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Languages

How to learn a language

...Introduction and guidance: Introduction and guidance - This free course, How to learn a language, is for anyone thinking of learning a language. Whether it is the first time you are venturing into language learning, or if you have already started, this course will show you how to keep motivated, set your own goals, and develop strategies to learn a language. You will...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...Introduction - This free course, Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German, is aimed at intermediate learners of German with an interest in language and culture. The six-hour-course is designed to develop your understanding of spoken German through video portraits of people in the German cities of Hamburg and Passau. It introduces you to naturally spoken language,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...managed to return, finally getting its current sound and official status as national anthem in 1997. History goes that it was not the monarch, but the Spanish population who called it Royal March (Marcha Real) and adopted it as the hymn for their nation despite that it was simply that, a military march without lyrics, a march that no one could sing. This preference was...
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Article 15 mins
The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...managers to extremely poor women participating in the Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM) programme helped them understand the importance of using the water filters they were provided with through the programme (Roelen and Saha, 2019). In Bangladesh, community mobilisers helped to connect participants in the CLARISSA Cash Plus programme to government assistance and NGO-provided...
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Article 5 mins
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...manage external risks so well. The government and support agencies do not know the full extent of the problem (unlike children in need or at risk of significant harm in their families). Within the social care system, there are helpful initiatives emerging. Carlene Firmin (a Professor of sociology at Durham University and expert in this area) has championed a new way of...
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Video 5 mins
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...Introduction - Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes, and yet all species have some characteristics in common. Indeed, it’s the existence of these common features that justifies the inclusion of all such diverse types within the single taxonomic group (or class) called the Mammalia. This free course, Introducing mammals, offers a starting point if...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...introduction to one of the contentious topics in public international law: the use of force. In this course, you will explore international rules governing the use of force, including an introduction to the laws of war (International Humanitarian Law). Finally, you will also consider the dilemma of humanitarian intervention, which you can later apply in the game Saving...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...introduction to the Irish Gothic), Irish writers took this tradition in new directions in the twentieth century. They responded to the seismic changes associated with modernity, from rising nationalism to new developments in psychology. The international upheaval of two world wars actively shaped the work these writers were producing, but the social and political...
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Article 45 mins