languages | Effective Communications

How Ordinary People In Streets Of Singapore Learn English？

by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 28, 2009 | English, Environment, Language, Learning Skills

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...

Mandarin Online Learning

by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 1, 2009 | Chinese, Language, Montessori

Hi friends, Mandarin is one of the preferred languages to learn especially for people who wish to settle down in Asia for business. However it is not a language you can always learn without structured methods of instructions. I have discovered many natives who...

You Can Never Hate Your Mandarin: What Lee Kuan Yew Showed Me

by Hanifa K. Cook | Jun 9, 2009 | Chinese, Learning Skills, Personal Blog

Of all the languages in the world that is most talked about on the internet and least liked is Mandarin. It is so damn hard! It is greek to me! It is just impossible to remember how people can even remember a character let alone a stroke in the character! The ones who...

World Voice Day 2009

by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 16, 2009 | Event, Learning Skills

I want to talk about our special gift, the voice because today, April 16 is World Voice Day. Celine Dion has a voice doctor; David Beckham’s legs have his legs insured. Other people who do not own their bodies have vested interests in protecting and maintaining...

Are You Wasting Time With Google Search For Languages?

by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 13, 2009 | Internet, Language, Tool

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...