Here are some helpful tips for you to decide on your choices of non-native language for your child. 1. What is native language? It is simply the mother tongue of the child or the language that the parent or caregiver will be at home with the child. In some countries, the native language of the [...]
How To Create A Learning Environment
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 4, 2008 in Environment, Language, Montessori
My daughter is attending Mandarin class at a local learning center near our house. At present, she is already speaking 4 languages: Mandarin, English, Bahasa Indonesia and Malay. Since she has started school in Singapore, she has started to pick up the unique Singapore English accent, known as Singlish. I am devastated at first. However, [...]
I Was A Child Star: Annoynomous
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 3, 2008 in Childhood, Chinese, Language, News
I was probably 13 or 14 years old when this was published. I was a child star. the headline read: Hanifa A Malay Student Child Actress Who Speaks Mandarin My father was very proud and had kept this in a photo frame. I have been keeping it in a folder eversince. He died when I [...]
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