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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class
Languages

Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

...English is a second language – the neat and predictable pattern largely disappeared. For this group, Brian did not sound so posh. In fact, Clarrie was identified by some as having a posh voice, along with Emma and even Eddie. On this and many of the measures, the results were less focused, covering a greater range, suggesting that respondents were using less consistent...
May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
Languages

May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...English), followed by the translation of the episode title into the respective language. Despite this, the saga is normally still referred to by the original names in most countries. When it comes to translating character or vehicle names, there was some degree of variation, particularly with the original Star Wars film (before it became “A New Hope”). The German...
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...English. You could almost say there’s Gaelic galore, or gu leòr (‘plenty, enough’), in our everyday speech. Do you twig, or tuig (‘understand’)? Great, maybe you fancy a nip of whisky, or uisge-beatha (literally the ‘water of life’)? And after a dram (drama) or two, you might be ready for a ceilidh, or a cèilidh (‘a concert or visit’). 25 What...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An introduction to grammar
Languages

An introduction to grammar

...get things done? This video looks at how a functional approach to grammar can help us to understand professional practice in a range of contexts, for example call centres, education, journalism and subtitling. It also looks at how computer software can be used to analyse language in context in the real world. Find out more about the course: Exploring English Grammar...
Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...English by a range of other poets including Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Ciarán Carson and Michael Longley. The critic Patrick Crotty has highlighted Ní Dhomhnaill’s importance as a ‘key figure in continuing the dialogue between the poetries of Ireland’s two languages’ (Crotty, 1995). Below you'll find the poem in both Irish and English, as well as an audio...
Caring In Welsh App
Education & Development

Caring In Welsh App

...English text on the pages as their Welsh improves. [CCC Caring In Welsh App page] The app was designed, developed and recorded by Galactig. The app is voiced by presenter Nia Parry. Find out more. [Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol logo] This resource was provided by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub...
How did music influence Virgina Woolf?
History & The Arts

How did music influence Virgina Woolf?

...English song while people gambled and tumbled and swore, picked pockets, rescued the drowning, and did astonishing – but quite unnecessary – feats of skill. He was unable to perform himself. The difficulties of communication and the importance of the unspoken are central themes of Woolf’s brief sketch. This is a story about language, about communication. The...
Writing Poetry
History & The Arts

Writing Poetry

...own lives inform and inspire their poetry, and the way in which personal details can be changed or highlighted in order to produce dramatic poetry. Rhyme and Speech Rhyme is an intrinsic aspect of poetry, but is it wholly necessary? Paul Muldoon and Jackie Kay talk to about where – and where not – to use rhyme, and the intrinsic rhythm patterns in everyday speech....