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Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...English literature. You are teaching all sorts of principles and rules about the citizen through the content of the curriculum. So we are already learning what it is like to grow up in Britain, be part of British society at every point in the school system. It is not something that is outside of it, it is what it was there for, its one of its tasks is to create social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...English language and number skills. The following free short courses on OpenLearn might be helpful for you to explore: English: Skills for Learning Essay and report writing skills Numbers, units and arithmetic...Am I ready to be a distance learner?: 5 Do I understand how assessment will help my learning? - [Described image] Students tell us that they often bring with them...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...ENGLISH] which translates in English as ‘Islam has many colours’. We can talk about different Islams or when we talk about Islam there is also a way to celebrate its vast diversity, culturally, ideologically, doctrinally. And I think that’s always been there historically. What’s changing now is a lot of people who identify as progressive Muslims are starting to...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...English Sheepdog used in the UK to advertise a popular brand of paint. Decades later I can still recall the slogans from other lager ads of the time: “I bet he drinks Carling Black Label” and “Australians wouldn’t give a Castlemaine XXXX for anything else”. On holiday with my cousins, some time in the late 1980s, I remember one of the older boys emulating the...
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Article 10 mins
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...everyday word, we see it all the time, building construction etc., and in some ways to start there can be useful, the idea of build-up, make up, to literally bring into being, construct a building it comes from nothing apparently and it comes up into something. But on the other hand that might be a problematic way to start, you can kind of say oh yeah it's about making...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...English: Je m’appelle Lionel Truet, je suis vigneron à Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes, qui est un petit village dans la Touraine, depuis maintenant 25 ans. Après un court passage, on va dire en région parisienne, où j’avais exercé un autre métier que celui de vigneron, j’ai travaillé pendant presque dix ans, oui dix ans, dix, douze ans, j’ai travaillé à la SNCF....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...English throne for around ten years when The Duchess of Malfi was first performed. James would wholeheartedly have endorsed the sentiments expressed in Antonio’s opening speech; indeed, he had himself produced a comparable description of the ideal royal court in his book on kingship, Basilikon Doron (Greek for Royal Gift) (1599). The book is addressed to his eldest son...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...English literature. So, I already had a degree before that from Durham University, but I felt that if I was going to be a credible candidate as an English teacher I needed to prove that I was really in love with English. And then it was a question of applying for jobs and I managed to get a job here at St. Edward’s School in Oxford. And immediately this year now I’m...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs