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Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...English, whose ignorance of black people shocked me. (Selvon in Nasta and Rutherford, 1995, pp. 58–9) It was as a consequence of encountering migrants from other West Indian islands that Selvon for the first time became ‘aware of the richness and diversity of Caribbean speech’ (Sandhu, 2003, p. 145), an important factor in the writing strategies adopted in The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Protest Banners: Hillsborough
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Hillsborough

...English literature English language studies history modern languages The theme of popular protest runs throughout the module and is used to link the various subject areas. As part of your study you will learn to navigate an innovative and interactive module website; the perfect way to gain the study skills you’ll need to succeed in the next step in your studies. Find...
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Video 5 mins
Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...English votes for English laws’! The increasing recognition of England as England, as a nation, will of course only help to further loosen the already fraught ties that bind the UK and which also plays directly into the hands of the SNP. Gordon Brown has in recent months repeatedly attacked the Conservatives for the ‘damage’ he says that this is doing to the...
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Article 10 mins
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...English and continental composers. Until around 1730, he worked in partnership first with the publisher and violin maker John Hare (d.1725) and later also with Hare’s son Joseph (d.1733). Walsh was an extremely astute businessman and his output covered a wide range of secular repertory that would appeal to the London audience, including songs, operas, instrumental music...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy and research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Belfast linen industry
History & The Arts

The Belfast linen industry

...English traders. The port of Belfast quickly came to dominate linen cloth exports. [Old black-and-white photograph showing the White Linen Hall, Belfast.] Technical innovations in cotton spinning meant that by the end of the eighteenth century, cotton could be produced much more cheaply than linen. By 1811 the cotton industry employed over 50,000 people in and around...
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Article 10 mins
Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda
Languages

Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda

...English and Italian. In languages such as Czech where the word order is less prescribed, Yoda is switched back to the "Subject – Verb – ​Object" word order you would typically expect in normal French, which is actually stranger sounding to native Czech speakers! Will you be able to help Maître Yoda to correct his French syntax? Here is a little exercise for you to...
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Activity 10 mins
Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Tiger: Chinese New Year

...English poems and novels. Dr Frank Pearson (ex-OU student in Geoscience) presents his interpretation of William Blake's 'The Tyger' as a contradictory force, both creative and destructive, within the context of the French Revolution and our current situation. He explores Blake's ideas of art, poetry and perception traced in this poem and his wider writing and how they are...
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Article 5 mins