by Hanifa K. Cook | Dec 18, 2009 | Music
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off This was submitted by Paul Bullen who started the English Language Discussion Group on Google. For those wish to join the group, you can easily join in through your Google account. Verse Things have come to a pretty pass Our...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Oct 29, 2009 | English, Language
My daughter was given 30 English words for her spelling test. Her English teacher had asked the students to find the meaning of each word and write it down on the exercise book. She spent 30 minutes searching and copying the meaning of 5 words from the dictionary....
by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 28, 2009 | English, Environment, Language, Learning Skills
Many tourists who visit Singapore for the first time are quite surprised at how easy it is to move around the city. English is considered the country’s official language and Malay is the national language. From road names to business names, English words can be found...
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 | 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...