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Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...class discussions, and the app was used on iPads, by students, during group discussions and during an exciting outdoor activity in the school grounds. This was done to answer two research questions: ‘What are young people’s experiences of using Talk Factory across indoor and outdoor spaces?’ ‘How can young people be facilitated to share their Talk Factory...
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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...de Jong on the intersections of identity and citizenship with economic history and language...[Plant by Laura Malacart] Sara: What were the sources of inspiration for developing your current installation for the Who Are We? Project? What discoveries did you make in the process that have found a place in your artistic intervention? Laura: I addressed the question in Who...
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Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...de la Florida, Madrid. [Figure 7] Figure 7 Francisco de Goya, As Far Back as his Grandfather, Plate 39 of Los Caprichos print series, 1799, etching with aquatint, 21.8 x 15.4 cm, private collection. Photo: Index/ Bridgeman Art Library...Goya: 4 Illustrations shown on the video in order of their appearance - 4.1 Works by Goya Third of May, 1808, 1814, oil on canvas, 268 x...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...class British family struggling through World War II. It was designed to promote US participation in the war by encouraging empathy with the British public. The Archers, similarly, was designed with political objectives in mind. Produced by the BBC in association with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the programme provided farming tips and information...
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Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...classes - Activity 1 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Look at an extract from An A to Z of English by clicking on the video clip below. In this extract, poet Michael Rosen acts out a confusing lesson on grammar. How many of the questions would you have got right? (Just give an answer based upon your immediate impression, it's not a test!) ‘An A to Z of English’ –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...la diversità culturale e culinaria delle venti regioni. Tipica dell'Emilia Romagna è la piadina, un tipo di pane azzimo che risale ai tempi antichi e viene cotto su una piastra o testo. Alcuni dolci siciliani risalgono alla dominazione araba in Sicilia, per esempio la cassata - non è un gelato ma un dolce! La cassata è preparato con ingredienti esotici come zafferano,...
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Activity 10 mins
How the sausage links us together
History & The Arts

How the sausage links us together

...class – but many of Europe’s most iconic sausages were probably devised to please the palates of the rich. In the 16th century, salamis, capicolli pork sausages and other preserved meats were luxuries enjoyed by city dwellers, which also provided a bit of income for farmers. And so it is that sausages have also provoked anxiety about ethnicity, class and political...
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An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...de rigueur for all official business, with words like judge, jury, evidence, and justice coming in and giving John Grisham’s career a kick start. Latin was still used ad nauseum in church, but the common man spoke English, able to communicate only by speaking more slowly and loudly until the others understood him. Words like ‘cow’, ‘sheep’ and ‘swine’ come...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs