by Hanifa K. Cook | Feb 8, 2011 | Childhood, Language, Learning Skills
How do you know if you are sensitive towards learning a language? How would you know if you are not cheating time by faking your own interest? “I love this guy but he is a foreigner. So I should learn his language to get to know him better?” It does not...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jul 28, 2010 | Learning Skills
You can actually learn a language naturally without going to school or studying a textbook. I call this “Language Of Life”. Many expatriates who live outside their native environment can prove this theory to be true. That you do not need a textbook or go...
by Hanifa K. Cook | Jun 9, 2009 | Chinese, Learning Skills, Personal Blog
Of all the languages in the world that is most talked about on the internet and least liked is Mandarin. It is so damn hard! It is greek to me! It is just impossible to remember how people can even remember a character let alone a stroke in the character! The ones who...
by Hanifa K. Cook | May 22, 2009 | English, Language, News
The basis of this post is to help non-native speakers of English language to understand how to approach communication with a native English speaker. However, this post is written in English, my preferred language of communication. In writing this post, I speak to the...
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...