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Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...world, explains and illustrates why a knowledge about how language works (i.e. ‘linguistics’) is helpful – some might say essential – for different aspects of our everyday lives. It provides an introduction to ideas around what language is and to the field of Applied Linguistics, which is dedicated to exploring and addressing situations where language plays a...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...world of the ancient Romans and Greeks? This free course, Introducing the Classical world, will provide you with an insight into the Classical world by introducing you to the various sources of information used by scholars to draw together an image of this fascinating period of history...How do we learn about the world of the ancient Romans and Greeks? This free course,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Death around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death around the world

...world perform in relation to death...Rituals can be an incredibly important feature of what happens after someone dies. There are often specific rituals – rites, ceremonies, or practices – and actions that are performed to mark the death. Some are designed to help the departed in their transition between the humanly world and the afterlife. Some rituals can help...
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Video 5 mins
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...world looks at some of the ways people think in similar and different ways depending on where they live and their culture. The course starts with some general questions of how similar and different people’s psychology might be in different times and places. This is then followed with some key examples: how people perceive the world, and understandings of wellbeing....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
World Book Day
OpenLearn Ireland

World Book Day

...World Book Day. Mark the event with our free courses, articles, interactive quizzes and eBooks on OpenLearn...Commemorate all the brilliant books, amazing authors, incredible illustrators and (most importantly) reading in general this World Book Day. To help everyone join in the celebration, we've compiled a range of fantastic quizzes, courses and even some eBooks for you...
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Article 5 mins
World Toilet Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Toilet Day

...World Toilet Day 2014 logo] Did you know? [Basic toilet in the desert] Nearly half the world’s population live without a 'safely managed sanitation service': a toilet, not shared with other households, that either treats or disposes of human waste on site, stores it safely to be emptied and treated off-site, or connects to a functioning sewer. Globally, at least 2...
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Article 5 mins
Making Social Worlds
Society, Politics & Law

Making Social Worlds

...world? How do passports and passbooks function as agents of government control? And what are the purposes of citizenship tests and ceremonies? This album provides insight into how large communities are organised to regulate their social behaviour. People who lived under Apartheid in South Africa describe how their passbook governed their social world, from alcohol...
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Audio 55 mins
Living in a globalised world
Society, Politics & Law

Living in a globalised world

...world... Living in a globalised world A short introduction to this album. Where worlds meet An insight into Mexican-American border control. A divided people A Mexican tribal leader talks about how the border has physically divided his tribe. Borders do move An insight into how the Mexican border with America has shifted over the years. The economic divide A presbyterian...
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Audio 1 hr 26 mins