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From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...English which is ‘Add an s’, this is actually a hypothesis that somewhere in the brain of English speakers there is a neural network which carries out this procedure. So a grammar is really a set of hypotheses about the brain. Grammars have several parts. Phonology is the set of rules about how sounds can and cannot be put together in a language. For example, brick is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert
Languages

Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert

...English-language translation. [A truck drives through the Big Sandy Desert] A truck drives across the Great Sandy Desert Lamprey wrote about how much fun he and the women had during the making of the video in a blog post. The women elders, such as Payi Payi and Manaya who are featured in the video, play a central role in the life of the community. As members of the...
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Article 10 mins
Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof

...English and even got into some Lithuanian and Italian. Alongside modern languages, I also studied classical languages such as Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, while at school. I am, in fact, passionate about languages! Where I grew up, on the Polish-Russian border, racial and national conflicts were common place. It caused me much sadness and frustration to witness...
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Article 5 mins
Casgliad llesiant a iechyd meddwl
Health, Sports & Psychology

Casgliad llesiant a iechyd meddwl

...English. [Wales logos] Datblygwyd y casgliad hwn gyda chyllid gan Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru. Fe’i cyflawnwyd gan Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru mewn partneriaeth â Phrifysgol Glyndŵr Wrecsam, Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult Learning Wales a Chymdeithas Myfyrwyr y Brifysgol Agored. Myfyrwyr llawn a rhan amser, ar draws y tri darparwr addysg, fu’n gyfrifol am...
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Article 10 mins
Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds
Education & Development

Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds

...English nursery, who were asked to make images of special people, days out, toys, cooking, FaceTime calls to family in home countries, friends and more. I worked closely with the children’s teacher, practitioners and parents to listen to children’s photo conversations and the making of their personalised photo storybooks. Stories are conveyed through the layered...
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Article 5 mins
What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?
Education & Development

What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?

...English school system that have intensified since 2010 have produced a hybrid system of accountability in which numerous bodies compete and collaborate to provide educational governance. These reforms have also led to a serious planning deficit in terms of school places. This lack of strategic foresight is all the more concerning given that none of these issues have come...
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Article 5 mins
Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed
History & The Arts

Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed

...English regiments to Glasgow as it could not trust Scottish soldiers to intervene against fellow workers; yet both English and Scottish regiments were deployed. And while there were demands for a Scottish republic at that time, they were marginal compared to the present day. Legacy More importantly, the events were a major milestone for the worker movement. The strike was...
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Article 15 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain

...English Spain has many different breads, but the product that best reflects the geographic and cultural diversity is the empanada, because each region has adapted the fillings to the local produce. Religion has played a very important role in shaping Spanish baking traditions. During the Muslim invasion, Spaniards stated their Christianity by eating a lot of pork, hence...
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Activity 10 mins