by Hanifa K. Cook | May 12, 2010 | Personal Blog
In recent weeks, there have been discussions on whether to reduce the weighting of Mother Tongue Language (MTL) [1] for PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examinations) students. Mother Tongue Language is a subject in the Singapore education curriculum. The languages are...
by Annie Cook | May 9, 2010 | Montessori
A collection of Mother’s Day posts received over the last few days. When we are with the Divine, The Divine is with us… When we are in His Presence, His Presence is in us…… What more could I long for? What more could I beg? The Time just...
by Hanifa K. Cook | May 3, 2010 | English, Language
Definition: A metaphor, or commonly known as a figure of speech, is used as analogy of ideas and objects. It usually begins by transferring the same word into a new sentence, the sense of which changes with the subject matter. By itself, the meaning of the word...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 25, 2010 | Networking
I am currently using the Twitteriffic application on the iPhone. On Twitter’s site, you will usually notice that some users have ticks on the side of their avatars which says, “Verified Account”. Today, I spotted ageneric cialis without prescriptionn account...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 24, 2010 | Personal Blog
Take a look at the picture below. What do you see? Two screwdrivers one a phillips head and the other is called a slot. Draw straight lines over them in the picture. You’ll see how we got the following new discovery, at least for us it is, because it is the...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 22, 2010 | Learning Skills
In the previous post on “How to start a bilingual conversation”, I have written about the role of the subsconscious mind as a guide to help the mind produce an action by means a conscious decision and action. Here are two methods used. Read With Meaning If you...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 5, 2010 | Learning Skills
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....
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 13, 2010 | Learning Skills
I love talking about food. Who doesn’t? We eat all the time. For me, cooking foreign dishes gives me great pleasure because it helps me develop my sensitivity towards a foreign language. It does not matter whether I am learning that language actively or not. If...