Success With Languages» communication

How To Start Having A Bilingual Conversation

Hanifa K. Cook — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:35:28 +0000

At what point can we start to have bilingual conversation? We have heard of people who have never picked up a textbook and still be able to speak two languages just by listening to conversations of others and surrounding themselves with foreign language speakers. Language is what we use to help us make sense of [...]

Thoughts That Do Not Need Language

Hanifa K. Cook — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:44:35 +0000

There can be mental activity even when we are not talking. Here are four types of thoughts that do not demand the use of language: 1. Daydreaming: It depends on the mind to create and visualise images. Artists paint what their minds tell them to paint. When people daydream, it is as if they are [...]

How Ordinary People In Streets Of Singapore Learn English？

Hanifa K. Cook — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:10:33 +0000

Many tourists who visit Singapore for the first time are quite surprised at how easy it is to move around the city. English is considered the country’s official language and Malay is the national language. From road names to business names, English words can be found everywhere. It is not until you do get to [...]

8 Ways To Creativity If Schools Potentially Kill It (1)

Annie Cook — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:50:52 +0000

About a month ago, I posted a video which discusses creativity in schools. The topic of the video was “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” This is part 1 of my thoughts on this topic. Homeschooling And Education Well often when we talk about our present education system, we will bring up our own schooling experience. We [...]

How To Communicate With A Native English Speaker

Hanifa K. Cook — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:17:35 +0000

The basis of this post is to help non-native speakers of English language to understand how to approach communication with a native English speaker. However, this post is written in English, my preferred language of communication. In writing this post, I speak to the mind of a non-native English speaker, hopefully shedding some light on [...]