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Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...learning a language, pronunciation is somehow side-lined and treated as an extra ingredient. Many Foreign Language (FL) teaching materials do not include the systematic teaching of pronunciation. It is the intention of this course to provide professionals with a range of reflective tools to better understand how to address different situations linked to the divergences...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...learning cycle for Week 1. [Learning cycle divided into four parts – subjects, skills, example and outputs.] Figure 1 Learning cycle for Week 1 By the end of Week 1, you should be able to: understand the development and growth of the drone industry and emerging innovations in the agricultural, forestry and rural sectors identify a business idea in the drone industry...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...learning disabilities, were institutionalised and removed from mainstream society. 1895: Henry Maudsley, a pioneer of psychiatry, wrote a psychiatry textbook posing the question ‘how soon can a child go mad? … obviously not before it has some mind to go wrong, and then only in proportion to the quantity and quality of mind which it has’. [This is a black-and-white...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the term ‘motivation’ appreciate different views of how people are motivated apply different theories to an individual’s motivation...Motivation and factors affecting motivation: 1 Motivation - The study of motivation seeks to find out why people behave in certain ways and do the things...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain why care is an essential component of effective leadership outline the ‘Four Ps’ of leadership and relate them to real life examples understand and reflect on the importance of informal leadership identify how to develop your own leadership in a way which cares for you and
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...learning how to communicate more effectively, we can stop problems from escalating and make the workplace a more efficient and harmonious environment to be in. We can also present ourselves more positively, both to existing colleagues and future employers during the job application process. This free course, Effective communication in the workplace, explores the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...Learn how to interpret questions and how to plan, structure and write your assignment or report. This free course, Essay and report writing skills, is designed to help you develop the skills you need to write effectively for academic purposes...Writing reports and assignments can be a daunting prospect. Learn how to interpret questions and how to plan, structure and write...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...learn why the mortality rate from the tsunami varied tremendously. In some cities along the coast, no one was killed by waves which reached up to 60 feet; in others, up to ten percent of the population lost their lives. We studied more than 130 cities, towns and villages in Tohoku, looking at factors such as exposure to the ocean, seawall height, tsunami height, voting...
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