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Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...techniques used by authors, having an understanding of differences between formal written French and informal spoken language, becoming aware of issues in translating French crime fiction into other languages, and developing your ability to understand and communicate in written and spoken French. [Described image] The material includes authentic video recordings and texts...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...techniques contemporary with the composers whose music was being played. But how ‘authentic’ could this experience be? This was a question asked by several writers in the closing decades of the twentieth century. The term ‘authentic’ was questioned and subsequently largely dropped. Claims of ‘authenticity’ were simply too questionable. Nowadays the term...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...technique, where nuances of meaning are not stressed. From a functional literacy perspective, surrounding agendas, cultural viewpoints and the influence of different agendas and groups would have very little, if any, influence on students’ abilities to interpret and respond to printed text. Luke (2012) refers to Paulo Freire and his literacy programmes as an example of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...techniques such as personification. How can you make the familiar unfamiliar to the reader? Spend 10 minutes describing one of the following settings, making sure you incorporate the senses and concentrate on how you might make the reader feel on edge: A cafe by the sea An abandoned village A vacant apartment in the city The Weir by Conor McPherson (1997) Now you will...
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Article 45 mins
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...techniques from multiple traditions simultaneously, and their journey might or might not reach an end point. Some, as you will see in examining Wicca, eventually committed to a single tradition, while others (particularly those in the New Age milieu) came to understand seeking as the objective in itself (Campbell, 1972 [2002], p. 15). Figure 6 A Children of God...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Lead and manage change in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lead and manage change in health and social care

...techniques of organizational change, 2nd edn, London, Kogan Page. Dawson, P. (1994) Organisational Change – A processual approach, London, Paul Chapman Publishing. Staff resistance to change has been recognised for many years to be a huge issue for managers. The following references suggest some ways to understand and overcome this. Although they were written some years...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...technique to help you with this kind of reflection is to draw a ‘lifeline’ representing the ups and downs and key events that have influenced your career. It will help you to gather insights that can influence your future career choices, and help you start to think about things that you might want to develop or change. Janet, a scientist who returned to her career...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...techniques that we’ve developed to learn about exoplanets. There’s something almost like fate in the fact that modes of thought, which humans have evolved to survive on Earth, allow us to work out so much about remote objects we can’t see. It’s almost as though the Universe is there specifically for us to exercise our ingenuity and to see how far it takes us. Now,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs