baby nursery & nursery

II's is settling better each and every time we send him.. at the moment, we are trying to get him used to the place, so, instead of sending him full day, we are sending him half day only (and this is for the time being..)

yesterday: he managed to sleep for an hour - once... and ate only a bit.. like 1 spoon...
my comments: its a bit weird.. because he ate plenty at home.. and usually, he finishes his meal, the 1/2 cup porridge.. but, his carers in the baby nursery said that he doesn't want it..
Could it be:
- new environment? new people?
- not used to the carer yet?
- still trying to settle down?

looking at the brighter side.. II gets to communicate with other children, learn socialising, and lots of other positive things.. hm.. and the most important thing is to be able to be independent in one way.. and not to be very clingy to only me.. (not that I don't like it.. i love it actually.. but, its gonna be a big trouble in the future.. )

today: he slept twice, 30 mins in the morning, and nearly 1 hour during lunch time.. which is quite an improvement.. alhamdullillah.. lega sgt hati...

FD on the other hand is enjoying himself quite well in his nursery.. the manager said that he is trying very hard to speak.. he seems pretty encouragingly wanting to speak and trying hard to make good sentences.. which absolutely amazes me..

the most unforgettable sentences he once said to me, that i've never heard of before: "mommy, I can't do it.. I can't do it.." (he was trying to pull off his socks...) and I said to him.. "ofcourse you can do it.. come on.. try more.."

and now that we've been sending him since June'08, there was a lot.. i mean.. A LOT!!! of improvements that I can see in him.. which ofcourse fascinates me being a mommy.. i love it..

Bonding of both FD & II:

This really touches my heart.. alhamdullillah.. eventhough it takes time for FD to accept II, he manages it quickly.. syukur sgt2.. now that he understands that his a big brother, everytime he comes home, he really does look forward to see II.. and always asks for II.. kiss him.. and then a big hug... he seems to really care for his little brother...

I put them to sleep around 8-8.30pm.. and they sleeps together.. the bonding of both of them, really shows in terms of, you can see the co-operation while both of them are asleep.. i don't know how to explain this.. but, as you watch them both sleeping.. you can see.. that the bonding is there.. i love this..

II always loves when FD's around him.. at the moment.. only FD can make him chuckle and laugh.. even both of us parents are still struggling to do this.. weird eh? but yea.. thats the truth... pelik kan.. special bonding reflected!

Semangat lepas jumpa SV

alhamdullillah... meeting with sv was great!

sv asked about funding nak gi amsterdam untuk cogsci2009.. bestnya.. he suggest a body yg boleh bantu travel grants.. bestnyaaa...

pastu.. dia tanya.. ada dpt funding tak? i said, ada.. tapi.. dia offer skali je... and kalau boleh.. pergi la tmpt paling mahal skali..

pastu.. sv kata.. haa.. yg tu... pakai untuk conference next year - 2010 - kat Portland, Oregon, US... bestnya!!!! and baru je tgk map.. portland tak jauh ngan Washington and San Francisco... waaaa... i have to go!!! Tadi dah citer kat husb.. heheheh.. i'm aiming for this one.. nak bawak satu family.. boleh jalan2..

bestnya!!!

am loving it..

How to write Hypothesis? How to design my experiment?

I'm in the process of finding out what is the best way to be able to get the best data from my experiment. From what I currently have, I need to look further into it, so that the data could be seen much clearer, hence, would be able to show that there are differences between these languages. My graphs at the moment, shows the same pattern. I need to make it in such a way that the graphs will vary and that this would mean something eventually. I NEED TO GET THIS DONE SOON!!!

hmm... at the moment, I've been reading some materials on TEXT STRUCTURE. And I'm finding this very interesting, as it gives me some ideas on how to manipulate my experiment design or name it tasks. This is interesting, as what I'm looking at is about languages, and having to understand the different competencies level, TEXT STRUCTURE would definitely mean something.

This led me to making my own hypothesis, and trying to learn on how to do that, I found this link: Writing Hypothesis

E.g. of some hypothesis is as simple as this (from the link):

1. Chocolate may cause pimples.
2. Salt in soil may affect plant growth.
3. Plant growth may be affected by the color of the light.
4. Bacterial growth may be affected by temperature.
5. Ultra violet light may cause skin cancer.
6. Temperature may cause leaves to change color.

It looks simple eh? But, it really does crack the head out of me, trying to build one up. I think, for me, it has to be good. Something that nobody could questioned! Something very strong and stands on its own. Hm.. lemme see.. can I do it?

Will try..

so.. back to my previous discussions.. lemme see...

If a participant/writer, is English, and second language is German, another language with familiar character to that person is Spanish and unfamiliar character language is Korean;
Say, for each language, given 3 paragraphs with 3 different TEXT STRUCTURE, based on the levels of reading (young children, older children and young adults) would definitely means something, don't you think?

I really need to make myself clear here..

hmm...

Say, the language is Spanish, this person is familiar with the character writing, but does not mean, the language is his second language, he might know the language and he might not, he might know only a few words, he might not know at all, but the letter character is very familiar...

Would the method above, applying the paragraphs, with 3 levels of TEXT STRUCTURE be able to show the competency level of that participant?

Generally, a hypothesis that I can make is that:
- If the participant finds, writing the first level: young children is easy, and that the next level, older children and young adults a bit tough, this would mean, the competency level of that person in that language is low.

- If the participant finds, writing the first and second level: young children and older children is manageable, and that the third level, young adults, tough, this would mean, the competency level of that person in that language is intermediate.

- Else, if all is easy, participants are good in that language.

BUT!

How reliable would this method be to my study? Would it be able to show something in the graphs? In analysis stage?

THIS, I NEED TO FIND OUT!!!

My hypothesis (for the time being):
1. Different text structures may cause participant's language competency level be seen clearly.
2. Longer pauses within a word, in a language that is very minimally known may show that the participant has a low competency level in that language.

hmm... this sounds like i'm moving on forward.. yippie!!!