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Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...oral/aural communication. In spite of the technological developments listed above, the one form of communication which remains inherent to all our musical experiences is the oral/aural transmission of pieces and practices. We have all experienced this way of communicating and learning music, without reference to notation. Consider, for example, the playground songs......
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...la pena are chunks. A word of caution though, chunks tend to be said quickly. Estoydacuero or toydacuerdo. Try familiarising yourself with words that appear often in a given context. Looking at the starters on the menu, for instance, will help you quickly break down de primero la sopa a la ensalada into separate words. Remember, when you're interacting with others in real...
Los sonidos del Español en su historia
Languages

Los sonidos del Español en su historia

...la historia de la lengua española, a partir de los cuales se puede observar su evolución...A excepción del primero, todos ellos son textos literarios compuestos por autores y autoras que cuentan con un gran reconocimiento por su dominio de la lengua. Edad Media - Glosa emilianense Una de las primeras huellas escritas de un tipo de romance parecido al español se...
Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...la señora Valle? Can I speak to Mrs Valle? ¿Con Ester García, por favor? With Ester García, please? TO ASK WHO IS CALLING OR SAY WHO IS SPEAKING: ¿De parte de quién? Who is calling? ¿Con quién hablo? Who am I speaking to? Soy Matilde Fernández. It’s Matilde Fernández. Habla Matilde Fernández (LAm). Matilde Fernández speaking. TO PUT PEOPLE THROUGH: Le pongo...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...communities have used their environmental knowledge to manage their environment. This article explores Traditional Ecological Knowledges and how we can live more sustainably...The diversity of biota (that is the animal and plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period) in our world as well as the diversity of those who live in it is mind-bogglingly...
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink, focuses on buying and ordering food and drink at a restaurant or bar. You will be able to use some basic vocabulary relating to food, drinks, meals, quantities and measures. In this OpenLearn course you will listen to Spanish speakers in a variety of situations...Do...
Beginners’ French: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ French: food and drink

...communicate more easily and effectively in French. In this free course, Beginners' French: food and drink, you will also gain an insight into French societies and cultures through focusing on food and drink. You will listen to French speakers in a variety of situations, and you will be provided with some skills for coping with reading texts...Improve your language skills...
Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires

...la información extra que llevan las imágenes. Va a desarrollar diferentes estrategias para trabajar con el vocabulario y para mejorar la comprensión. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L314 A buen puerto: advanced Spanish...Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires: Learning outcomes - By the end of this free course you will know...