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Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...Champs-Élysées’ (lyrics) composed by: Mike Wilsh, Mike Deighan. Made available for non-commercial purposes Activity 6 (German): ‘99 Luftballons’ (lyrics) composed by: Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges Activity 6 (Spanish): ‘La Bamba’ extract (lyrics) by Ritchie Valens Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...lexical decision task. The participant is shown a string of letters and has to decide if they make up a word. The time it takes him to do this is recorded. People who have earlier seen the word bank on a screen are subsequently much quicker to decide that money is a word. They are also quicker to decide that river is a word than those who have not seen the word bank...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...lexical items or grammatical structures but they end up using English in their own way. They develop their own norms and they are able to succeed in the business transacted in that particular location. Part of the assumption that there is multilinguals develop an intersubjective norm, you know. As they talk they negotiate and then come up with a usage, a particular...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...lexical neighbourhood, such as 'psyche', 'subject', 'spirit', 'consciousness', 'ego', 'self', 'agent', 'person', 'cognitive system', and so on. There are important differences between the meanings of these terms and their exact meanings are not very clear. Moreover, their relations to the concepts of life, sentience and sapience are matters of intense debate, as is the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...Champs Elysees street sign: tupungato / iStock / Getty Images Plus Section 3, Box 2, Rue Mazarine bilingual street sign: JannHuizenga / iStock / Getty Images Plus Section 3, Box 2, Boulevard Voltaire street sign: PS3000 / iStock / Getty Images Plus Section 3, Box 2, Pont de la Tournelle, Paris street sign: petekarici / iStock / Getty Images Plus Section 3, Box 2, Rue...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...lexical information that is available. The software will go by … what makes sense in the given context. A human translator would first and foremost look for … Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in each list. an idea of what a text is about. a polished final product that...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...champ de bataille d’Eylau’, L’Ecrit-Voir, 1984, 4, pp. 9, 20. Translated for this volume by Emma Barker. When and where exactly does the scene take place, and how does this contribute to the propaganda function of the proposed picture? To what extent are the horrific consequences of the battle acknowledged, and how is this done in such a way as to contribute to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...Champs de Mars: ad Ciconias, ad Nixas.” CEFR 98 (1987): 191–210. Gazzola, P. Ponti romani, Contributo ad un indice systematico con studio critico bibliografico. Florence: L.S. Olschki, 1963. Grimal, P. Les jardins romains. Paris: E. De Boccard, 1943. Guarducci, M. “Documenti del primo secolo nella necropoli Vaticana.” RendPontAcc 29 (1956–57) [1958]: 111–37....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs