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Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...alphabetical list of all the sources that you have used – each chapter, book and article that you refer to in the main body of your discussion. Bibliographies take a particular form and usually involve listing the: author's name, date of publication, title of the piece, and details of the publisher. The best way to illustrate what exactly goes in a bibliography is to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...alphabetic symbol to each line ending in the same rhyme. So, a quatrain, for instance, may be rhymed abab, as in Hecht’s poem, but it can also be rhymed abba. A quatrain followed by a couplet may rhyme abab cc. Activity 19 Chart the rhyme scheme devised by the author in the following neat and witty poem, which is comprised of two pairs of quatrains and tercets. The end...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...alphabetical supermarket items, this is a fantastically simple game that illustrates the notion of ‘giving credit’ to the ‘buyers’ of each food item. In ‘packing your trolley’ as it were, you must account for each player’s item. [Mini shopping trolley filled with a piee of card which reads ‘Ideas’.] Similarly, when you write for academic purposes, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...alphabetical order. Once readers understand the way the words are listed, looking up a word is not difficult. Academic articles or book chapters also follow a clear and predictable structure. They normally contain an introduction, several paragraphs and a conclusion. Paragraphs may also be grouped into sections. This is their typical structure: [An image showing the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...alphabet) what is the probability of one monkey typing the word ‘MACBETH’ in seven keystrokes? Answer Unlike drawing the lottery numbers, the order of the monkey’s selection does matter and the same key can be pressed more than once. Taking the first letter, there is a 1 in 26 chance that the monkey hits the ‘M’ key. Similarly, there is a 1 in 26 chance that the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...alphabet, we can express our feelings and ideas about almost any experience we encounter. Using that small collection of sounds or set number of letters, you can combine them to produce sentences which will never have been uttered by anyone else in the world before – and yet are still meaningful to anyone who speaks the same language as you. It’s because of this...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...alphabet, numbered in ascending order from A to Z. So, A is 1, B is 2, C is 3 etc. Then write down the name of an animal beginning with that letter. The instructions for the trick are: Think of a number. Add 5. Double this. Subtract 8. Divide by 2. Take away the number you first thought of. Add 4. The final number represents a letter of the alphabet, numbered in ascending...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...alphabet? See? The feedback I get off of the children is great. I enjoy interacting with young children, which you get great back. You can see them coming on. And you see them when they come to you that they're learning while listening to you. LUCY ALLEN I've been a teaching assistant now for about four years. And I started working in the nursery and I secured a job...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs