http://childhoodspeech.com Parenting A Multilingual Kid In A Multicultural Society Sun, 13 May 2012 18:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://childhoodspeech.com/2011/12/all-time-favourite-chinese-english-bilingual-dictionary-app-for-iphone-and-ipad/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2011/12/all-time-favourite-chinese-english-bilingual-dictionary-app-for-iphone-and-ipad/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:21:52 +0000 Hanifa http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=3828

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 [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2011/12/all-time-favourite-chinese-english-bilingual-dictionary-app-for-iphone-and-ipad/feed/ 0 http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/09/tips-on-improving-your-english-when-you-read/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/09/tips-on-improving-your-english-when-you-read/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:06:25 +0000 Annie Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=2762

How can you improve your English or (other languages for that matter) when you read? Although reading is an essential part of language proficiency development, reading itself does not come natural to many of us. By that, I compare it with walking, talking, eating or drinking. We have to be taught to read, even though [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/09/tips-on-improving-your-english-when-you-read/feed/ 7