One of the most popular online editor for typing foreign characters and IPA symbols, called TypeIt version 2.0 is now available for use free online. If you are typing or learning to type in the following languages, you will find this editor invaluable: Czech, Danish (new), Dutch (new), Finnish (new), French, German, Hungarian, IPA (English), [...]
Tips From Grocery Shopping Receipts
by Hanifa K. Cook on July 10, 2009 in Language, Tool
Picture yourself spending money in China, Spain or Germany. Focus on the process from entering the supermarket and choosing your items to standing in front of the cashier to pay for your items. The grocery receipt is the main item you want to get to verify that your spending is correctly checked. I came up [...]
Dedicated to the late Mr Michael Jackson
by Annie Cook on July 8, 2009 in English, Language, Music
When news of Michael Jackson’s death was broadcast, I could not believe what I heard. I know that name, Michael Jackson. He is the black guy whose records my brother had brought home when we are teenagers. At that time, our parents were confused and concerned over this newfound obsession with western music, song and dance. We were teenagers, my siblings and I; we understood the message in the music like Bad, Thriller and Heal The World. What I thought we were most connected to was neither his dancing nor singing; it was his music videos and concert performances.
Connection Killed, Now What?
by Annie Cook on July 6, 2009 in Tool
What if you went online and you could not get on the internet? The connection is killed and it would take a few more hours to fix it? You have a paper to submit and you have been so dependent on the internet, you totally forgot how to work without one? I do recall having [...]
Mandarin Online Learning
by Annie Cook on July 1, 2009 in Chinese, Language, Montessori
Hi friends, Mandarin is one of the preferred languages to learn especially for people who wish to settle down in Asia for business. However it is not a language you can always learn without structured methods of instructions. I have discovered many natives who struggled to remember key phrases even after learning the language from [...]
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