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Ouverture: Intermediate French
Languages

Ouverture: Intermediate French

...classes, time spent in French-speaking countries, regular contact with French-speaking people or other sources. The course materials are carefully designed to develop the four language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. They also contain activities focusing on practicing language structures, grammatical explanations and learning strategies. This material...
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...class, or rank, to use a more authentically early modern term. Historians of the period often prefer the term ‘rank’ on the grounds that it better captures relationships in a highly stratified society where the vertical ties of patronage and deference were strong and class consciousness poorly developed in social groups below the level of the ruling elite. Both terms...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...de tourisme, l’hôtel de ville will all normally be found in large towns or cities. You will usually see la gendarmerie, le syndicat d’initiative and la mairie in smaller towns or villages, although this distinction is becoming less pronounced. La police nationale and la gendarmerie are both police forces, but they serve different government ministries and in theory...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
TESSA: Equal Opportunities for Pupils
Education & Development

TESSA: Equal Opportunities for Pupils

...classes, can be challenging. 'Public Holiday' and 'Seeking Help' portray fictional classroom incidents and invite discussion on the extent to which these teachers are offering all pupils a chance to contribute to the discussions and activities. 'Smart Father' and 'The Lost Boy' invite comment on the assumptions often made about pupils and the consequences of such...
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...class,” he explains, referring to an incredibly popular lecture series on sleep and dreams he instigated in the early 1970s. In 1973, Dement approached Western Airlines to see if they could fly Monique down from Saskatchewan to San Francisco. They had a strict ‘no sick dogs’ policy. “It’s not a sick dog. It’s a dog with a brain abnormality,” he told them....
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France

...de seigle, wholemeal bread, pain complet, seeded bread, pain aux céréales and many regional specialities. French Dans la plupart des familles françaises, on achète son pain tous les jours. La baguette traditionnelle est bien meilleure lorsqu’elle est fraîche, ou même encore chaude, et c’est pour cette raison que les Français vont à la boulangerie de leur...
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...class to the men. It is worrying that Batman v Superman continues with the same hyper-masculine aesthetic that has defined superhero movies for so long. For example, superheroism enables individuals to express aggression, competitiveness, speed, strength, invincibility, and skill – traits commonly associated with hegemonic masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity is white,...
The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...class/Describe the amorous effects of “brass”.’ Darcy’s worth is explicitly set at £10,000 a year, and, whatever else Pride and Prejudice may be about, it is about money, its desirability, and the way of life that expresses it and is secured by it. One of the things that the fashion for filming Austen’s novels over the last twenty years has tended to obscure is...