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Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...social event. Thus, the speaker is both a producer and perceiver of speech, which means that the auditory and visual information in students’ production reflects how they perceive speech. If their perception changes, their speech will also change. If their speech is corrected, their perception has also been corrected. How does it work? a.The teacher identifies the...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...social or technological advancements that are negatively influencing the company’s ability to sell its products? Or, since the company was formed in 2021, has it already captured most of its market share and a further growth in sales is becoming increasingly challenging? Activity 2 provides you with an opportunity to practise calculating sales growth and to understand...
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...social life was still limited to the chess club. Victor didn’t really feel the need for another person in his life, in fact he found the concept of ‘sharing’ a life bizarre. He had mathematics, which filled up his time almost completely, so he wasn’t entirely sure what he wanted with a wife. Women seemed to him to be in possession of all kinds of undesirable...
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...social media channels, @nuclearban, to find out more about how to get involved. Together, we can build a safer, more peaceful world. Together, we can consign nuclear weapons to the dustbin of history where they belong. But it starts with each of us here and now. Thank you. How can you, as an individual, take action against nuclear weapons? Discussion The success of the...
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...social interaction. The classroom is a social situation which is itself very complex. Think of all the interactions which occur between teacher and learners and between learners...Week 8: Working with data and uncertainty: Tell us what you think - Now you’ve come to the end of the course, we would appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete this short...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol
Digital & Computing

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol

...social isolation, less access to jobs and education. It can mean paying more for essentials, financial exclusion, an increased risk of experiencing poverty. People who are digitally excluded also lack a voice and visibility in the modern world, as government services and democracy increasingly move online. What’s more, it’s those already at a disadvantage – through...
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...social sciences and the humanities. Although we'd all probably agree that, in theory, this is an excellent approach to such a challenging problem as understanding intelligence and replicating it in machines, it was probably hard to sustain in the research environment of the time. Theoretical aims – Cybernetics' central aim was understanding. There was less emphasis on...
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...social role, the attitude of the owners and so on. Unfortunately, it is seldom easy to put a figure on that capacity for any particular organisation, though there is often a consensus about the estimated area for the total. For example, most people would expect to see a biotechnology company accepting more risk than, say, a charity providing housing for disadvantaged...