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Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
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Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...English became terribly artificial and simpering, and I know that friends of mine didn’t like her; French friends of mine didn’t like her. In French I couldn’t understand why, and in English I could. This interview is adapted from The Open University course Exploring Languages And Cultures. Find out how you can become a student on this course, or try a free extract....
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Busting the language-learning myths
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Busting the language-learning myths

...language but somehow talked yourself out of doing so? Bust some myths and discover the advantages of language-learning...To play: Select a myth, read the testimonials from our mythbusters and then listen to the 'View from the OU' (accessed from the right-hand side of the screen). [An example set of the myths to be busted on a table top] Select the image to start busting...
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The Celtic origins of the Welsh language
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The Celtic origins of the Welsh language

...language is part of a linguistic puzzle – one that begins thousands of years ago with a single ancestral tongue...In this article, we’ll explore the Celtic roots of Welsh, discover how it branched from the Indo-European family, and trace the journeys of the peoples who shaped its evolution. Along the way, we’ll uncover surprising links between ancient migrations,...
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TESSA: Using Appropriate Language
Education & Development

TESSA: Using Appropriate Language

...language of the local community or the language of the classroom. These two dramas illustrate the importance for teachers in both using language with their pupils that is appropriate to pupils' level of understanding and checking pupils' understanding of instructions. The clips in this album are designed to be used to support the development of teachers' classroom...
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland

...free courses in the English language to articles on mental health and wellbeing, here are some free online resources from The Open University...All of the content listed below is free to use, including all of our OpenLearn courses. Every course offers a free statement of participation on completion (which you can ......
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Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel
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Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel

...free us from fear? Simon Bell & Charles Cutting's graphic novel asks the question...Find out more about The Open University's Design courses and qualifications. We are all victims of fear. Project Fear has been with us for hundreds of years. So far, we have made little attempt to map fear or understand how it is used. Find out how fear is weaponised and targeted and how...
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Science doesn't know how free divers do it
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Science doesn't know how free divers do it

...course, free divers decided to do it anyway – and they swam well past those theoretical limits. How? Martina Amati, the free diver and artist involved in the project, tried to explain the mind set that goes with this extreme sport: There is an element of physicality but it’s mainly mental. That’s what is incredible about free diving. It’s not about your physical...
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