by Hanifa K. Cook | Jun 22, 2023 | Language
Childhoodspeech started as a way to discover and understand the mind of a child from the lens of an adult. I have gathered more than 14 years of experience. I was once just a blogger. Now I am a professional speaker, published author and certified trainer and coach. As I seek to revive childhoodspeech, I reflect upon this experience by reconnecting with inspiration and returning to writing.
by Hanifa K. Cook | Apr 5, 2010 | Learning Skills
At what point can we start to have bilingual conversation? We have heard of people who have never picked up a textbook and still be able to speak two languages just by listening to conversations of others and surrounding themselves with foreign language speakers....
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 | Jan 25, 2009 | Chinese, Language
If you turn to any page in a Chinese dictionary for names in Mandarin, you may not come across a name like Sugiarto or Gunawan. Honestly, it may not even matter to you now because you will never come across them in your part of the world, say the United States of...
by Annie Cook | Nov 19, 2008 | Chinese, Language
LOOK FOR TRANSLITERATION SERVICE NOT A TRANSLATOR If you want to learn to speak a foreign word, you must LISTEN FIRST. You must have a native speaker to help you to pronounce the word correctly but he is not your dictionary. You still have to do the work yourself....