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W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...History Month in order to persuade educators and researchers alike to look at his work across their curriculums and methodology discussions. Du Bois’s work offers great examples of how to represent reality (this is called mimesis); he used several different ways of doing this. He worked with statistics, and produced a major scientific study. He also found creative ways...
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Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...family. Delacroix’s own (artistic) glory was to come later and he is often described as part of the ‘generation of 1820’ (Spitzer, 2001, p.9). This generation, coming of age between 1814 and 1825, had witnessed the disappointed hopes of Napoleonic empire, and it has been suggested that this sense of loss helped to determine their Romantic mindset (see Brookner,...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...families social work. Here she reflects on how her writing has changed and discusses how to write in an accessible way. Don’t worry if you do not fully understand everything in this audio, you will return to it at the end of this section and revisit some of the concepts that Vicki talks about. Make some notes on the questions that follow: VICKY My name’s Vicky. I’ve...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...history and read about human impacts on one iconic group...Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in common, which justifies the inclusion of diverse types within a single group. Although mammals evolved on land, a number of species have become adapted to spending part or all of their lives...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...families have lived on the land. 3. Are there ways that local farmers can be supported and enabled to stay on the land? Answer International companies can support local farmers through the creation of cooperatives to boost productivity and improve access to markets. The government can also support family farms through public policies and investment in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...family social worker. In the first video you will see a snapshot from a typical day in a busy children’s social work team and a referral that comes in concerning an allegation of sexual abuse by a grandfather. This is the sort of very emotionally upsetting and challenging task that social workers may have to engage in. In the videos that follow, you will hear from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...family honesty ideal justice liberty magic persons a. abundance b. associated c. no d. curiosity e. elegance f. family g. honesty h. ideal i. justice j. liberty k. magic l. persons The correct answers are c, f, g, i, j and l. Answer Paloma uses the following words: familia – family libertad – liberty justicia – justice personas– persons honestidad – honesty Even...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...family or band to speak other tongues. We can get some sense of how prevalent multilingualism may have been from the few hunter-gatherer peoples who survive today. “If you look at modern hunter-gatherers, they are almost all multilingual,” says Thomas Bak, a cognitive neurologist who studies the science of languages at the University of Edinburgh. “The rule is that...
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