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Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...English-medium school? Reeta Chakrabarti: Yes, it was. I went twice. I went once when I was nine, and that was just for a few months, and it was an English-medium school, and then I went again when I was 15 and that was for 18 months, and I did my O-levels there, (this was in the eighties), and that was also an English-medium school, and it was an international school, so...
How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars
History & The Arts

How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars

...English as one of the EU’s official languages once Britain had gone its separate way. Although this is highly unlikely to actually happen - English has official status for both Ireland and Malta as well - it was a sign that jockeying over the cultural symbolism of our various linguistic heritages was going to play a significant role in upcoming discussions. Language...
How can your accent put your life at risk?
Languages

How can your accent put your life at risk?

...English...[Manus Island Detention Centre] Manus Island Detention Centre On December 23, 2016, as most Australians were winding down for the holiday week ahead, Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 27-year-old man from South Sudan died in immigration detention when he collapsed with a seizure. After his death, it emerged that the young man had repeatedly presented at the facility’s...
Exploring oak woodland
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring oak woodland

...English landscape and home to a huge variety of plants and animals. On this album, Professor David Streeter of the University of Sussex explores some characteristic features of an English oak wood, and reveals some of the processes that maintain the web of life within the wood. In three further tracks, Dr Sarah Watkinson and Dr George McGavin of the University of Oxford...
‘Bread of Heaven’ – Singing from the same hymn sheet?
History & The Arts

‘Bread of Heaven’ – Singing from the same hymn sheet?

...English translation of a hymn by the most famous of all Welsh hymn-writers, William Williams, Pantycelyn (1717-91), ‘Arglwydd, arwain trwy’r anialwch’. The original Welsh text was first published in 1762. The first English translation was made by Peter Williams and published in 1771. The famous ‘Cwm Rhondda’ tune, with its stirring climax, was composed by John...
Beginners’ Chinese
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese

...English about Chinese-speaking cultures. Our guide to the language and culture of mainland China is Dr Kan Qian, who is chair of The Open University course: L197: Beginners’ Chinese You can also download transcripts for all the tracks... Beginners' Chinese A short introduction to this album. Beginners Chinese: Pronunciation and tone Mandarin Chinese speech sounds and...
Three Irish poets - introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish poets - introduction

...English courses and qualifications. [Ellen o'Leary, Katharine Tynan and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill] In this collection of articles we look at three female Irish poets. The first two - Ellen O’Leary (1831-1889) and Katharine Tynan (1859-1931) - wrote in English. Though these poets are not very widely known today, they were extremely popular and influential during their...
Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...English equivalent. For instance, you will find Kyros as well as Cyrus, Aegyptos as well as Egypt. The reason is that there are different conventions for transliterating words from Greek into the English (Roman) alphabet. At the OU we generally use ‘Latinised’ spelling (eg ‘c’ rather than ‘k’, ‘ae’ rather than ‘ai’) and the more familiar English names...