by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 25, 2011 | Language
Learning languages is not a luxury for people in Asia, it is a necessity of life. To be bilingual or multilingual is not an easy feat but it is a journey that everyone looks forward to embracing if the opportunity arises. Unfortunately not everyone is capable of...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 28, 2010 | Learning Skills
You can actually learn a language naturally without going to school or studying a textbook. I call this “Language Of Life”. Many expatriates who live outside their native environment can prove this theory to be true. That you do not need a textbook or go...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 5, 2010 | Learning Skills
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....
by Hanifa K. Cook | Dec 16, 2009 | Learning Skills
Being able to speak many languages is not the same as understanding all the languages that we can speak. If you understand the language, you have a better chance of success in communicating your thoughts more effectively. There are 2 golden rules I use throughout my...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 13, 2009 | Language, Learning Skills
You don’t necessarily have to speak two languages fluently to think like a bilingual person. Unless you have been living ‘seperti katak di bawah tempurong‘ or ‘like frogs in a well’ or 坐井观天,you would probably not have taken any notice of the foreign word you can...