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A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...about the LCLC at their website: www.lclc.info or by following the LCLC on Twitter: @London_LangCult Explore more about languages on OpenLearn Find out about the European Day of Languages Discover what learning languages can do for you Try our language courses for free! Explore more about languages Go back to the menu Try our ......
Languages and the refugee crisis
Languages

Languages and the refugee crisis

...challenges ahead could be the first step towards a future of peaceful and happy co-existence. Explore more about languages on OpenLearn Find out more about the European Day of Languages Discover what learning languages can do for you Try our language courses for free! Explore more about languages Go back to the menu Try our ......
English: Language of opportunity
Languages

English: Language of opportunity

...language and establishing yourself within a successful career domestically or internationally, as well as examining the economic and social divisions that can be caused when only certain groups of people are given access to English. This material forms part of The Open University course U214 Worlds of English... English in Indian schools In Bangalore private schools teach...
The German language zone
Languages

The German language zone

...morgenpost.de is the online edition of the Berliner Morgenpost. The link here leads to an article about the third anniversary of RadialsystemV, an arts centre in Berlin showcasing and promoting a wide range of art forms. Download the Arts:2 tasks and ideas pdf Find out more Study German with The Open University: Rundblick for beginners or explore other language courses....
Darwin and language diversity
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and language diversity

...languages? If so what are the analogues for natural selection and species diversification? What truths does this approach reveal and what problems does it throw up? In this album Professor Mark Pagel of Reading University and Quentin Atkinson, an evolutionary biologist at Oxford, discuss the pitfalls and the up-sides to approaching language through a Darwinian model....
Introducing language and creativity
Languages

Introducing language and creativity

...language...What is creativity, and what does it have to do with language? This animation looks at how people use language in creative ways, at the roles linguistic creativity plays in society, and at how people go about studying it. Inspired? For more about English language studies at the Open University visit our prospectus site: BA (Honours) English Language and...
English: Language of controversy
Languages

English: Language of controversy

...language’s dominance in ex colonies and also throughout the world? We debate how local languages have suffered as a result of the spread of English and investigate the consequences of its influence on indigenous communities. Language campaigner Neville Alexander provides a South African perspective on the negative aspects of a language when it begins to represent...
Globalisation and the English language
History & The Arts

Globalisation and the English language

...language the most, according to Dr Maria Leedham, in this short piece based on the transcript of a phone interview...Over the past 100 years it’s globalisation – accelerated by new technology – that has had the greatest impact on the English language. English is a world language now, the dominant language of science, computing and academia in general. But looking...