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The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond
Languages

The interplay of language and culture in times of crisis: COVID-19 and beyond

...La Palma, Spain, erupting in 2021]Cumbre Vieja erupting in 2021During the eruption of Cumbre Vieja (a volcano on the Spanish Island of La Palma) in 2021 and its aftermath, the public were given a crash course on scientific terminology. However, a more colloquial word from the Canary Islands proved to be the favourite: ‘fajana’, generally meaning flat terrain at the...
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Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...la cassa) first and say what you want. You pay and are given a receipt (uno scontrino), which you then give to the person serving, repeating your order. In fact there is often a sign (un cartello) telling you to go the cash desk first, pay the cashier (il cassiere / la cassiera) and get a till receipt. The sign might say something like Si prega di fare lo scontrino alla...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...La Trobe is the artist in the text; she writes and directs the pageant acted by the villagers on that June day. Nature too plays its part: The lawn was as flat as the floor of a theatre. The terrace, rising, made a natural stage. The trees barred the stage like pillars. And the human figure was seen to great advantage against a background of sky. As for the weather, it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Pecyn cymorth gweithio hybrid a thrawsnewid digidol
Money & Business

Pecyn cymorth gweithio hybrid a thrawsnewid digidol

...dan sylw a sut maent yn perthyn i anghenion eich rhanddeiliaid. Mae angen i chi ystyried eich ffyrdd o weithio ar gyfer llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol. Mae'r casgliad yn canolbwyntio ar ddatblygiad sefydliadol, arweinyddiaeth, llesiant a chynhwysiant, sgiliau ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol, cydweithio a chyfathrebu hybrid, rheoli newid a chynlluniau'r dyfodol. Mae hefyd yn...
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Sgwrsio am Brifysgol - podlediad am y profiad myfyrwyr go iawn
Education & Development

Sgwrsio am Brifysgol - podlediad am y profiad myfyrwyr go iawn

...dan straen wrth wneud cais? Mae Sgwrsio am Brifysgol yn bodlediad sydd wedi ymrwymo i rannu gwir brofiad myfyrwyr. Byddwn yn archwilio ac yn trafod yr holl feddyliau a theimladau a allai fod gennych, er mwyn eich paratoi i wneud y penderfyniadau cywir. Gwrandewch a thanysgrifiwch i Sgwrsio am Brifysgol ar Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, neu le bynnag yr ydych yn...
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Creu cysylltiadau mewn sgyrsiau diwedd oes: awgrymiadau hanfodol i weithwyr proffesiynol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creu cysylltiadau mewn sgyrsiau diwedd oes: awgrymiadau hanfodol i weithwyr proffesiynol

...dan arweiniad academyddion o’r Iseldiroedd a’r DU wedi defnyddio canfyddiadau ymchwil amlddisgyblaethol i ystyried y modd y gall gweithwyr proffesiynol iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol ymdrin â dewisiadau cyfathrebu cleifion. Ceir tair strategaeth hollbwysig a all gynorthwyo yn hyn o beth: Dylid pennu dewis y claf ar hyd y sbectrwm – hynny yw, a yw’n dymuno i bethau...
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CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

...Dan Krane | TEDxDayton] It is difficult for psychologists in the UK to make recommendations about the effects of context on forensic examiners because the research to date has been fairly limited, particularly in the the way it has been conducted. For example, some studies had a very small sample size. Some lacked a control group. In others, accuracy was not measured....
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Hallowain't III: Woodfrogs
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Woodfrogs

...LA Times reported a study by the Institute of Arctic Biology which discovered the little critters' approach to staying alive in a hostile climate: To see how these frogs were surviving the winter in the extreme Alaskan environment, the researchers used super glue to attach small radio transmitters about the size of a nickel to the backs of 16 frogs over two years. The...
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