Some of them speak Mandarin Chinese at home, but the ones who speak Fukienese or Tagalog at home have a hard time: in class they're often like "ducks listening to thunder," as the saying goes.
有些學生家裡講華語，課外練習的機會多一點，上華文課較不吃力；家中講福建話或菲語的同學就比較累，上課經常是「鴨子聽雷」。狗嘴裝金牙？