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Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...Articulation, volume and speed - [Person speaking] Figure 2 Making sure you are heard To make sure you are heard, you have to consider how clearly you speak, whether you are using the right volume and the speed at which you talk...Speaking and listening: Articulation - Sometimes it’s difficult to understand what people are saying because they don’t say the words...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...articulate valuable insights into their lives, and often see things that adults haven't noticed. At the Open University, we believe that children and young people are the experts in their own lives, and that adults need to work in partnership with them to create better research so that it can lead to good decisions. The Our Voices website is for everyone interested in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...articulation of a poem will help you grasp many poetic techniques and effects that may otherwise be missed. This extract from Pope's An Essay on Criticism, like the whole poem, is written in rhyming couplets (lines rhyming in pairs). They confer a formal, regular quality to the verse. The punctuation helps to control the way in which we read: notice that there is a pause...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...articulate it with clients, is that, OK, even if you don't feel like there's a need to change, and you don't see the value proposition or the value opportunity, if you link it back to bottom line, they get it. In terms of how firms establish their internal values but also prepare themselves for external threats that are outside of their control, is a difficult exercise to...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...articulated and expressed sometimes lead to more-or-less enduring critical perspectives on the state. A number of critical perspectives have grown and declined over the years and decades. Many of these are reformist – advocating relatively minor changes to state structures or practices – and others are radical demands for fundamental change. Activity 3 Read the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio
Health, Sports & Psychology

Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio

...le yn y byd. Byddwch yn dysgu am bedwar maes nyrsio yn y DU, sut beth yw hyfforddiant nyrsys, yn ogystal â beth sy’n gwneud nyrsys gwych. Mae’r cwrs hwn yn cynnig cyflwyniad byr i’r proffesiwn nyrsio a gall eich helpu i benderfynu ai nyrsio yw’r yrfa iawn i chi...Mae’r cwrs yma am ddim, Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio, yn rhoi...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...articulated joints, based upon the laws of the lever. He believed that every anatomical structure had a specific function and drew extensive three-dimensional sketches. Leonardo was exhaustive in his anatomical research. He went on to dissect more cadavers during this period, searching for knowledge and understanding of the mechanics of the human body. His research...
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Article 30 mins
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...articulate what it means to make progress in geography outline a framework for assessing progress in geography outline the differences between formative and summative assessment explain some of the challenges related to assessment in geography set out any personal views in relation to effective assessment of geographical learning...Assessment in secondary geography: 1...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs