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How To Relief Your Child’s Stress And Manage It In One Minute (Part 1 Of 2)

Hanifa K. Cook — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:44:51 +0000

When we fail to manage stress, we fail to manage time. Help yourself first before attending to your child. Learn how to relief your child who is under stress and manage stressful situations in one minute.

All Time Favourite Chinese / English Bilingual Dictionary App For iPhone And iPad

Hanifa — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:21:52 +0000

English and Mandarin are my two most frequently used languages. In order to spare me the mental agony of having to switch between languages especially when the materials are difficult to understand, I use an application from my iPhone and iPad. Before I tell you any further about what this app is and what it [...]

Collaborate At RealTime With Your Language Partner

Hanifa K. Cook — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:18:40 +0000

Here is an example of how you can collaborate at real time with your language partner online. And you can get it for free without having to download any application. To get started, you need to have: a good internet connection headset with speaker and a language partner For this session, we are going to [...]

Recycling Cereal Boxes As Bookcases

Hanifa K. Cook — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:42:19 +0000

My daughter has her own ideas of recycling materials. It began with her dad asking her to cut empty cereal boxes to keep his CD cases. One day, as I was cleaning the bookshelves, I realised the weight of the cd cases held inside these empty cereal boxes were keeping the other books upright. In [...]

Google Search Fail, Video On Long Tail Impromptu Keywords

Hanifa — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:21:55 +0000

This video, Google Search Fail, was shared by . So, what do you think? I think it is hilarious too. If you want specific results, you must already know your keywords or in search engine language it means be specific. If you are not certain that the phrase you are looking for can be found [...]

The Wonderful World Of Spanish 101 (2)

Hanifa — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:36:57 +0000

There are a lot of language learners who choose to learn Spanish simply because it is one of the most spoken languages in the world and a huge population of the planet can communicate in Spanish either as a mother tongue or a second language. Spanish is an appealing language to learn and it is [...]

Type Foreign Characters Online

Annie Cook — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:25:33 +0000

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

Hanifa K. Cook — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:22 +0000

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 [...]

Connection Killed, Now What?

Annie Cook — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:04:47 +0000

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 [...]

Are You Wasting Time With Google Search For Languages?

Hanifa K. Cook — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:50:48 +0000

Custom Search Are you learning a language programme online and feel you are not making the kind of progress you are hoping for? Are you speaking beyond just greeting words like hello, how are you, and basic expressions like “My name is….”? Are you interested in learning more than just the basic social greeting phrases [...]