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Three Good Reasons Not To Use The Online Translator
by Hanifa K. Cook on February 20, 2009 in Language
Chinese Names Incorporated And Tattoos
by Hanifa K. Cook on January 25, 2009 in Chinese, Language
If you turn to any page in a Chinese dictionary for names in Mandarin, you may not come across a name like Sugiarto or Gunawan. Honestly, it may not even matter to you now because you will never come across them in your part of the world, say the United States of America or Ghana. [...]
Observing Language Development
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 12, 2008 in Environment, Language, Learning Skills
I started speaking a fifth language about 10 years ago when I was living overseas. I had to learn to speak the language to be able to communicate with the locals and my domestic staff. I was not sure whether to begin by understanding their language or having them to understand mine. When we live [...]
Power Speech:Mother Tongue Without School
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 10, 2008 in Language, Learning Skills
If something so natural as speaking takes 2 years for a child to perfect, then speaking a foreign language may take an even longer time for an adult. Unless you understand the power of speech your mother tongue has given you. The truth is the only language that you can ever become fluent and completely [...]
Changing Australian English Accent Is ‘As Game As Ned Kelly’
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 3, 2008 in Language
It is Mondye. There I go again, playing with the Australian English accent as I type. The local school environment has influenced and changed the way my daughter speaks English. It is more than jus the accent; it is complete annihilation and total destruction. I would have ignored and perhaps accept the adverse influence on [...]
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