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Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...coded to show Chinese-speaking areas.] (Adapted from ASDFGHJ, ‘A map of the Sinophone world’, 24 January 2009, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New-Map-Sinophone_World.PNG, last accessed 29 May 2009) Figure 1 The Chinese-speaking world...Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course: 1.1 Varieties of Chinese - Apart from Mandarin, the other six major varieties of spoken Chinese are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...simple percentages of amounts. Try this one yourself (Figure 4). Figure 4 Finding percentages of 60 Discussion There are many possible questions and answers that you could have posed in the diagram. Examples could be 50% of 60, 30% of 60, or 25% of 60. Extend learners’ understanding by posing questions such as: 15% of 60, how could you find that? What about 76% of 60?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...simple relationship between how much fossil fuel we burn and how much carbon we add to the atmosphere and what temperature change we expect to result from that on the long term and on the relatively short-term average. I think we’ve got a better understanding of potential tipping points and abrupt changes in the climate, and that’s partly because we’ve begun to see...
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Audio 5 mins
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...simple question, but The University Of Oxford's Julian Savulescu explains why it's more nuanced than that: There’s a genuine dilemma here and the situation is not nearly as clear everyone appears to think – and as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) pretends. In law, there are two standards of proof to determine guilt before punishment is inflicted. In criminal law,...
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Article 5 mins
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...simple or related to a real-life situation. I see absolutely no reason why not; although obviously it should be recognised that not all pupils will be able to follow the activity fully right through to the end...Using visualisation in maths teaching: 4. In the classroom - There are many possible strategies for making more use of visualisation within the mathematics...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...simple presentation of statistical data demonstrate an awareness of a range of techniques in linguistics for the analysis of data including those related to corpora...Exploring the English language: 1 Word classes - Activity 1 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Look at an extract from An A to Z of English by clicking on the video clip below. In this extract, poet Michael Rosen...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...simple technique is to keep your mouth physically closed and lean slightly back in your seat (but not too far, you still want to demonstrate your interest). If you find it difficult to stop yourself saying something, rest your chin lightly on your hand. Some interruptions can be helpful. For example, if you are not clear about something then you need to let the speaker...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...simple definitions...First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship: 3 Varieties of entrepreneurship - In this section, we examine different types of entrepreneur and entrepreneurial activity, and start to think about their economic, social and environmental impact...First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship: 3.1 Different types of entrepreneurship - In the following...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs