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Everyday English 2
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Everyday English 2

...table, it shows others that you are open to what they are saying. Talking with your hands is an easy way to incorporate gestures into your conversation. Emphasising words with your hands can lead you to appear more credible and assured. Just be careful not to make it a dance party. Making eye contact is another way of communicating positively. Keeping your head up and...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...table next to a book.] Figure 2 A researcher’s world view can be as individual as the way they like their tea Figure 2 shows a photo of a cup of tea. Consider for a moment how the person who made the cup of tea in the photograph learned how to do it. Reflect on the following questions. Is there a single ‘right’ way to make a cup of tea? If there is more than one...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...Table 1 on p. 40 (Screen reader users please follow this link for an accessible version of this table) Chapter 5: Recommendations (pp. 74–76). While reading, take notes of the key points, which will help you build answers to the following questions: a.What are the characteristic features of child trafficking? b.What are suggested root causes of child trafficking?...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...Table 1 WHO AND WHAT IS ANNOYING THEM? UNDERLYING REASONS Zoe Annoyed with Angus for having the television on so loud while she is doing homework – also irritated that his needs get priority. Maybe she’s worried about school failures and wants help with homework? Is she upset that Angus’s needs seem to dominate family life, and that her mother seems preoccupied by...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...table contrasting each of the four perspectives on systems thinking. For each perspective note the relative emphasis given to the: a.situation of use b.practitioner or user of particular systems approaches. Discussion The act of classifying ideas is itself dependent on the perspective of the person or people doing the classifying. Each of the four perspectives on the...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Everyday English 1
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Everyday English 1

...table] Figure 3 Body language (a) [Woman working at computer] Figure 4 Body language (b) [Man leaning forward] Figure 5 Body language (c) [Woman frowning] Figure 6 Body language (d) [Man with hands on head and mouth open] Figure 7 Body language (e) [Woman with arms folded] Figure 8 Body language (f) [Man looking at phone, hand in mouth] Figure 9 Body language (g) [Woman...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...de Valera was born. The Good Friday Agreement was still two years away, so the forum retained an air of urgency and importance. Gore knew how to reassure. He would display his talents again in 2000 at forum number five, the first in the post-Good Friday Agreement era. Gore is the only politician to have attended three forum gatherings. "Irish American Presidential Forum,...
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Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...back into the warmth of my house, I think about the fact that we soon may have three active rovers and an active lander on Mars – at the same time. And what they might find… This article was originally published on the AstrobiologyOU website. Banner image credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS; processings and mosaic: Olivier de Goursac (fr), 2014, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons...
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