by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 19, 2013 | English, Environment, Language, Personal Blog
Singapore is well-known for many things, one of which is ‘Singlish’, a term used to describe a unique brand of English spoken by the general Singaporeans. For Singaporeans, we speak and hear Singlish all the time; it is pointless to ridicule natives for not being to...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 26, 2012 | Language, Learning Skills
Here is a question submitted by a reader. Submitted on 2012/09/24 at 7:53 pm by Kayla at this blog My main question/concern is how will I teach my children to read and write in 3 languages? They’ll obviously learn how to read and write in English because that is the...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Dec 23, 2011 | Chinese, Language
I am currently attending a course in comprehensive Business Mandarin Course (intermediate) at the Singapore Chinese Instituter Of Commerce and Business. So, am I ready for the challenge? Yes, I am.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Sep 13, 2011 | Language
More people are required to know at least two languages in the business world today. If you are able to show on your resume you can speak at least one other language, you certainly have an added advantage. Unless you have formal education in more than one language,...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 7, 2011 | Language, Personal Blog
The reason I started with Success With Languages was because I thought I could learn to express myself more openly about how I come to be multilingual at a very young age. I also thought I would be learning at least 2 more languages, Spanish and Arabic. For the past 9...