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 [...]
Power Speech:Mother Tongue Without School
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 10, 2008 in Language, Learning Skills
If something so natural as speaking takes 2 years for a child to perfect, then speaking a foreign language may take an even longer time for an adult. Unless you understand the power of speech your mother tongue has given you. The truth is the only language that you can ever become fluent and completely [...]
Changing Australian English Accent Is ‘As Game As Ned Kelly’
by Hanifa K. Cook on November 3, 2008 in Language
It is Mondye. There I go again, playing with the Australian English accent as I type. The local school environment has influenced and changed the way my daughter speaks English. It is more than jus the accent; it is complete annihilation and total destruction. I would have ignored and perhaps accept the adverse influence on [...]
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