by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 24, 2009 | Language, Learning Skills, Reading
How can you improve your English or (other languages for that matter) when you read? Although reading is an essential part of language proficiency development, reading itself does not come natural to many of us. By that, I compare it with walking, talking, eating or...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 21, 2009 | Event, News, Personal Blog
Upon hearing news about the alleged race fixing of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, I changed my mind to support the F1 champion Fernando Alonso. Being a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF makes a lot difference for childhoodspeech.com as we have always placed the banner on...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 8, 2009 | Language, Personal Blog
Do not seek opportunities to discuss religion, it never works. Instead make way for opportunities to discuss everything else except religion. People want to get to know people not because they feel comfortable with the person not his or her religion.
by Annie Cook | Sep 1, 2009 | Language, Learning Skills, Spanish, Tool
There are a lot of language learners who choose to learn Spanish simply because it is one of the most spoken languages in the world and a huge population of the planet can communicate in Spanish either as a mother tongue or a second language. Spanish is an appealing...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Aug 27, 2009 | Learning Skills
Can we write without reading? This post is a response to questions to understand more about writing and reading: Let’s assume you do not understand Mandarin. Try writing the Mandarin character you see in the above picture or write/read this sentence...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Aug 25, 2009 | Language, Learning Skills, Personal Blog
What activates reading? What do we read? When do we read? Here are 47 things: Blog Articles Songs Poetry Drama Advertisements Billboards Television Brochures Grocery packages Grocery receipts Bills Bank Statements Notes Text messages Emails Magazines Tabloids...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Aug 22, 2009 | English, Language, Personal Blog
Half of the population in the world do not speak or understand English, but their world has not stopped just because of lack of this knowledge. English is perceived and perhaps regarded as the universal standard of communication for commerce and social networking. In...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Aug 21, 2009 | Environment, Personal Blog
That’s a great looking starfish. Simply magnificient sea creature.