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Croeso: Beginners' Welsh
Languages

Croeso: Beginners' Welsh

...writing in Welsh...This free course, Croeso: Beginners' Welsh, is taken from Croeso, a beginners' language module that concentrates on Welsh as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Welsh societies and cultures through printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...write up your research report. Figure 1 Stages of the research project...Understanding different research perspectives: 3 Deciding what to research - Selecting an appropriate research topic is the first step towards a satisfactory project. For some people, choosing the topic is easy because they have a very specific interest in an area. For example, you might be...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...write r-e-n, ren and you will see the different rens that come depending on what word you want. But we want person, so we click on number 1, or you just type number 1 in your computer, and that will turn into rén. If you want to type number 1 is yī, you just type y-i, and the different characters will come up. And you note this is number 1, so you click on that, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...Write down the important information you need to know to work out the number of rolls of wallpaper required. Remember, you can click on ‘reveal comment’ for additional help. Comment Try drawing a sketch, and think through the steps you would take to apply new wallpaper in your kitchen. Answer This is how Rebecca, a student, tackled the problem. Her notes are given...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...write in your own words using references and quoting sources...Reading and note taking – preparation for study: Introduction - This course is about the very basic study skills of reading and taking notes. You will be asked to think about how you currently read and then be introduced to a some techniques that may help you to alter the way you read according to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...write a brief description of how you were learning it. Discussion This is what Tim wrote: There was a prep essay which was due before the course started. To be honest, I was really nervous. It took me ages - I kept changing the words round over and over again. I wasn't feeling very confident because I haven't written an essay for about 20 years. I started to panic a bit...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...writing poetry. The word ‘unceasing’ (which just means ‘without stopping’) gives the impression of one long continuous thread that is spun. This phrase made it seem likely to me that the Metamorphoses would be a poem in which Ovid’s own voice as a poet plays an important role because of the reference to ‘my own time’. It also suggested a concern with larger...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Bowie as a conduit
History & The Arts

Bowie as a conduit

...writes about how Bowie influenced his tastes...[David Bowie Street art in Brixton, South London] I first listened to David Bowie aged fourteen in 1981. He was my first foray outside of the puritanical fastnesses of Punk Rock. Punk joyously declared the music of its immediate forebears dated, dead, overblown: 1977 was a year zero past which you didn’t dare explore for...
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Article 5 mins