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Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...de Deletreo en Español] Fifth-grader Mariana Moya-Rubiano from Thomas Harrison Middle School, Harrisburg, Virginia, correctly spells her first word in the competition. 27 students competed %u2014 accents, tildes and all %u2014 in the bee this year. It is sixth grader Jybr Reynoso Hidrogos’ second time competing. He made the top five last year, but fell short of a...
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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
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...de la francophonie, 2018). Do any of them surprise you? Over 300 million people around the world speak French. France is the most-visited country in the world, with 75 million tourists every year. Toulouse and Montreal are among the world’s leading cities in aerospace technology. French film production is the second-largest in the world, producing 500 films per year. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...feedback to their users through vibration. This haptic feedback, or feedback which the user receives through touch, can be delivered by glasses, wrist bands, necklaces or footwear, or can be more detailed in the case of pads worn across the abdomen, back or even the tongue. Through vibrations felt on the visually impaired person’s body, they can identify the size of an...
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Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...class, everything new to me and TES was great. The forums are fantastic. The advice people gave and the resources as well. It just makes that little bit less daunting. Maths isn’t my strong point. It’s something that I’m always looking at utilising the advice of other people for and one resource I downloaded off TES recently was a maths outdoor learning ideas and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 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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