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Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...Las lenguas indígenas engloban una visión única de la vida y del mundo. Al desaparecer, se pierde la cosmovisión y cosmogonía única de cada pueblo, perdiéndose una parte importante de la humanidad. The indigenous languages encompass a unique vision of life and of the world. Their disappearance would imply a loss of the unique world view and existence of each...
World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters

...religion. In AD 39, a landlord called Thi Sach rose up against the Chinese governor and was executed as a warning to others against rebellion. Thi Sach’s wife, Trung Trac, was a well-educated and single-minded woman. According to local traditional accounts, together with her sister, Trung Nhi, she successfully repelled the Chinese from their village. Then, with the...
Enduring Love
Society, Politics & Law

Enduring Love

...religion or faith has a place in their enduring love relationship. They discuss what they mean by love and 'long term' and what it means to be 'in love'. A Fine Romance Ann and Owen, a couple who've been together for 54 years and married for 50 discuss their enduring love, romance, chemistry, marriage, commitment and share the secret of a long relationship. Working...
Audio 1 hr 10 mins
Analysing European Romanticism
History & The Arts

Analysing European Romanticism

...religion, rejecting historical claims in favour of modern reason and re-appraisal of biblical texts. Urbanity and romantic irony The Romantic philosophy created an intriguing relationship between writer and text, encouraging co-authorship and unfinished works. This discussion explores this intriguingly reflexive and critical approach. Goethe As a benchmark figure of...
Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...religion and politics. To this day, Spain exhibits a vast array of traditional dances all over the country. Fast and slow, spacious and contained, circular and open, in groups, pairs and individual, Spanish dance displays all the varieties of human choreographic arrangements. Communities pass their local dances, songs and music to the next generations together with their...
Introduction to Spanish
Languages

Introduction to Spanish

...la harina, puede amasarme a mí también… (bis) Y a mí no me cumbén… y a mí no me cumbén (bis) A mí no me cumbén, a mí no me cumbén, a mí no me cumbén, a mí no me cumbén, No me cumbén, no me cumbén, no me cumbén, no me cumbén… Audio 1 Paso B Here is a list of famous people from the Spanish-speaking world. Read who they are, and then complete the...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 3
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 3

...la señora Valle? Can I speak to Mrs Valle? ¿Con Ester García, por favor? With Ester García, please? TO ASK WHO IS CALLING OR SAY WHO IS SPEAKING: ¿De parte de quién? Who is calling? ¿Con quién hablo? Who am I speaking to? Soy Matilde Fernández. It’s Matilde Fernández. Habla Matilde Fernández (LAm). Matilde Fernández speaking. TO PUT PEOPLE THROUGH: Le pongo...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...religion has been principally focused on music and religious practice in Britain since the eighteenth century, and in the Methodist movement more widely. [Dr Helen Barlow] Dr Helen Barlow Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences The Open University Dr Helen Barlow researches into the social and cultural history of music in Britain and particularly Wales...