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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...geography and so on in precise and more academic ways (for example, they need to be able to talk about the rise in humidity and heavy precipitation rather than about raining cats and dogs). In technical fields this is particularly useful, since so much activity revolves around measuring, comparing and ordering...Grammar matters: 7.1 Subject learning in schools - In the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...geography of where they are storing the contaminated water? RUPERT WINGFIELD-HAYES: Well the geography is one of the things that makes it very complicated. Firstly the site is very close to the Pacific ocean, the reactors are less than 100 metres from the shoreline and so any contaminated water doesn’t have far to go to get into the sea. And the second thing is it’s a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...geography’ of a country in the process of self-formation. Figure 23 Salomon van Ruysdael, Market by the Sea, 1637, oil on panel, 41 × 59 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 60.55.4. Photo: © 2010. The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence...Dutch painting of the Golden Age: 7 The role of conventions - Schama’s approach represents a partial...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...geography, age, sex, routine (for example, alcohol consumption/going out), ‘race’/ethnicity [Described image] Figure 10 Translation: focus on personal and property crime (excludes non-personal offences) and therefore misses crimes against organizations includes only self-defined victims/those willing to disclose under represents crime where the victim is complicit and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...geography. So irrespective of what the official statistics might say, it may be that our fascination with crime is fuelling our story-telling. We took this one stage further in Section 3.4 when we applied the idea of a moral panic to the crime problem. While not conclusive in any way, our discussion suggests that popular concerns with crime may function as metaphors and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...geography, spatial layout, context of here. And maybe it’s not universal. Maybe it’s not everybody. There may be many, many, many paths to becoming a successful human being. And Bloomington, Indiana, a college town in the Midwest, may not be, OK, optimal for understanding that. One of the reasons we were interested in going to India was because we wanted a place,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. A1 Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...geographies to such an extent that they are considered a universal form of discourse (Rubin, 1995). In the next section you will start to think about how different types of reading might have different effects upon the reader...What happens to you when you read?: 2 The benefits of being a bookworm - Some researchers believe that reading fiction allows us to experience a...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs