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An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...English , for example, was loaded onto YouTube by The Open University in 2011. The History of English in 10 Minutes Chapter Two, the Norman Conquest, or Excuse My English. 1066. True to his name, William the Conqueror invades England, bringing new concepts from across the Channel, like the French language, the Doomsday Book, and the duty-free Gauloises multipack. French...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?
History & The Arts

Has London always attracted young Europeans to do its low-paid work?

...English country labourer in a dress suit acting as a waiter at a big London restaurant? It is almost inconceivable, yet in all our big restaurants and hotels just now there are country youths from the farms of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and France acting as waiters, and doing their work uncommonly well, too. An hotel manager told me this yesterday. These...
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Article 5 mins
Black Blue Plaques
Languages

Black Blue Plaques

...under-representation in the public space and imagination. Transcript Featuring the work of Black History Walks, the Nubian Jak Community Trust, and English Heritage, and narrated by Karen Arthur. With thanks to the BAAL Applying Linguistics fund for support for the project. Written, produced and directed by: Lab Ky Mo, Philip Seargeant, Korina Giaxoglou and Frank Monaghan...
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Video 5 mins
A modest liking for Liverpool
History & The Arts

A modest liking for Liverpool

...English Cities, his Atlantic crossing ends in the docks of the Mersey...Why should the proud stomach of American travel, much tossed in the transatlantic voyage, so instantly have itself carried from Liverpool to any point where trains will convey it? Liverpool is most worthy to be seen and known, and no one who looks up from the bacon and eggs of his first hotel...
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Article 10 mins
Two Yorkish episodes
History & The Arts

Two Yorkish episodes

...English station you are either overwhelmed with transportation, or you are without any except such as you were born with, and at the station for Marston Moor I asked for a fly in vain. But it was a most walkable afternoon, and the pleasant road into the region which the station-master indicated as that I was seeking invited the foot by its level stretch, sometimes under...
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Article 5 mins
Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...English courses and qualifications. [Character of Mary Shelley] Nowadays the word ‘romantic’ tends to trigger associations with love and sentimentality, but the period known as the Romantic era encompassed so much more! Romanticism is notoriously difficult to define and has been interpreted in various ways in different countries. However, it is true to say that it...
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Article 10 mins
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...English students may also attend, since ‘academic English’ is very different to the language used in everyday life (and in that sense, no one is a ‘native speaker’). Note that the term ‘EAP’ covers the reading of academic texts as well as writing, and also oral skills such as joining in seminar discussions. EAP can involve students at a range of levels, but is...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?

...English football. Their investigation revealed that English football teams wearing a red strip had been champions more often than would be expected on the basis of the proportion of clubs that played in red. This finding was also supported by Greenlees, Leyland, Thelwell and Filby (2008) who focused their investigation on Football penalty takers’ uniform colour. Their...
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Article 10 mins