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How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...world’s best teacher, are of no help to you if you’re not disciplined enough to study every day or if you feel too anxious to practise speaking with people. On the other hand, if you remain focused, and work at it day after day, you will struggle not to make progress. All of this, of course, is easier said than done. Until you have the experience of learning a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...world made of tiny, hard atoms in endless motion. It wasn’t until the 19th century, and the work of English chemist, physicist and meteorologist John Dalton that atoms became part of modern science; even in 1900 there were eminent scientists who did not believe that atoms are real. However, between 1900 and 1920 phenomena as varied as the motion of pollen grains in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...world’s refugees. (Refugee Council, 2018b)...Applying social work law to asylum and immigration: 4.2 The people behind the statistics - In this section you will look at the people behind the labels and statistics and then hear about the work of the Scottish Refugee Council. Activity 2 The people behind the statistics Timing: 20 minutes Watch the video ‘We slept on the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...world; they are the features that identify it as a group and, amongst other things, define its boundary. A group with no boundary-defining rules would include everyone and cease to be a group! Agreeing to abide by the rules of a group involves some loss of individuality or freedom. In some groups the loss can be extreme, as in some fanatical religious groups where even...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...world’ context of TNA activities. This involves acknowledging the social networks and power relations of organisational life, including the influence of self-interest, self-promotion and/or self-preservation among the organisational members whose opinions you are seeking in your TNA research. For instance, when employees are asked to describe the constitutive components...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The oceans
Science, Maths & Technology

The oceans

...world's ocean. Video 4 Demonstration on how to use layers with Google Earth. The extremely large mid-ocean ridge and the trenches that you saw in Video 3 are part of the tectonic plate system of the planet. Using the Google Earth layers, explore some of the features you saw in Video 3: the mid-ocean ridge, and the sections across the Marianas Trench (the deepest known...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...world, and the labels on the blocks tell you what that 'something' is. In this diagram I have chosen to represent people and inanimate objects in different ways. The oval shapes (which are still called 'blocks') represent the users of the communication system. The rectangular blocks represent inanimate objects in the communication system. The lines between the blocks...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Money & Business

Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting

...world, the assumption is that we use calculators to avoid the tedious process of working out calculations by hand or mentally. The danger, of course, is that you may use a calculator without understanding what an answer means or how it relates to the numbers that have been used. For example, if you calculate that 10% of £90 is £900 (which can easily happen if either you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs