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Yellow House: November 2012
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Looking for an SLP in Kenya? Monday, November 19, 2012. Two Nations: One Large, One Small. By Martin Nafukho, Occupational Therapist. Mumias Educational Assessment Resource Center. One day, Bea Staley, my close friend and workmate for the last four to five years out of the blue simply said "Martin, can you come to the United States next November for the American Speech and Hearing Association convention? My immediate and instinctual answer was "no.". Friday, November 09, 2012. This October Martin Nafukho...
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Trilingual Trio: Why I'm smug about language mixing
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Share this post: Tweet. Follow me: Follow @JenCawe. Thursday, 31 March 2011. Why I'm smug about language mixing. So where have we come from in this respect? Well, we started off doing OPOL, and we still do OPOL. Only because Thomas works full-time but I have worked part-time or not at all since the children were born, they have had more exposure to English than to German. Now. Would normally give their. Chronologies and linguistic EQs. With both me and. In the end we decided to have them do their schooli...
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Trilingual Trio: May 2011
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Share this post: Tweet. Follow me: Follow @JenCawe. Tuesday, 10 May 2011. Head above the parapet. I'm just now starting to get my head above the parapet recovering from life's onslaught this April. I was so sleep deprived at one point that meeting the twin challenges of getting through the basic daily routine and. So what provoked this break-down of human civilisation? Then once we'd got the last one. So it's only now, after the occasional uninterrupted night (because although the illnesses seem to have ...
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Multilingual Living Contributors | Multilingual Living
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Authors, Experts, Researchers and More…. Multilingual Living is the brain child of Corey Heller. Founder of the Bilingual/Bicultural Family Network. If you would like her to give a presentation or seminar for your organization, office, hospital or school. The Editor of Multilingual Living Magazine. PhD, University of Manchester, UK, is a multilingual parent, educator and scholar, and the author of. A book on myths and misconceptions about multilingualism. Her blog Being Multilingual. Grew up in New Mexic...
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Language in Brunei: Progress (?)
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One of my favourite views of Brunei is from the forest trail in Tasek Lama, where I go walking with my wife two or three times every week. The picture on the left was taken in 2009, while the one on the right was taken this morning. (The quality is not as good, as I took today's photo with my mobile phone, while the previous one was taken with a digital camera.). Do you notice the difference? Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. View my complete profile. Nature, nurture, and linguistic giftedness.
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Language in Brunei: Passwords
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This week, I registered for TelBru's e-bill facility, which lets me monitor my usage of the internet as well as pay my telephone bills electronically. It is a really useful facility, as it enables me to ensure that I do not exceed my usage quota in any month. In registering, I wanted to change my passport from the default password I was sent (Abc123! So why do I need such a secure password? Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. View my complete profile. Nature, nurture, and linguistic giftedness.
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Language in Brunei: May 2015
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I recently saw this sign in the washroom at the Bangar ferry terminal in Termburong:. The Malay says 'Throw rubbish into the dustbin provided'. I wonder why the extra word disediakan. Provided') is used in Malay? It doesn't seem to add anything extra to the message. So I wonder why the writer in Malay felt that it was necessary? The level of complexity and allusion in some cartoons is stunning. Take the following Dilbert cartoon:. That I understood it. Partly, that is because I am not very familiar w...
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Language in Brunei: Royal Wedding
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Last week, the radio news and the local newspapers were dominated by the wedding of Prince Malik, or Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Duli Pengiran Muda 'Abdul Malik (to give him his full title) to Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Raabi'atul 'Adawiyyah. Here is a picture from page 3 of the Media Permata. Of 13 April 2015, showing the happy couple surrounded by various members of the royal family. Does anyone listen to all of this? Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. View my complete profile.
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Language in Brunei: Jungle Tracking
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On page M3 of the Media Permata. Of 24 March, I read that some school children had been involved in Jungle Tracking. I wondered if this is a mistake for jungle trekking. Malay speakers of English often do not distinguish between /e/ and /æ/ (the DRESS and TRAP vowels), so this kind of confusion is expected. Or is jungle tracking a different activity from jungle trekking? I just looked up both terms in the COCA corpus. And there is one token of each. Then I looked them up in the British National Corpus.
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Language in Brunei: shopping
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My trip to Turkey was on a tour with about 40 people, too many for a single bus. So we split into two: one for Chinese people, with a Chinese-speaking guide, and one mostly for Malays, with an English-speaking guide. I chose the former. It was interesting that although the two groups had the same itinerary, we focused on different things. For example, In Capadocia, we managed to go on a balloon ride which was just splendid. Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei. View my complete profile.
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