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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...to motivate students. However, is it important to be mindful that such schemes may de-motivate less established readers if they think they have no chance of completing the task or if a leaderboard is displayed. Equally some students may just read to gain points rather than to form a reading habit. It is therefore important to always combine any promotional schemes with verbal and written praise and encouragement. Having ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...de-pen-dent. Activity 8 How many syllables? Timing: Allow about 5 minutes How many syllables do the words below have? Select the correct answer. Hint: Try saying the words out loud to yourself. Say them slowly and count each syllable as you go, either on your fingers or by making a note on a piece of paper. Select the answer for Question 1a here 1. after 2 3 4 a. 2 b. 3...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Introduction to adolescent mental health Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...5: ©The Open University – for full list only Figure 6: De Agostini Picture Library\Universal Images Group Figure 7: courtesy: artwork by ©Wilhelmina Peragine Figure 8 and Figure 9 (interactive) ©The Open University Audio/Video Video 1: Mental health in children and young people, Dr Su Sukumaran courtesy The London Psychiatry Centre http://www.psychiatrycentre.co.uk/ Video 4: courtesy: 'The Cybersmile Foundation' ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...spoke to. Oil prices could still fall between $40 to $45 per barrel. It could be like a de facto stimulus package, many say, but it's having another impact on markets. We'll have to wait and see how this will play out, over the next two to three months. MALE INTERVIEWER Let's just whizz you, very quickly, through the financial front pages. The FT energy stock leads with: 'Wall Street lowers US oil - oil dips below $50' is ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...de Balzac. Piketty says that, for 19th century novelists and their readers, the two ideas were used interchangeably. The book's big innovation has been to build a massive data set that allows him to look at patterns in the ownership of stuff, going back centuries. His research found that, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the value of capital grew faster than the economy at...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...De veras no quieres el puesto? (Do you really not want the job?) veras puesto quieres el a. veras b. puesto c. quieres d. el The correct answer is c. Select the answer for Question 1b here 2. German. Wie viele Einwohner hat Deutschland überhaupt? (What population does Germany actually have?) hat überhaupt viele Einwohner a. hat b. überhaupt c. viele d. Einwohner The...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...De Grussa mastered using specialist computer software to achieve his ambition of composing music. He received an award at Adult Learners’ Week in 2012 but his real reward was that he was finally enabled to achieve his ambition...Positive risk-taking: 2.1 Care or support – what’s the difference? - There’s a subtle but very important distinction between caring for...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...de Barcelona, has been looking at the division of work between men and women in British households. What he has found is that when it comes to housework, on average women do almost four times as much as their partners – men averaging five and a half hours a week, compared with women’s 19 hours a week. Where both partners are in employment they end up working (paid and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs