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How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...English-speaking children might occasionally say ‘that go there’ instead of the adult ‘that goes there’. In Dutch ‘Mama ijs eten’ (Mama ice-cream eat) instead of ‘Mama eet ijs’ (Mama eat ice-cream); or in Spanish ‘Jugar al fútbol’ ((He) play football) instead of Juega al fútbol ((He) plays football). There is something that unites these children in...
Dangoor Education
Science, Maths & Technology

Dangoor Education

...worked with three regional further education colleges, community partners including Unison and WEA as well as Dangoor Education, Reed Recruitment and Impetus to help people develop their skills in English and maths through access to free online and for-fee college-based, blended learning approaches. You can access these courses below: [Logo for Dangoor Education]...
What happens ‘When East Meets West’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens ‘When East Meets West’?

...English mother and Singaporean father, she strongly believes that celebrating differences – no matter what they are and how subtle they may appear – is something we should always foster, not fear. [illustration with map showing cultural identity ] What is cultural identity? Cultural identity may be a better way of allowing someone to have the freedom to self-identify...
Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia
History & The Arts

Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia

...English and Arabic, a sign language interpreter was hired for three of the interviews and, due to my own hearing loss, assistance was needed with transcribing the interviews. I even made a video in Auslan (Australian sign language) to recruit participants and this proved to be a successful way of approaching and connecting with these women. You can view the video here....
When words escape control: Tourette syndrome and slurs
Education & Development

When words escape control: Tourette syndrome and slurs

...English word “æppel”’. In this case, the sentence is about the word itself, not the fruit, so ‘apple’ is mentioned rather than used. Applying this to slurs, mentioning an offensive word shouldn’t, in principle, carry the same meaning as using it to target and insult someone. In practice, however, this distinction is becoming harder to maintain for some...
Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...English, Scottish, African-American, and possibly Cherokee traditions, creating a genre that is now called old time, old timey, hillbilly, or Appalachian music’ (Moloney, 2006, p. 282). Examples of Appalachian music and its Scots -Irish roots are available here. [Photograph: The Bog-Trotters, an American traditional Appalachian folk band, perform ‘Hop up my Ladies’,...
Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation
History & The Arts

Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation

...English translation), which included losing an arm and then being cared for by the local inhabitants of the island, influenced Mizuki's work for the rest of his life. After surviving the war and being demobilized in 1945, like millions of other returning soldiers, the one-armed Mizuki struggled to find a way to make living in rural Tottori Prefecture. He would go on to...
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...English: the uses of digital cameras to support collaborative thinking in the exploration of poetry...Creativity, community and ICT: 4.1 Introduction - Collective oeuvres* produce and sustain group solidarity. They help make a community. Works and works-in-progress create shared and negotiable ways of thinking in a group … externalising, in a word, rescues cognitive...
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