by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 19, 2009 | Language
There are a few techniques used by teachers, salespersons, actors, actresses, news presenters and singers to make their performance interesting to their listeners, viewers or audience. It is the way they give pitch to their voice and intonate their speeches that makes...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 15, 2009 | Environment
10 weeks ago, I was still in Australia enjoying summer vacation. When I arrived back home, I received a phone call from my daughter’s Mandarin tutor. She spoke to me in English with a very heavy Mandarin accent, “Hello! Is your daughter coming to register...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 14, 2009 | Language
How does the Arabic numbers, 1,2 and 3 come about? If you are wondering why 1 is ‘one’, 2 is ‘two’ or 3 is ‘three’, look that slide presentation below. The knowledge seemed familiar; I might have learned it at college. At the end of...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 10, 2009 | Language
The essence of good spoken language skills are twofolds. The first is intonation and the second is modulation of language. In this post, we will discuss intonation, with regard to the art of speaking clearly rather than the style of expression and choice of words,...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Mar 5, 2009 | Language
This is my latest progress update on my online Spanish learning programme. I discovered that I could learn Spanish and practise other languages from an a site called twitter. Twitter is highly recommended if you desire to look up quick updates on what your colleagues,...
by Annie Cook | Mar 1, 2009 | Internet, Montessori
Do you wish to build your vocabulary of foreign words in a matter of days or weeks? Here is a great tip. When I showed kids candies before class began, they would wait in great anticipation. To get them to speak their first Mandarin words, I said, “我要。” as...
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 25, 2009 | Childhood, Language, Personal Blog
His grandmother turns towards him and says, “Cepat! Bus dah nak datang. Cepat pakai sepatu.” As she says this, she points her finger towards the pairs of school shoes and socks which are lying near the door, one hand holding the keys and the other carrying...