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Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?
Languages

Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?

...English are Asian: Panjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati and Arabic. This means that the majority of languages other than English spoken in the UK are no longer European languages but Asian languages. This is in line with migration demographics: The 2011 Census also showed that about a third of the foreign-born population identified as Asian/Asian British (33%, 2.4 million)....
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European Day of Languages
Languages

European Day of Languages

...English Hungarian Polish Swedish In addition, there are other national, regional or minority languages (such as Catalan, Welsh or Occitan, for instance) as well as the languages of peoples who have migrated to Europe and that still preserve their heritage languages (such as Chinese, Bengali or Urdu). The European Day of Languages has been held on 26th September annually...
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Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...English-speaking world, or with countries where your own language is spoken pinpoint your personal motivation for learning French identify aspects of language learning that you are good at, and what you might find particularly challenging...Week 1: Why French?: 1 Reasons to choose French - There are endless reasons why people decide to start learning French. Here are just...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...English teacher Meera Chudasama collaborated with Dr Cindy Kerawalla – a Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at The Open University – on some research using Talk Factory in her lessons in January and February 2019. Talk Factory is an online tool and app which supports learning by helping teachers and their students to understand how to engage in productive...
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Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020

...English it is all about England, right? Elsewhere in the UK, it is also likely that we will see the Scottish and Welsh national flags shared proudly among the fans. [England, Scotland and Wales flags] It's England, right? ... the nation as a source of identity for UK football fans is probably stronger than ever.In a 2007 article I wrote with Tom Gibbons, we emphasised the...
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Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...everyday. Throughout human history people have migrated from their place of birth for different reasons – for example, to seek new ways of surviving, to colonise new lands, to establish new markets for trade, or because they feared for their lives in their country of origin. Large movements of refugees around the world, as in the late twentieth century, are often linked...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The language used during end of life care matters
Health, Sports & Psychology

The language used during end of life care matters

...everyday language to describe something technical. And there are a lot of examples of unclear language in palliative and end of life care, where euphuisms are used either to make a ‘difficult subject’ easier or to obscure the lack of certainty there can be around death. Rarely in the absence of medical treatment is there an absence of care. Indeed, often clinical and...
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Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dementia Awareness: What is dementia, and how can we reduce the risk?

...everyday series of tasks such as cooking Inability to judge distances such as the stairs Trouble handling money, particularly in shops Changes in personality or mood Depression Can I reduce the risk of getting dementia? About a fifth of people think it's impossible to reduce their risk of dementia. However, there is a vast amount of evidence showing seven simple lifestyle...
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