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Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...history), piel (skin), limpio (clean). The falling diphthongs of Spanish are /ai̯, ei,̯ oi̯, au̯, eu̯, (ou̯)/, paisaje (landscape),rey (king), boina (beret), flauta (flute), Europa (Europe). Note that when the glide is word-final, it is generally spelt ‘y’. Some transcriptions use /j/ rather than /i̯/. A homogenous diphthong is created when two different high...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...history of optical-fibre communications in the UK can be found in a paper by Professor Midwinter of University College London, published in the ‘Millennium Issue’ of the IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Midwinter, 2000). Coherent optical communications: a cul-de-sac? In the 1980s, a lot of research effort was expended on developing a technique...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses, for example enrolling at a college for a formal qualification. (You...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...family go on holiday together. They each pay £155. What is the total cost of the holiday? You make an insurance claim worth £18 950. The insurance company pays you £12 648. What is the difference between what you claimed and what you actually received? You go to the local café and buy a coffee for £2.35, a tea for £1.40 and a croissant for £1.85. How much do you...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Discovering chemistry Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivator, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Discovering chemistry' digital badge] Getting a badge is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...history and related costs of each individual, but it may be useful to have categories of customer. Geographic region is one obvious category, gender or age might be others. Can you think of more possibilities? This section has discussed how, in addition to knowing the costs (and hence the profitability) of providing particular products or services, an organisation should...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...history of astronomy was the discovery of quasars. When first recognised, in 1963, quasars appeared at radio and optical wavelengths as faint, point-like objects with unusual optical emission spectra. The name comes from their alternative designations of 'quasi-stellar radio source' (QSR) or 'quasi-stellar object' (QSO), meaning that they resemble stars in their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...families and begin the rehabilitation process after their extraordinary journey. [MUSIC PLAYING] Video 1 The Soyuz spacecraft Activity 9 The Soyuz descent module parachute is activated at an altitude of around 10 km, when the capsule has a velocity of around 900 kph (250 m/s). Using Figure 2 (reproduced here for convenience): [Described image] Figure 2 (repeated)...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs