Losika Writes News — polyglot

Reading to little ones

Mar 14, 2019 losika writes

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When should I start to read to my child? I don’t think there you can be too early to read to your child really. People have often played classical music to their bellies so I guess you can start reading to them then too. After babies are born, their vision is pretty poor but their hearing is much better, so they get to appreciate the different sounds you make as you read to them. As their vision improves, the brightly coloured pictures as well as the changing tones of the voice make the world a more interesting place. Why...

The danger of a single story

Mar 07, 2019 losika writes

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Are you exposing your children to the world they live in or are they at risk of the single story disaster?

Setswana pronounciations decoded

Jan 29, 2019 Teah Mogae

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Setswana pronounciations for our beautiful bilingual setswana books and posters

Losika Writes on Kinderling Radio

Dec 26, 2018 Teah Mogae

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Kinderling Radio shines a spotlight on Australian cultural and language diversity with Losika Writes.

My dreams for Losika Writes

Nov 12, 2018 Teah Mogae

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Losika Writes main philosophy is to make it sexy to speak in vernacular and have people understand that English is a language and not a measure of intelligence.