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Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...writing, and gives examples of good practice and referencing. The course finishes with a reflection on the future of language learning with OMT. By the end of Session 1, you should be able to: understand the history of OMT know which popular OMT exist and how to access them recognise the benefits and limitations of OMT in language learning and teaching recognise the roles...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...write more. Remember, there are no wrong or right answers here! Discussion It doesn't matter if you wrote down six reasons or whether you listed more, but we hope that you wrote something. This may seem a small point, but it is important. Learning on your own – without being able to question, or discuss, ideas with others – is a technique that has to be learned; and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...writing. They’re digital writing, but with antecedents in handwriting and print. In other words, they may be a relatively ‘new’ system of communication, but they haven’t come out of nowhere. It seems likely, therefore, that as long as writing remains important for human communication, something akin to emojis will remain. So far, of course, they’ve mostly been...
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Article 5 mins
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...creativity in geography. The final section explores opportunities and challenges related to teaching controversial issues. This course is based on a learner-centred approach to teaching, which is underpinned by a constructivist view of learning – that learners construct knowledge and understanding for themselves through activities and experiences. Now listen to an...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...creative approaches, which can enhance pupils’ experience of learning a language. It concludes by proposing some ways to promote pupils’ use of metacognitive skills and to develop pupils to independent language learners. As you work through the activities you will be encouraged to record your thoughts on an idea, an issue or a reading, and how it relates to your...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh
History & The Arts

Why you shouldn't sniff at Winnie The Pooh

...creative partnership of writer A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard. Together they produced the much-loved whimsical stories featured in Winnie the Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). The decision by the Victoria and Albert museum in London to hold the exhibition proves that the bear and his friends have become establishment figures. As children’s...
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Article 5 mins
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...writing, and the key role it plays in human communication. It tracks this history from the invention of writing around 5500 years ago to the mass popularity of emojis today...This free course, A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis, is an introduction to the history of writing, and the key role it plays in human communication. It tracks this history...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU
Science, Maths & Technology

The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU

...write well. I also learned how to collaborate with people from different backgrounds and with different expertise, and how to manage projects, both in terms of time, for example if I needed to use a particular experimental facility that was only available within very strict time limits, or to ensure I could bring my work to a successful conclusion within budget. There are...
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Article 10 mins