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Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...change. NARRATOR And, ultimately, of organising our understanding and experience of the social world. Language and creativity: a short introduction...Language and creativity: 4 Language and art - In the second half of this course we look at a particular context for linguistic creativity, which we can use as an example of some of the ideas we have discussed above. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...changing circumstances. We use the language for productive thinking. More recent research studies have also reported on the relevance of creativity for second language learning, and, in particular, for language-learning success (e.g. see Dörnyei, 2005). Fehér (2010) points out other elements of creativity, such as transition from one thing into another, transformation...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...change in Richter magnitude of an earthquake (say from 3 to 7, 4 points) really represents a very large change in earthquake size. Activity 3 Investigating links between earthquake magnitude and location In Activity 2 you established links between the depths of earthquake foci and the location of the earthquake epicentre. In this activity you will investigate links...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...change their minds if there are good arguments against their views. This can make philosophy a challenging subject to study, since it may involve questioning beliefs you hold dear. In the end, however, most people find this process useful. By questioning your beliefs and testing them out in a rigorous way, you can identify your prejudices, wishful thoughts, and lazy...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...change the way you played it if you wanted it to express the opposite feeling or mood? If you were composing some music to create these feelings what would you do? Examples of questions that you might use to ensure that you and the young people have a common understanding of what they and you are trying to achieve and which explore ‘success criteria’ might include:...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...changed. They're not as subtle as the Chinese. Their degree of toleration of us is in direct proportion to their fears." "You have had some success in SALT [Strategic Arms Limitation Talks]," the Prime Minister remarked. The President said "they are bargaining for everything they can get. We can get some agreement. My present guess would be that, unless the Russians...
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Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...change through time (since general equilibria could never exist in practice), where money and credit fit into the picture (they don’t appear in the full form of the standard model and only operate through the monetary policy of central banks designed to keep the whole show on the road), and in a whole load of other circumstances that are too many to mention. As a...
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Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...changing its obliquity), excavation begins as vaporised and solid material is ejected from the impact site, d) ejected solid fragments and vaporised material spread further from the impact site, e) vaporised material dissipates and cools leaving larger ejected fragments to spread from the impact site, f) ejected material organises into a debris disk surrounding the Earth,...
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