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Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...writing by looking at three short sections from the play (including the famous ‘All the world’s a stage’ speech) and a full-length scene. You will find explanations of terms in bold in the Glossary at the end of this course. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A334 English literature from Shakespeare to Austen...Reading...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...writing, I will tend to use another unusual term in writing about interviews. A respondent is a person who is asked questions and whose answers are considered by an inquirer. It is significant that I have used this term rather than, say, informant or interviewee. The significance will become more apparent as we explore the different types of interviews and conversations...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...writing down a short definition of what you understand by the ‘English language’. Imagine you’re defining the language to someone who has no conception of what it is: how would you sum it up in a few sentences? Comment You may well have started your definition by saying that English is the language spoken in England. This is how Dr Johnson defined it in his...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...Write down any words or images you associate with ‘law’. Figures 2 and 3 are there to help you, but do not feel constrained by them, and try to focus on what law means to you personally. Think about where you have come across the law, whether in the media, film, drama, study or personal experience. Once you have compiled a list, see if you can separate your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...write a sentence or paragraph that describes your own definition of mentoring. Comment Mentors come in all shapes and sizes. The relationship might be deliberately set up or develop organically. Usually, a mentor will have more experience than you in a relevant area, whether that’s your occupation, the organisation you work within or even a group or committee that...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...writing pitch using staff notation, and learn to perform short musical extracts from notation...In this free course, you will explore the concept of musical pitch by working with examples of folk, popular, and classical music from several world traditions. You will learn how pitch is represented using staff notation and other forms of illustration. You will also practise...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...write notes on the ‘voluntary’ aspects of the organisation using the NCVO’s definition: Does your chosen organisation have a board of unpaid trustees? What do the trustees do? Where does the organisation’s funding come from? For example, is it funded by donations from the public, membership fees or grants from government? Does the organisation involve volunteers...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...write in a direct, relevant and well-reasoned way that enabled her to argue for working women’s rights and better working conditions. She also took advantage of changes that permitted women to become members of the boards of Poor Law guardians. Nield Chew wrote pieces for the Crewe Chronicle in which she was concerned to direct attention to examples of the inadequate...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs