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Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...Adult Migrant English Service (AMES). Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Mathemateg bob dydd 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathemateg bob dydd 1

...de. Mae hwn yr un peth â 5 mililitr (ml). [Described image] Ffigur 26 Llwy de I fesur meintiau mwy, mae’n debyg y byddech yn defnyddio jwg mesur o ryw fath. Yn aml mae jygiau mesur wedi’u labelu â mililitrau, yn arbennig rhai newydd, a gallant ddod mewn meintiau gwahanol: gall rhai fesur hyd at 500 ml o hylif ac eraill hyd at 1 litr (1 000 ml). Gall rhai ddal mwy...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...de-Christianisation of 1793–4 – as showing where such tolerance of ‘infidelity’ can lead. Significantly, though, his horror is not (unlike Burke’s) directed at the Revolution as such, but rather at this particular phase in its development. Indeed, in the footnote he implies that he does not see the Revolution itself as either a consequence or a cause of moral...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...de Bergerac turns up in a Glasgow bedsit. Anything's possible in Glasgow today. That's what the new Glasgow fiction says. SEANDAMER I have tried to show that the labelling of Glasgow as a dangerous place in the nineteenth and twentieth century derives from a complex of economic, political and social processes which can only be unpacked by historical analysis. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...de Sahagún along with Nahua writers, part of which describes the conquest of Mexico by the Spanish. Although it is far from direct evidence of Moctezuma’s thinking, it gives some indications of how Nahua people viewed these intruders. Read the following extract from the Codex. What does this extract tell you about how the Nahua viewed Spanish power? When he [Moctezuma]...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...de-skilling of the task in hand. For example, transferring a craftsperson’s skill into a computer program for operating a lathe allows a lower-skilled operator to produce a finished article to the same standard as the original craftsperson. And the development of a ‘script’ for use in a telephone call centre allows the de-skilling of people doing customer-facing...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...de criminastique (Treaty of Criminalistics), in the 1920s postulating that microscopic examination of clothing and other physical evidence could reveal information about the history of the wearer. He is best known for Locard’s Exchange Principle which can be summarised as ‘every contact leaves a trace’ Locard’s Exchange Principle states: ‘Wherever two surfaces...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...de Montaigne, a French philosopher, developed the essay form in the 16th century. The term itself derives from the French word essai meaning ‘testing’ or ‘trying out’. The purpose was (and still remains): To try out or test a proposition or ideas in the context of other thinkers and in the light of personal experience and judgement. In Montaigne's day, the idea of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs