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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...English language data in the world and includes recordings of language produced by children and their caregivers in conversation. Its audio examples of children’s speech are widely used for research projects but also for teaching undergraduate courses in language development. Back to basics Bruner’s former student, Oxford-based Sylva (who was awarded an OBE for her...
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Methods in Motion: The middle children
Languages

Methods in Motion: The middle children

...English. When they bumped into two Japanese tourists who couldn’t speak Italian and were trying to find a specific piazza, Kokumo told them the road and bus route to get there. When her Italian friend wanted to know what was being said, the tourists thought he was talking about them. Kokumo eased the developing tension by explaining to each party what the other was...
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Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s
History & The Arts

Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s

...English language cinema in Wales, 1997 looked as though it would be a watershed year. It saw the release of three fairly high-profile feature films by young directors and seemed to offer the promise of a developing film culture that would steadily increase the presence of Wales on international cinema screens. House of America (dir. Marc Evans), Twin Town (dir. Kevin...
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Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father
Society, Politics & Law

Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father

...English cities, prime minister David Cameron described the violent scenes around the country as the result of a ‘slow-motion moral collapse’, and he laid the blame on (among other things) ‘children without fathers, schools without discipline and reward without effort’. He wasn’t the only one to see absent fathers as part of the problem: from across the political...
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Boys will be boys?
Society, Politics & Law

Boys will be boys?

...English cities in August 2011 were the latest events to trigger vigorous debate,about the state of British youth in general, but with a particular focus on the so-called ‘problem’ of boys. Media pundits and politicians have offered a wide range of explanations for the current ‘crisis’ in young masculinity. These have included the decline in traditional masculine...
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Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?
Money & Business

Making the conversion: How does being a Rugby World Cup host city help a local economy?

...English rugby’s governing body, the Rugby Football Union, anticipates that World Cup tourists will spend time exploring the UK as well, following their respective teams’ progress over the 44-day tournament. Here’s how host cities are capitalising on their trips. During the games The economies of the world cup’s host cities are expected to boom as they benefit from...
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Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: What’s happening and who to watch out for

...prospect. A product of the Paris Saint-Germain academy he plays as a defensive midfielder and loves to win the ball and launch attacks. While these 4 are players to watch, England fans will be hoping that the real stars are young English players such as Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham and Cole Palmer and that 14 July 2024 becomes a day that ranks alongside 30 July 1966....
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Rwanda: an open and shut case?
Society, Politics & Law

Rwanda: an open and shut case?

...English. Moreover, members of the refugee status determination committee, it was argued, lacked sufficient expertise and training in asylum law. These issues had resulted, the court heard, in a real risk of genuine asylum seekers being ‘refouled’ by Rwanda – in other words, having their claims wrongly dismissed, and consequently being sent back to countries such as...
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