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/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 http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/advertisement-languages/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/advertisement-languages/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:38:25 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=881

On the morning of the last day of our stay in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we had breakfast at McDonald’s located at the junction of Jalan Bukit Bintang. We sat on the top floor next to the window; the monorail and traffic intersection were in full view. One of the things that caught my attention was [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2008/11/advertisement-languages/feed/ 4