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English: Personal Experiences
Education & Development

English: Personal Experiences

...working class area changed his accent. Garth Judd Garth Judd describes his experience adapting his accent to accommodate different environments. Jennifer Childs Jennifer Childs explains how she's inherited elements of her mothers speaking habits. Jung Chang Jung Chang considers the experience of growing up under Mao and how that affected her access to English. Li Xing Li...
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Audio 39 mins
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...working in Germany, by hearing them speak and watching video clips in which they talk about themselves and their lives. Hearing and watching people describe what they do and who they are can offer you an enjoyable and interesting insight into a way of life in a different culture. You will find that the more you watch and listen, the more you understand. Exposure to spoken...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...work through the course, the key terms discussed are highlighted in bold. Definitions for these terms are provided in the glossary at the end of the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Arts and Humanities...What is poetry?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the common techniques underlying...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...working here in Oxford with Niko Tinbergen as a comparative ethologist. I was working on animal behaviour, in particular behaviour of a small fish called the ten-spined stickleback, and I did my doctorate on this fish. The essence of comparative ethology was that it was a comparatively new movement at the time and it was in opposition to animal psychology. I say...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...work through the course, you will see that social science enactment of participation is closely related to social science descriptions of, for example, voting or other citizenly practices, and related also to social science understandings of, for example, just how to define and evaluate poverty...This free course, Social science and participation, looks at how social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...work together, and to co-exist. Haka, like any other ritual preparing a tribe for war, was an expression of one’s strength, pride and unity. Such was the influence of haka that it was not unusual to see children mimicking many of the actions. It was also an enjoyable pastime to see who could perform the fiercest pukana (protruding of the tongues and eyes) and to act out...
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Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?
Society, Politics & Law

Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?

...working people in our country for years to come.’ Again, there was no time to pause for a history lesson but in its parliamentary setting, this echoes the phrase used by another Tory Prime Minister, the Earl of Derby, in 1867 during the passage of the Second Reform Bill. The crucial difference is that Lord Derby was advocating a leap in the dark and it was one which...
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Article 10 mins
How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?

...working on the words for numbers as these have the same meaning in any language. The longest path of development simulated so far goes backwards 8,000 years from English one to its PIE ancestor oinos, and likewise for other numerals. They have also ‘gone forwards’ from the PIE penkwe to the modern Greekpente, modern Welsh pimp and modern English five, as well as...
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