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Languages
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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Languages
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.
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Welcome to nowhere special
Ingrid Piller despairs of the rise of banal cosmopolitanism
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How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
The framing of the national debate around Brexit owed a debt to coverage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, says Rahel Cramer.
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Languages
Language and creativity
This free course is an introduction to the relationship between language and creativity, to the roles that linguistic creativity plays in culture and society, and to the different approaches to its study.
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New course available: How to learn a language
Interested in learning a second language but don't know where to start? Learn about the concepts and skills required to learn languages successfully in this free course, How to learn a language.
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Education & Development
Delivering tutorials for dyslexic students
Key principles for effective tutorial delivery for dyslexic and, in particular, SpLD students