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Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...English as an additional language. Consider firstly, the role of target language in supporting students with English as an addition language (EAL). Using target language puts these students on a level footing with their fellow students due to the absence of English as the medium of instruction. Teaching strategies using target language which support all students including...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...English he joined The South Bank Show at LWT, moving on to Border Television in programme development before joining Channel Four as Assistant Commissioning Editor of Youth Programming. After leaving Channel Four Harry formed the independent production company, John Peel Productions in the Lake District in 1987. In 1990 he moved to Bristol and co-founded with Laura...
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Video 30 mins
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...English word ‘cousin’ has eight Chinese equivalents depending on gender, age, and side of the family (paternal/maternal). Look at Table 1, which sets out some of the Chinese words and phrases for family members. Table 1 Chinese words and phrases for family members PATERNAL SIDE MATERNAL SIDE 堂哥 táng gē older, male, father’s brothers’ sons 表哥 biǎo gē old...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...English literature. You are teaching all sorts of principles and rules about the citizen through the content of the curriculum. So we are already learning what it is like to grow up in Britain, be part of British society at every point in the school system. It is not something that is outside of it, it is what it was there for, its one of its tasks is to create social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...ENGLISH] which translates in English as ‘Islam has many colours’. We can talk about different Islams or when we talk about Islam there is also a way to celebrate its vast diversity, culturally, ideologically, doctrinally. And I think that’s always been there historically. What’s changing now is a lot of people who identify as progressive Muslims are starting to...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...English language and number skills. The following free short courses on OpenLearn might be helpful for you to explore: English: Skills for Learning Essay and report writing skills Numbers, units and arithmetic...Am I ready to be a distance learner?: 5 Do I understand how assessment will help my learning? - [Described image] Students tell us that they often bring with them...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...English: Je m’appelle Lionel Truet, je suis vigneron à Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes, qui est un petit village dans la Touraine, depuis maintenant 25 ans. Après un court passage, on va dire en région parisienne, où j’avais exercé un autre métier que celui de vigneron, j’ai travaillé pendant presque dix ans, oui dix ans, dix, douze ans, j’ai travaillé à la SNCF....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...English throne for around ten years when The Duchess of Malfi was first performed. James would wholeheartedly have endorsed the sentiments expressed in Antonio’s opening speech; indeed, he had himself produced a comparable description of the ideal royal court in his book on kingship, Basilikon Doron (Greek for Royal Gift) (1599). The book is addressed to his eldest son...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs