If you go to any of the big bookstores, and peruse the English language shelves, you will probably find books that have either EFL or ESL written on the cover. These are […]
A tale of that state in the north
Note: the featured image is the flag of the old Sultanate of Kelantan When I was in school, I often heard how my peers and even their parents hated history. The reason […]
Kenapa perfect tense susah sangat
Note: experimenting with explaining English grammar in Malay. Apabila saya mengajar bab Tense dalam Bahasa Inggeris, saya sering mendengar keluhan pelajar pelajar saya yang mengatakan itu susah, ini susah. Paling kuat kedengaran […]
4 Ways to say 你好吗 ? (nǐ hǎo ma)?
Hi, As I have promised to you all yesterday that I will share with you other ways to say “how are you” in Mandarin today. In this blog post, I will share […]
你好吗 ? (nǐ hǎo ma)? -Chinese Tone Drill
Hi, Good morning, Yesterday, I have introduced to you all on “你好吗 ? (nǐ hǎo ma)?”, today I would like to continue with this same phase, but the focus will be on […]
你好吗？(nǐ hǎo ma)
The first character – 你 (nǐ) means “you.” The second character 好 (hǎo) means “good”. The third character 吗 (ma) is the question particle that adds to the end of sentences and […]
The English language and the imagined pedestal
I am sometimes surprised to hear archaic, misguided and misinformed ideas being rehashed today. more than a decade into the new millennium. This morning, I read of another such instance. Here is […]
What happens in your mind when you try to compose a sentence
Sam has an idea and he wants to put the idea into a sentence. [S] Sam’s idea is about A boy doing something to a ball [S [Boy][KICK][ball]] Sam realises that he […]
Not-so-strange ideas behind linguistics
A student once asked me to put linguistics in context. That was not such an easy thing to do but I looked up something and this a little of what I came […]
Haw tuu learn Iiingleesh
The day before yesterday, Dr Zahari suggested that I write tips for learning English for this blog. Yesterday, another friend asked me for suggestion on how she could get her four year […]
Cluster of Education & Social Sciences, OUM 