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My Tropical Summer For Your Winter In Perisher, Australia

by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 5, 2011 | Language, Personal Blog

Hi all, thank you for subscribing to my blog. Its been more than 4 weeks but I still notice subscription to this blog. I do appreciate your support. I have gone on a winter vacation in Australia. It is the second time I am experiencing winter; the difference with this...

What Is A Good Email Closing?

by Annie Cook | May 30, 2011 | Language

One of the questions posted today on my Google Language Group is about closing an email. Can anyone suggest a good closing for e-mails. I’ve been using “Thanks”, which is kind of lame since I don’t always have any reason to be thanking. It...

Importance Of Learning Mandarin

by Annie Cook | May 27, 2011 | Language

This is a slide presentation I did at a preview talk with Business Passion Alliance. The session was about using Mandarin to increase business opportunities. I have to start with talking about the importance of learning Mandarin. The most important element is not to...

Random Thought: You Don’t Need The Aces To Go Places

by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 31, 2011 | Language

I have never thought of myself special because I can speak 4 languages. I grew up already knowing them, so how is that special to me? I don’t have the aces to boast but I know one thing, you don’t need the aces to go places. Learn to love people and culture by knowing a few words of the language they speak. That is all it takes to get speaking more than one language.

A Demonstration Of Resilience, Not Intelligence

by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 19, 2011 | Language, Personal Blog

When a child fails to produce good results, it is but a demonstration of her/his inability to engage with her/his environment using her/his natural potential. To say that the child is not intelligent is daylight robbery of her/his personal dignity. Even the humblest of creatures can show signs of intelligence. (Maria Montessori, the Absorbent Mind.)

Learning Language Truly Depends Only On Four Functions

by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 9, 2011 | Language, Learning Skills

Learning language can be a lifelong learning process that does not depend on our ability or inability to study. It truly relies on our ability to perform one of these four functions: write, read, speak and listen.

Twitter And Facebook Users Publish Daily Newspapers With Paper.li

by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 5, 2011 | Language

If you are on Twitter, you will be familiar with the concept of folllowers mentioning your username as a way of broadcasting to their twitter followers that you are being implicated for something you tweet. Usually, this means one of the followings: 1. someone wants...

QWERTY Keyboard And Me, A Relationship That Lasts A Lifetime.

by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 4, 2011 | Personal Blog

It does not matter what language you use, the QWERTY keyboard has been used and abused to write all types of written notes: SMS, blogs, emails and notes. For me, the QWERTY keyboard is heralded as the icon of a data storage device. Without the QWERTY keyboard, the...