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From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...c.1000 AD) Norse influence may also have contributed to an important grammatical change, which mainly occurred in English between the 11th and 14th centuries, and which marked the transition to Middle English (ME) (conventionally dated c.1100-1500). OE had indicated many grammatical categories and relationships by attaching inflections (endings) to word roots, in a...
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Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...c) The theoretical or philosophical theories you hold. For example, a positivist approach holds that knowledge is real and objective, obtainable through measurements and statistics; an interpretivist approach holds that knowledge is dependent on beliefs, values, and lived experiences; and a pragmatist approach holds that knowledge is acquired through action and doing....
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Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...C (2020) Contextual Safeguarding and Child Protection: Rewriting the Rules. Oxon: Routledge Firmin C, Hill T, Hill W, Turnell A, Turnell P and Walker J (2021) Signs of Safety and Contextual Safeguarding online accessed 25/01/2022 Home Office (2018) Modern slavery: statutory guidance for England and Wales (under S49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and non-statutory...
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Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...C. and Grayson, A. (eds) Psychological Development and Early Childhood, Oxford, Blackwell.) © Open University 2005...Find out more about The Open University's Early Years courses Here we will consider whether temperamental differences are related to other aspects of children’s development. It must be emphasized that temperament is concerned with individual differences...
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Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...c, 4 = d, 5 = a, 6 = f Discussion In some of these examples, simply replacing a word makes something sound more formal: ‘attend’ rather than ‘come’; ‘enquire’ rather than ‘ask’; ‘received’ rather than ‘got’; ‘returned’ rather than ‘took back’. Using a different phrase can also make something sound more formal: ‘am unable’ rather than...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...C, and see that the quantity demanded is only 1300 units. This inverse relationship between the price of a good (or service) and the quantity demanded (shown by the market demand curve sloping downwards and to the right) is known as ‘the law of demand’. So economic models can be stated in words and represented in diagrams. They can also be represented by using...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...c. About 20 per cent d. Fewer than 10 per cent The correct answer is d. Comment Fewer than 10 per cent of criminal cases are sent to the Crown Court. Most cases are dealt with by magistrates’ courts alone. In summary, all cases begin in a magistrates’ court and most remain there. Figure 7 shows the criminal court process from the start of a case to the end of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...c. Critical criminology d. Law The correct answer is b. Select the answer for Question 1b here Focuses predominantly on the development, structure, and functioning of human societies. Sociology Psychology Law Critical criminology a. Sociology b. Psychology c. Law d. Critical criminology The correct answer is a. Select the answer for Question 1c here Focuses predominantly...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs