by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 18, 2010 | Chinese, Language
This is the Year Of The Tiger in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. In Mandarin Tiger is called 老虎lao2 hu3。If it is a tigress, it is called 母老虎 mu3 lao2 hu3,母 indicates female. What is more interesting about the term 老虎 is the character 老, which means ‘old’ in...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 1, 2010 | Language
Basically when we learn languages, we have to find ways to practice. Here are a few places you can visit to get free language exchange service. I have chosen them based on the following: 1. Interactivity: Can you chat with someone online? Can you read other...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Nov 2, 2009 | Internet, Language, News
What is the buzz this month? ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers board) recently approved a new Internationalized Domain Name Fast Track Processgeneric cialis. This means people will soon have localised domain endings on website addresses in...
by Annie Cook | Oct 30, 2009 | Language, Spanish
< cheap propeciaspan style="font-size: medium;">Last time, the article I wrote focused on some basic Spanish stuff, such as the numbers, colours and the alphabet. I hope you studied them, because we will continue to use them in the lessons ahead. Today, we will do...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 29, 2009 | English, Language
My daughter was given 30 English words for her spelling test. Her English teacher had asked the students to find the meaning of each word and write it down on the exercise book. She spent 30 minutes searching and copying the meaning of 5 words from the dictionary....
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 21, 2009 | Language, Learning Skills
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...