Reading is a crucial part of learning. It does not matter what subject you are studying or what object you are observing, reading opens the path towards gathering knowledge. It raises awareness of your learning faculties and has the potential to make you a powerful person when you use the knowledge. Unfortunately reading a written [...]
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Collaborate At RealTime With Your Language Partner
Here is an example of how you can collaborate at real time with your language partner online. And you can get it for free without having to download any application. To get started, you need to have: a good internet connection headset with speaker and a language partner For this session, we are going to [...]
Mother Tongue Language Leaves A Heavy Weight On The Shoulders
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 [...]
Understanding Metaphors
Definition: A metaphor, or commonly known as a figure of speech, is used as analogy of ideas and objects. It usually begins by transferring the same word into a new sentence, the sense of which changes with the subject matter. By itself, the meaning of the word remains unchanged but it somehow transforms itself when [...]
4 Key Points To Remember To Be Bilingual
In my last post, I wrote about How To Be Bilingual. If you have been speaking or trying to speak two languages, you may not feel confident enough because people comment on your heavy foreign accent. Here are some basic rules you can follow once you feel ready to speak a second or third language [...]
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