by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 1, 2009 | Event, Language, Music, News
Childhoodspeech, Success With Languages, celebrate Children’s Day 2009 on 1 October 2009 along with you. Here are 6 top favourites stories, events, pictures and videos of 2009. These are selected based on the simplicity of its message: that there can only be one...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 8, 2009 | English, Language, Music
When news of Michael Jackson’s death was broadcast, I could not believe what I heard. I know that name, Michael Jackson. He is the black guy whose records my brother had brought home when we are teenagers. At that time, our parents were confused and concerned over this newfound obsession with western music, song and dance. We were teenagers, my siblings and I; we understood the message in the music like Bad, Thriller and Heal The World. What I thought we were most connected to was neither his dancing nor singing; it was his music videos and concert performances.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jun 27, 2009 | Music
The story of Michael Jackson’s (his Muslim name is “Mikaeel”) childhood touches me most. I published news of his auction in Feb 2009. Then I wrote: “We all know how childhood will affect the way we carry ourselves during adulthood, but none...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 30, 2009 | Language, Music
A friend asks me yesterday why I love music? I do indeed. Languages have always been the reason music came to me and it seems music itself has also helped me to become a better language learner. I call it the MLM technique.. MLM technique is not multi-level marketing...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 28, 2009 | Music
Listen To This Kid His friends on myspace.com? Sting, Eric Clapton. Reminds me of the blind girl who comes from the same country:
by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 6, 2009 | Childhood, Environment, Internet, Language, Learning Skills, Music, News
Learning out loud is a great way to bounce back knowledge that comes into your head. Kids figure out quickly that being loud does not necessary have to mean about sounds. Bright and gaudy colours are loud. If used as a figure of speech, ‘loud’ takes a...