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Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...think of app-based learning. Ultimately, I wanted to find out if users can actually learn a language with an app. Busuu provides learning materials for 12 different languages and has more than 60m registered users. It offers a “freemium” model where some content is available for free and some is available behind a subscription paywall. The research found that there...
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How do historians know about the past?
History & The Arts

How do historians know about the past?

...Thinking of taking it further? If you want to study history at university level, the free course 'Taking your first steps in Higher Education' or the introductory module 'Arts and languages access module' can help you to decide which path to take and prepare you for study. You can study history at The Open University through BAs in History, Humanities, or the Open BA, all...
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The Iliad: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Iliad: List of characters

...thinking, tactical warfare and handicrafts. In the Iliad she supports Achilles and the Greeks and the King of Ithica, Odysseus, who joined in the Greek expedition to Troy, leaving his wife Penelope and infant son Telemachus behind. Troy, also known as Ilium (the Latinised form of the Greek Ilion), is the home of the Trojans, and an ancient city famous in mythical tales...
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The Odyssey: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Odyssey: List of characters

...thinking, tactical warfare and handicrafts. In the Odyssey she supports Odysseus. The suitors of Penelope take up residence in Odysseus’ palace during his long absence in hope that Penelope will marry one of them. They behave badly, drinking Odysseus’ wine and eating him out of house and home. Upon his return Odysseus outwits and kills them with the help of his son...
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Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging
Languages

Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging

...think the message is, their relationship with the sender, or both. This challenges the idea that mobile messaging is necessarily a quick and instantaneous way to communicate. Instead, people are clear that they shouldn’t always feel under pressure to reply straight away and can do so in their own time. ‘People are attempting to assert control over their communicative...
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Theresanomics explained
Money & Business

Theresanomics explained

...thinking ideas. She has firmly broken with the neoliberal consensus that began by Thatcher championing the free market. Instead, she has called for 'predistribution' – the use of regulation as a means for creating greater economic equality – and the allowance of workers on corporate boards. She has also talked of restricting executive pay and preventing foreign...
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Convoy to Calais
Society, Politics & Law

Convoy to Calais

...knowing whether there would be anybody here or what kind of protests there would be. But as you can see, hundreds of people and dozens and dozens of vehicles have turned up to show solidarity with the refugees, to make a demand on the governments to act in the face of a humanitarian crisis. And I think to evoke the Dunkirk spirit. Read more articles from Geography Matters...
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Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature
Nature & Environment

Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature

...thinking of ways that he could benefit the people of Tanzania by disseminating his knowledge, setting up education schemes and sharing best practice. I was lucky enough to see him presented with a Rolex Award in 2002. He came to London and was kind enough to invite me along. I’m not sure that I realised even then what a powerhouse he was in conservation, although he had...
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