How to Learn Chinese in a Fun Way

Chinese Language is a fantastic and wonderful language but Singaporean children faced lots of difficulties when learning Chinese Language at home and in school, some children even hated and disliked Chinese language.

Learn our own language in a fun and interesting way that will attract students of this generation is a challenge to educators and parents. How to integrate language into their way of life that children would think its part of their learning? There are some tips for teaching Chinese Language to children at home and in the classroom.

AT HOME

1. Parents/grandparents and the child can exchange notes written in Chinese language:

Nowadays parents are all busy and most of the times they are not at home, they can start the system of writing simple, short phrase Chinese words, like “How are you? “ Ni Hao Ma” I love you.” Wo Ai Ni” Have you done your homework?” etc to each other on a frequent basis, the notes can be paste at the refrigerator, or as a letter on each other’s table. This is to let children know that what they learn in school, they are able to communicate to their parents and grandparents. And when the child learns more Chinese words, the writing can be more interesting and complicated. Allow the child to write Hanyu pinyin if he or she not able to write the word.

2. Allow the child to watch mandarin show or cartoons:

Children like to watch TV program, we have very good mandarin TV children series on Saturday and Sunday morning, and Chinese cartoons too. Through watching TV program, they listen and expose to the language in an informal manner.

3. Song-Singing

Children likes to sing, any kind of songs, parents can bring their child along when they go for “karaok” (singing) session, Do buy some Chinese children songs CD, they will love it.

4. Read comics book

Children likes to read comics, parents can get some Chinese comic books, there are many different types of Chinese comics in the bookshop.

5. Read Chinese storybook to them

For children to master or love Chinese language, parents should be the role model, when the child sees their own parents making effort in learning Chinese Language, they will understand the important of the language. Before the child sleep, parents can read Chinese story book to him/her.

6. Game card/ Board game

Children learn most effectively through interactive games and activity, parents can buy game card or activity card in bookshops and create activity with them. Through hand-on and fun session, children gradually will build interest and love learning.

US shares at nearly 12-year low

US shares have fallen sharply on concerns about the government’s latest attempts to shore up the banks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 250.9 points, or 3.41%, at 7,114.8, its lowest since October 1997.

But shares in the banks themselves rose sharply, with Citigroup up nearly 10% and Bank of America rising over 3%.

The US government reiterated its determination to keep banks operating, but added it wanted the banks themselves to stay in private hands.

There had earlier been reports that the government was planning to take a bigger stake in Citigroup and could even nationalise it.

"People left and right are throwing in the towel," said Keith Springer from Capital Financial Advisory Services.

"The biggest thing I see here is the incredible pessimism - the government is doing a lousy job of alleviating fears."

Technology shares also fell on reports that a reorganisation is planned at Yahoo.

The technology-based Nasdaq index fell 53.5 points, or 3.71%, to close at 1,387.7.

The falls pick up from a tough week last week, when all the major indices fell by more than 6%.

Earlier in the day, the FTSE 100 in London closed down 1%, the Cac 40 in Paris fell 0.8% and the Dax in Frankfurt fell 2% to close below 4,000 points for the first time since 2004.

LEARN SEO BY EBOOKS

One of the most commonly asked questions regarding search engine optimization is: “What is the best way to learn SEO”I suggest you can learn seo by well written ebooks. let me explain my answer to you.

 Remember when you were in grade school, middle school, high school and/or college were you ever just given a CD, video, two-day workshop or other similar methods to learn a subject? No, I will guess that you learned primarily from books or material derived from a book presented by an instructor.

On this note, a well-written SEO book, by an author, that presents the material as if he or she is talking to you can be the substitute for an instructor; but you will still need to read the book and apply what you learn. This has been a time-tested method of learning for hundreds of years around the world. The method will not fail you; however, you can fail the method.

You can determine the SEO book to purchase and read by carefully reviewing the promotional material for the SEO book, reading objective book reviews regarding the SEO book, comparing the prices of the various SEO books, making sure that you purchase a book that is written to actually teach SEO services and finally purchase an SEO book that provides a money back guarantee in case the book does not meet your expectations.

However, remember that you should never take advantage of a money back guarantee. The author worked hard to write the book. If you actually benefited from reading the book or ebook, don’t ask for a refund just because you do not want to pay for the book. Always remember that what comes around goes around. Treat people fair and be honest in your dealings with others.

Blogging for SEO

Using frequent posts to drive the search engines to your site.

It’s no secret that blogs are great for helping to boost your seo rankings. You can use a blog to get a new site ranked quickly and ahead of your main site if you are dedicated to posting on a frequent basis.

While the main goal of your blog may be to express your thoughts, talk back to your customers or as a vehicle to promote your product or services, there is another critical element to blogging.

Search engine optimization & Marketing.

Because of the frequency of active blogs (daily - or at least 5 times a week) the search engines have put high weight on blogs that are focused and tend to stay on topic.

It’s the freshness of content (in a perfect world) that a search engine is craving and rewarding to the blogs. The ideal situation is that the blog would provide for tiny snippets of information that over time build up to a greater whole. (Almost like a blook)

But the most overloooked element of a blog is that once you’ve established a frequent pattern of posting and you have the Googlebot coming to your site every few days, you can then use that to link to other sites, sub-domains or any deep links that you need to get crawled. While most blog postings may not have direct links to any sites in particular, you could always format your blog with some permanent links on the side.

Another mistake made by the amatuer blogger is that they don’t realize that you can optimize your blog. True, most blogs only have a few areas, namely the "home" page and the "archive" page. But depending on the tool being used to post the blog, there are some places where you can take advantage seo-wise.

The title of your blog should be thought of as a headline - grab the reader’s attention - but also be sure that your blog title is also what gets archived - that way your titles can become search queries as well.

While the main objective of a blog should be to get your message out, don’t forget to take a little time for SEO and you should see your efforts payoff in the search engine results pages.

The Enticing World of SEO Part

Search engine optimization is a wide term in itself, having the caliber to place your website on top slot of any search engine result. Hiring SEO Company and professional SEO helps in achieving this target. In case of doubts website design and graphic design portfolio of companies can give clear cut idea about the working style and pattern. Let us first understand what are SEO and some of its basics.

SEO implies optimizing a website both externally and internally for promoting the web traffic. Every website design company from India operates differently for different types of web projects. Many elements have to be considered that makes search optimization for every company a unique online marketing plan on its own.

A website is optimized keeping in mind the guidelines of popular search engines like Msn, Yahoo, AskJeeves, AOL and Google. If your website is not found by customers through search engines, then you have to do some serious thinking and take steps to get it optimized. Whatever your website deals in, the major source of web traffic always remains the search engines for internet users.

Users type in keywords/phrases in the search engine box for locating websites, so these words carry much significance. Success of any website is highly dependant on effective seo services. So it is a wise decision to invest in SEO related services as you can get it back in the form of increased visitors’ traffic, revenue, exposure and publicity.

You may think why is it so important to use SEO to get noticed in search engine results? Search engine optimization makes your web content available to the search engine crawlers. These search engine spiders or crawlers are constantly evolving in technology to dig into better online results. If done in proper manner it could boost up your site visibility or else if done in improper way would make your website untraceable by masses. Apart from making a website content available to search engines, it also increases search engine rankings.

It is a stepwise process that requires a plan of action so that everything is organized and results are sure to come. SEO professionals design a SEO keyword strategy and prepare a list of most favorable and targeted keywords/phrases. Submitting your website link to web directories helps in getting more traffic through automated linking.

How To Optimization your web page

SEO is an acronym for "Search engine optimization" or "search engine optimizer." Deciding to hire an SEO is a big decision that can potentially improve your site and save time, but you can also risk damage to your site and reputation. Make sure to research the potential advantages as well as the damage that an irresponsible SEO can do to your site. Many SEOs and other agencies and consultants provide useful seo services for website owners, including:

Review of your site content or structure Technical advice on website development: for example, web hosting redirects, error pages, use of JavaScript Content development Management of online business development campaigns Keyword research SEO training Expertise in specific markets and geographies. Keep in mind that the Google search results page often includes paid advertising and free organic search results. Keep in mind that the Google search results page includes organic search results and often paid advertisement (denoted by the heading "Sponsored Links") as well. Advertising with Google won’t have any effect on your site’s presence in our search results. Google never accepts money to include or rank sites in our search results, and it costs nothing to appear in our organic search results. Free resources such as Webmaster Tools, the official Webmaster Central blog, and our discussion group can provide you with a great deal of information about how to optimize your site for organic search. Many of these free sources, as well as information on paid search, can be found on Google Webmaster Central.

Before beginning your search for an SEO, it’s a great idea to become an educated consumer and get familiar with how search engines work. We recommend starting here:

Google Webmaster Guidelines Google 101: How Google crawls, indexes and serves the web.

If you’re thinking about hiring an SEO, the earlier the better. A great time to hire is when you’re considering a site redesign, or planning to launch a new site. That way, you and your SEO can ensure that your site is designed to be search engine-friendly from the bottom up. However, a good SEO can also help improve an existing site.

Japan court to rule on British hostess slaying

A Japanese court will rule Tuesday whether a serial rapist abducted and killed British bar hostess Lucie Blackman after he was controversially earlier acquitted over her death.

Blackman’s slaying in 2000 triggered a storm of media coverage in Britain and even a personal appeal by its then prime minister Tony Blair to find her killer.

The suspect in the spotlight is Joji Obara, 56, a wealthy former property developer in Tokyo, who was sentenced in April last year to life in prison for raping nine women including one who died, Australian Carita Ridgway.

But the Tokyo District Court said there was insufficient evidence to prove he killed Blackman — like Ridgway, a 21-year-old bar hostess.

Both sides have appealed the case to the Tokyo High Court — Obara wants to clear his name over the deaths of both Blackman and Ridgway and wants lesser punishments for the rapes.

Prosecutors, however, are seeking his conviction in Blackman’s death.

Joji’s acquittal by the district court in the Blackman case was especially surprising as nearly 99 percent of people brought to trial in Japan are convicted — a rate that has alarmed human rights groups and legal experts.

Japanese prosecutors generally drop cases when they believe there is insufficient evidence.

Obara has not been charged with first-degree murder, which would have made him eligible for the death penalty.

Blackman vanished in July 2000 while she was working in bars in Tokyo’s seedy Roppongi district to save money for a holiday in Australia.

Her dismembered body was found seven months later in a seaside cave.

The district court had ruled that Obara, who has denied all charges, was responsible for Ridgway’s death by giving her chloroform, a colourless drug used as an anaesthetic in the 19th century.

Defence lawyers have said chloroform was not detected in Blackman’s body.

In an appeal hearing in May, a professor who testified on behalf of the prosecutors said it was normal that the drug was not detected in a body that had been abandoned for more than six months.

The Tokyo High Court decision comes against a background of a lack of leads in another high-profile case in Japan concerning a young Briton, a 22-year-old English language teacher, Lindsay Ann Hawker, who was found dead in a bathtub last year.

Police are still loking for the prime suspect, Tatsuya Ichihashi, who fled from officers when they visited his apartment in suburban Tokyo where Hawker’s body was found.

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