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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...style entre un synopsis et une critique ? Quelles sont les caractéristiques de ces deux genres différents ? Compare the reviews above to the synopses below that you have already read in Activity 15. What are the differences between a synopsis and a review? What are the characteristics of these two different genres? Bande de filles (Girlhood) Marieme vit ses 16 ans comme...
Good hair: perceptions of racism
Education & Development

Good hair: perceptions of racism

...itself in schools and workplaces? Explore the policies that discriminate against Black and Minority Ethnic communities in this immersive film interactive...[Good Hair interactive launch page - two black women styling their hair]Select the image above to launch the interactive. Please note, this interactive contains depictions of racism, which you may find upsetting....
Influence of temperament
Education & Development

Influence of temperament

...et al., 1989, p. 510) As an illustration of this notion of the goodness of fit between the child’s temperament and parental behaviour Lerner et al. (1989) discussed some of the evidence concerning temperament and maternal employment outside the home. Of course a wide variety of social and economic pressures will be influencing the decision to work outside the home....
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...et al., 2017). This is similar to the international trend and is underscored by other research. For example, a study of British Cohort data revealed a strong association between childhood reading and increased attainment in literacy and numeracy in adolescence (Sullivan & Brown, 2013). In addition, as teachers know intuitively, and other studies have shown, reading for...
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...style that is needed for your EPQ dissertation. [Graph of the EPQ cycle]Figure 1 The research cycle: communication Getting organised. It’s worth considering a few practical points first. The start of writing is a good time to gather your material together and get yourself organised. Don’t lose your work You don’t want to find yourself a few days – or hours –...
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...styles to different circumstances (Harrison, 2009; Gold et al., 2013). However, others argue that it can be very helpful to be self-aware about the approaches you are taking to learning, and to try out new approaches to learning more effectively...Developing your skills as an HR professional: 2 Using reflection to improve performance - The ability to reflect on actions,...
How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...style of communication now familiar to Trump followers. First, there are the factual inaccuracies – these are asylum seekers not illegal immigrants. Then there is the mode of address – Trump often tweets as if addressing an individual in conversation (“do you believe it?”). This of course helps to create the illusion of intimacy and shared experience. The point is...
Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Uncovering Britain’s Lost Black Sporting Heroes

...profiles emerge of these forgotten sporting icons in the media, often as content created to mark Black History Month. But what do the historic achievements of Black sportspeople tell us about the relationship between ‘race’, racism and sport, and why haven’t their often-extraordinary stories been woven into British sporting folklore and memory? Take Bill Richmond,...