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Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...English and liberal, although of course many of the greatest novels can usefully be thought of in that way. If a novel like Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (1860–1) may be thought of as a ‘classic’ example of the genre, then we would expect to find that the nature of its realism is more than simply a matter of the presentation of the moral growth of a single...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...English language in the mid nineteenth century to refer to informal engravings found on ancient vases, walls, flagstone paving and rocks from Ancient Greece and Rome. However, more recently ‘graffiti’ has been used to refer to both engravings and paintings (singular and plural). The term is now generally used to refer to ‘any form of unofficial, unsanctioned...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...English. Escucha y contesta. Now it’s time for another programme in our documentary series En portada. This one is about the market hall in Valencia, El Mercado Central, where the architecture, atmosphere and the quality of the fresh produce makes shopping there a unique experience. Presentadora Bienvenidos a En portada. En el programa de hoy vamos de compras al Mercado...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...English translations. Then check your answers. Some of the words describing popular cuisines you have come across already, others you might be able to guess. Ich esse gern chinesisch. I like to eat Chinese. Ich esse gern italienisch. I like to eat Italian. Ich esse gern indisch. I like to eat Indian. Ich esse gern mexikanisch. I like to eat Mexican. Ich esse gern...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...ENGLISH SPEECH]: Graffiti it's not limited to only one thing. It's a lot broader, a lot more democratic let's say and even so, people still manage to criticise it. Art is different. If you label something as art, people understand it better and end up accepting your ideas because it's art. MAN: It is art, but the difference is permission. [MUSIC PLAYING] BETHANY: I mean...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...English army in Ireland when war broke out between forces loyal to the crown, led by Newry based Sir Henry Bagenal and those loyal to Hugh O’Neill. Newry would once again wear the mantle of frontier town, in the Ireland of the 1920s, when Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State became two separate entities. The initial border between North and South was drawn just...
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Article 15 mins
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...English Only’ territory. Like many other language indicators, this was by design, not by accident. The plan: why Good Friday Agreement signalled hope for the Irish language revival That is why the Good Friday Agreement was to be a watershed turning point in the state’s relationship with the language and its ever-growing community of speakers and learners. Under the...
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Article 5 mins
Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...English Heritage...Aberdulais Falls: A case study in Welsh heritage: 1.3 Stages of development - As a result of the consultation and decision-making process, it was decided, as a primary objective, to undertake a systematic survey of the site in order to uncover and understand the industrial archaeology of Aberdulais Falls. This involved removing tons of rubbish, infill...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs