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Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics
Getting it wrong can be career-limiting, but getting it right can be hugely advantageous says Dr Philip Seargeant.
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Society, Politics & Law
They can cage a child, but they can't frame the agenda
The Trump administration's behaviour on America's southern border shows there's a limit to the White House's power to control terms of debate, says Evan Stewart
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Languages
Exploring languages and cultures
Explore the multiple relationships between languages and cultures. In this free course you will learn about the benefits and challenges of meeting people from different cultures and the ways in which language and human communities shape each other. You will look at the role of intercultural competence at the workplace, reflect on the use of ...
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Society, Politics & Law
The weakness of European Wales
Why did ‘left-wing’ Wales vote to Leave the EU?
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Can you learn a language with an app?
From Duolingo to busuu, there are a variety of apps out there promising to revolutionise language learning - but how effective are they? Fernando Rosell-Aguilar explores...
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MAED (Applied Linguistics) at the OU
Are you interested in how language works? Do you want to know more about theories and methods relating to English language? Are you interested in researching an educational context?
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Money & Business
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
This free course, Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis, is designed to develop your writing skills for business. You will be taken step by step through the process of writing a SWOT analysis, with clear advice on selecting key information from a case study text, making concise notes, choosing an appropriate structure and using ...
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Teaching a robot how to speak
Language is a defining feature of human interaction, and programmers have been gradually developing this capability in robots. But even with the vast progress made in artificial intelligence, is it really possible for robots to learn language? Watch the video below to learn more.
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Biohotel: das Landgut Stober in Brandenburg
Exploring sustainable tourism with Michael Stober. This content is in German.
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Im Gespräch mit Jannis Androutsopoulos
In conversation with Hamburg University's Jannis Androutsopoulos. This content is in German.
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History & The Arts
Getting started on classical Latin
This free course, Getting started on classical Latin, has been developed in response to requests from learners who had had no contact with Latin before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that studying a classical language involves. The course will give you a taster of what is involved in the ...
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Parlez-vous Eurovision?
As English-language songs dominate the Eurovision Song Contest in its 60th anniversary, this article (written in 2015) explores why so many of the songs are sung in English.