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How To Start Having A Bilingual Conversation

Hanifa K. Cook — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:35:28 +0000

At what point can we start to have bilingual conversation? We have heard of people who have never picked up a textbook and still be able to speak two languages just by listening to conversations of others and surrounding themselves with foreign language speakers. Language is what we use to help us make sense of [...]

Learn Modulation Of Language

Hanifa K. Cook — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:07:35 +0000

There are a few techniques used by teachers, salespersons, actors, actresses, news presenters and singers to make their performance interesting to their listeners, viewers or audience. It is the way they give pitch to their voice and intonate their speeches that makes us listen with interest. This technique is called modulating the voice so our [...]

Chinese Names Incorporated And Tattoos

Hanifa K. Cook — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:56:33 +0000

If you turn to any page in a Chinese dictionary for names in Mandarin, you may not come across a name like Sugiarto or Gunawan. Honestly, it may not even matter to you now because you will never come across them in your part of the world, say the United States of America or Ghana. [...]

Tips On Transliterator, Mobile Phone For Language

Hanifa — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:46:23 +0000

LOOK FOR TRANSLITERATION SERVICE NOT A TRANSLATOR If you want to learn to speak a foreign word, you must LISTEN FIRST. You must have a native speaker to help you to pronounce the word correctly but he is not your dictionary. You still have to do the work yourself. Listening is a very important part [...]

Observing Language Development

Hanifa K. Cook — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:17:00 +0000

I started speaking a fifth language about 10 years ago when I was living overseas. I had to learn to speak the language to be able to communicate with the locals and my domestic staff. I was not sure whether to begin by understanding their language or having them to understand mine. When we live [...]

Slash Time and Money: Get Speaking With Your Belly

Hanifa K. Cook — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:00:29 +0000

What is your first outburst of joy and laughter for the day? Usually, it is after you have a big breakfast or a hearty meal. Even months after you have visited your favourite restaurant, you will still talk about the food and people you met then. Little children are even able to ask for their [...]