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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...education, you might like to look at the following open access publication about the teaching of English as an Additional Language: Coffin, Caroline (2010). Language support in EAL contexts. Why systemic functional linguistics? (Special Issue of NALDIC Quarterly). NALDIC, Reading, UK. Available at: http://oro.open.ac.uk/ 25026/ 1/ For a more general introduction, a good...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year

...15 days in total. Celebrate the new year by dipping into some of our fantastic resources on China and Chinese. In addition to those free resources, you may also wish to have look at our newly launched short course in Chinese business culture, starting on 27th February 2021. Happy Niu/New Year! Want to learn some Chinese words and phrases? Explore Chinese culture...
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Article 5 mins
AI without borders: balancing productivity and privacy in agriculture
Science, Maths & Technology

AI without borders: balancing productivity and privacy in agriculture

...resource-constrained devices. A commercial farm from Wales, a farmer from the Scottish Highlands, and a backyard gardener in England can track their plant growth via images. Everyone gets their own ML model to deduce leaf diseases from images and then redirects the learned parameters to the central server. The server is then in charge of detecting the disease every time a...
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‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
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Letter to a Climate Sceptic
Nature & Environment

Letter to a Climate Sceptic

...open letter, The Open University’s Dr Joe Smith defends the science behind climate change and argues that “climate change is one of the challenges of the age. One that we will all be judged for”... Letter to a Climate Sceptic Why are people so sceptical about the truth of climate change science? Dr Joe Smith, Senior Lecturer in Environment addresses this issue in a...
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Surviving the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Surviving the 21st Century

...Open University's Dr Stephen Serjeant interviewed him ahead of the 2010 Reith Lectures to find out what the future of humanity might be and whether we can really estimate the chance of life in space... An introduction: Surviving the 21st Century A short introduction to this album. Surviving the 21st Century Open University Professor Stephen Serjeant interviews Martin...
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Audio 14 mins