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/2011/07/milestone-part-1-conquering-the-art-of-raising-a-multilingual-kid/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2011/07/milestone-part-1-conquering-the-art-of-raising-a-multilingual-kid/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:33:57 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=3625

The reason I started with Success With Languages was because I thought I could learn to express myself more openly about how I come to be multilingual at a very young age. I also thought I would be learning at least 2 more languages, Spanish and Arabic. For the past 9 years, I found myself [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2011/07/milestone-part-1-conquering-the-art-of-raising-a-multilingual-kid/feed/ 2 http://childhoodspeech.com/2010/05/mother-tongue-language-leaves-a-heavy-weight-on-the-shoulders/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2010/05/mother-tongue-language-leaves-a-heavy-weight-on-the-shoulders/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 06:42:02 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=3174

In recent weeks, there have been discussions on whether to reduce the weighting of Mother Tongue Language (MTL) [1] for PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examinations) students. Mother Tongue Language is a subject in the Singapore education curriculum. The languages are Tamil, Malay and Mandarin. Students can choose to study one of these languages other than [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2010/05/mother-tongue-language-leaves-a-heavy-weight-on-the-shoulders/feed/ 0 http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/09/how-ordinary-people-in-singapore-learn-english/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/09/how-ordinary-people-in-singapore-learn-english/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:10:33 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=2773

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 [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2009/09/how-ordinary-people-in-singapore-learn-english/feed/ 1