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Art history in Wales
Education & Development

Art history in Wales

...religion, language and politics shape art the nature of cultural heritage an appreciation of the techniques and focus of art history how different subjects can be brought together in art history The following courses would be an interesting combination, most are Level 1 although some explore subjects in a bit more depth at Level 2. [Banner for Making your learning count...
Happy Saint Brigid's Day
OpenLearn Ireland

Happy Saint Brigid's Day

...Francisco] Saint Brigid's Day and Imbolc Saint Brigid's Day falls around the day of Imbolc, one of Gaelic seasonal festivals (generally falling between the 3rd and 6th of February). The modern Christian rituals and the traditional Gaelic celebrations merge today in a day which marks the beginning of spring. [Saint Brigid's Doll] Learn more about religions with OpenLearn...
World Day of Social Justice
History & The Arts

World Day of Social Justice

...religion, culture or disability. For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of the global mission to promote development and human dignity. The General Assembly proclaimed 20 February as World Day of Social Justice in 2007, inviting Member States to devote the day to promoting national activities in accordance with the objectives and...
Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion
History & The Arts

Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion

...religion controversial?... Veiling in the Southern Indian City of Calicut Exploring the many varieties of religious veil worn by the Muslim women of Calicut (Kozhikode). Why do Muslim women adopt hijab? What are the factors that affect a Muslim womans decision to cover their hair, and even their faces, with the hijab? Attitudes towards the hijab as a fashion item Has the...
Rights Enshrined
Society, Politics & Law

Rights Enshrined

...religion: Nadia Eweida Tom Ellis, the solicitor who took Nadia Eweida’s case to the European Court of Human Rights, discusses her fight for the right to wear a cross to work. Right to privacy: Hatton John Stewart is Chair of the Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN). The group’s long battle against overnight flights went all the way to the...
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...está el kilo de tomates? —A uno setenta. —¿Y cuánto cuesta esta lechuga? —La lechuga noventa céntimos. Pero ¿compra o no compra? Fruit and vegetables Ejemplo [A vegetable stall] Figure 1 Answer plátanos – uno cincuenta el kilo (€1,50)limones – uno veinte el kilo (€1,20) patatas – setenta céntimos el kilo (€0,70) tomates – uno setenta el kilo (€1,70) lechuga – noventa céntimos (€0,90) Language: Asking for prices Here are ......
Teaching Languages for long-term memory
Languages

Teaching Languages for long-term memory

...la boulangerie (I go to the bakery) Je vais au stade (I go to the stadium) When introducing a new place such as ‘à la piscine’ (to the swimming pool), we teach it in the familiar sentence: ‘je vais à la piscine’ (I go to the swimming pool) to reduce the load on their working memory and allow them to concentrate on the new part ‘à la piscine’. This is quite...
How Spanish sounded across its history
Languages

How Spanish sounded across its history

...la Historia] Glosa emilianense, Codice 60, folio 72r, manuscript kept at the Real Academia de la Historia. Transcript Libro de buen amor Listen to a passage from El libro de buen amor (The Book of Good Love), written in 1330 by Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita (c. 1283–c. 1350), considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish poetry. It is a pseudo-autobiographical account...