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Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...Introduction - This course offers you around six hours of study in French at an advanced level on the topic of French crime fiction. Learning Outcomes include becoming familiar with important authors and texts in French crime fiction, being able to analyse some literary techniques used by authors, having an understanding of differences between formal written French and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...Introduction - In this course we will focus on the Anthropoidea, a suborder of primates that includes monkeys, apes and humans. We will concentrate our attention here primarily on monkeys. Colour vision, a large brain and intelligence are of great importance in the lives of anthropoids, enabling them to eat foods inaccessible to many other animals and to exploit social...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...Introduction - In this free course, Intermediate Spanish: a trip across Latin America, you will learn about the ways the people of South and Central America have dealt with the everyday conditions imposed on them by the environment they live in. You will travel from Chile to Honduras and use videos, audio recordings and articles on your virtual journey towards the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...Introduction - Welcome to this exciting free OpenLearn course! In this course you will explore how psychology helps us to understand human thoughts (how people think), emotions (how people feel) and behaviours (what people do) across different societies. This course has been created to demonstrate the fascinating universal and unique ways in which psychology works around...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...Introduction - This free course, Intermediate German: The world of work, deals with different aspects of work. You will cover a variety of definitions of the term ‘work’, and reflect on the relevance and importance of work in our lives. You will also learn about different models of part-time work and consider if and how work will change in the future. In diesem Kurs...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...Introduction - This free course gathers together a range of materials to enable you to explore some of the many possibilities for research music. It gives you a series of snapshots of musicology, emphasising both the breadth of musical topics that might be studied by a music researcher and the many different ways in which such study might be approached. After a brief...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...Introduction - In this free course, Art and the Mexican Revolution, you will explore the significance of certain murals by the artist Diego Rivera. While Rivera is now often known (if he is known at all) as the husband of Frida Kahlo, he was in fact one of the three major Mexican muralists (alongside José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros). Together, these...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...Introduction - This free course, Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice, will explore some specific examples of the tensions and debates linked to the aim of achieving literacy for all. You will focus on the current discourse related to the teaching of the technical aspects of literacy to a ‘sufficient standard’ and also on different perspectives related to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs