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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...English discovery of Barbados occurred in 1625 and it was settled in 1627. I use ‘discover’ in the context of England discovering the island, as opposed to it being discovered as an island. Despite evidence of indigenous populations having been present in Barbados in the past, including Caribs and Arawaks, a visit by the Portuguese in 1536 confirmed the island...
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Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...English, we are Scouse.'] In a discussion broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012, Richard Holt, Tony Collins and Mike Cronin, who are all professors and historians of sport, made a strong case that the history of sport and the social and cultural importance of sport deserve study, just as much as, for instance, the history of religion. Cronin argues that sport is: the third...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...English sentences into Spanish. [Simultaneous translators at the International Transport Forum’s 2015 Summit on “Transport, Trade and Tourism” in Leipzig, Germany on 27 May 2015.] Simultaneous translators at the International Transport Forum%u2019s 2015 Summit on %u201CTransport, Trade and Tourism%u201D in Leipzig, Germany on 27 May 2015. Let’s unpick what she did...
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A journey through two Englands
History & The Arts

A journey through two Englands

...English life, enough of English labors in town and country, enough aspects of earth and sky, to make episodes for a modern Odyssey. Suppose only that his journey took him through that central plain, watered at one extremity by the Avon, at the other by the Trent. As the morning silvered the meadows with their long lines of bushy willows marking the water-courses, or...
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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...English lessons, in projects and in cross curricula and extra curricula contexts – pleasurable. But in order to foster reading for pleasure in schools, homes and community contexts, conceptual clarity is essential, alongside awareness of the subtle differences between reading for pleasure, pleasure in reading and their synergies. Children and young people’s...
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Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...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
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...English but are very effective in the original ancient Greek. Figure 6 Iliad 1-1.25, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice, Venetus A: Marcianus Graecus Z. 454 (= 822), folio 12, recto...Introducing Homer's Iliad: 3.1 Meter and word order - The sung nature of oral poetry is particularly apparent from the fact that there is a strong metrical structure, or rhythm, to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging
Languages

Messaging apps – staying connected and in control with mobile messaging

...English courses Digital technologies such as WhatsApp and other messaging apps are now deeply embedded into many people’s daily lives. Mobile conversations interweave in complex ways with offline activities, interrupting and being interrupted by what we’re doing in the real world. Phone messaging adds another layering to our already busy lifestyles, both facilitating...
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