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Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...le parole alla parte del viso a cui si riferiscono. [Described image] Figure 2 i capelli (a) la fronte (b) il sopracciglio (c) gli occhi (d) gli occhiali (e) il naso (f) la bocca (g) la barba (h) Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 8 items in each list. i capelli la fronte il...
Getting started with Italian 2
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Getting started with Italian 2

...le diciotto e trentacinque. It’s eighteen thirty-five. Sono le quindici e ventidue. It’s fifteen twenty-two. È l’una. It’s one o’clock. Note that in Italian, as in English, we do not use the expressions un quarto, mezza/mezzo and tre quarti when telling the time with the 24-hour clock. Instead, we use numbers: quindici, trenta and quarantacinque...Week 2:...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
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Get ready for beginners’ French

...le français’?...When you hear people speaking French, do you wish you could join the conversation? Or do you have a passion for French culture and want to immerse yourself in it? Perhaps you have an opportunity to work in a French-speaking country? There are lots of reasons for wanting to learn French. If you have decided that now is the time for you to learn another...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Croeso: beginners' Welsh
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Croeso: beginners' Welsh

...20 years. Holidays Talking about the future and about what you should or would like to do. Circumstances and verbs Talking about what you might do in certain circumstances using the conditional forms of verbs. Describing yourself Menna describing herself and talking about her work. 19th century Welshman, John Williams An account of a 19th-century Welshman, John Williams....
Getting started with German 3
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Getting started with German 3

...verbs. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXG003 Beginners German 3: richtig so! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Week 1: Einkaufen: Introduction - You’ll start this course by focusing on shopping, both online and...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...verbs (‘walks and talks’). Activity 8 The Callias decree Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Look at this inscription from fifth-century BCE Athens. You should be able to pick out a few letters, most of which are still legible. Consider the overall layout. Do you notice anything about the way the letters have been laid out on the stone, especially the horizontal and...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...verbs and how to pronounce the ‘r’ sound. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course LGXS002: Beginners Spanish 2: ¡En marcha! After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning...This free course is your next step to continue your journey...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What does Marine LePen plan for France?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...Le Pen’s has issued a 144-point manifesto on her ambitions for government, pledging to make France “free, safe, prosperous, fair, proud, powerful, and sustainable”. Not many people will have the inclination to read the lot, but I did. And what I discovered was a candidate who plans not so much to take France out of Europe as cut it free of the whole continent. The...