Whereas for students applying to higher grades, they will be first invited to attend a written assessment, followed by an interview session.

Regarding interview training, most parents will enroll more private lessons to provide more opportunities for their children to practice common and advanced interview questions. In addition, children’s proactive attitude and confidence could be further enhanced from joining more training lessons.

Since international school admission training is highly personalized, only private lessons are offered. Lessons could be arranged according to parents’ ideal time slots. Please contact Bestie Speak for scheduling lessons.

Bestie Speak provides private lessons for parent interview training. Training assists parents in understanding the target school’s vision and mission. Parents will learn to highlight student’s strengths by incorporating student’s interests, hobbies and life experience into responses. Speaking organization could also be strengthened. By preparing in advance, parents can excel in parent interviews.

Lessons could be arranged according to parents’ ideal time slots. Please contact Bestie Speak for scheduling lessons.

It depends on the applicant’s grade. Usually, for preschool or kindergarten admission assessments, they are conducted in groups that include games and interactive activities. Teachers will conduct an observation session, as well as talk to different candidates according to their language backgrounds in English, Cantonese or Putonghua.

For primary school admission interviews, the format is changed to a formal dialogue. Apart from assessing the applicant’s English competence, Putonghua may also be used to conduct the interview. Most interviews are conducted in groups. Students applying for upper primary may be further invited to attend a written admission assessment.

While for secondary school admission, students will have to pass the written assessment in order to be invited for an interview. Most schools will make their admission decisions based on the applicant’s performance in the admission assessments, past school reports and participation in other activities. Interviews are usually conducted one on one or in a group for group discussion.

The above assessment formats may vary among different schools. However, the aim of these assessments are to examine whether the competence of applicants can meet their admission standards, and that the personality of applicants are suitable to enter the school.

International school training course aims to provide more opportunities for students to practice potential interview questions. By joining our training course in a long-term, students’ answering techniques and thinking perspectives will be improved. Students will also be able to familiarize themselves with the assessment formats of the actual admission assessment.

Therefore, even students with an admission assessment coming up shortly, can familiarize themselves with the assessment format and potential contents. This helps to boost students’ self-confidence, so that they can maintain an outstanding performance in all situations.

Bestie Speak’s training course targets to sharpen student’s answering skills, thinking perspectives and English application in written assessments and interviews. Through familiarizing themselves with the assessment format of their target schools, they can gain relevant experience in advance to increase students’ chances of getting admitted.

In general, students who are able to apply skills learnt in lessons, as well as attending the assessment in the best state with confidence, have a high success rate of getting admitted. Of course, apart from learning diligently in training lessons, students also have to revise at home to have a better grasp of answering skills in written assessments and interviews. Furthermore, various factors may also affect students assessment performance, including their ability to improvise and health condition. Therefore, combination of all factors is the key to success.

Long-term training is for students who have more preparation time for admission assessments. Most students engaging in long-term training start attending lessons a year in advance. This allows sufficient time for Bestie Speak to help students establish a better foundation. Thus, to improve students’ overall performance.

For students who have already received assessment invitations, or those who do not have sufficient time for assessment preparation, they may participate in short-term training. Bestie Speak will try our best to sharpen students’ written and spoken skills within a limited time period.

Students are encouraged to dress decently but not overly formal. Please refer to the illustration below: