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Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish
Languages

Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish

...students to evaluate progress, build confidence and encourage participation. The course will teach you how to communicate in situations ranging from everyday conversation to putting forward your point of view in a debate. Students will also have an opportunity to improve their grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.This material is taken from The Open University Course...
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Video 26 mins
Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection

...students and registrants of nursing, midwifery and social work and the allied health and social care professions. They need to know about FGM to: recognise women and girls at risk and escalate immediately to the relevant bodies. meet the needs of women and girls who have had FGM with a compassionate, non-judgmental, person-centred, holistic approach. signpost people to...
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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...become a crucial part of French culture. In this free course, Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema, you will learn about the art, the industry and the distinctive nature of French cinema. You will find out about influential French filmmakers, such as the new generation of female directors and will learn about independent arthouse cinemas, under threat from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...student performance and achievement. But machine translation tools can do much more than translation, and they can be used as tools to support individual language learning! [A hand holding up a smart phone, with a translation app open.]Karina von Lindeiner-Stráský leads a team of OU researchers that explore the use of online translation tools in language learning and...
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Gender, IT and economic growth
Society, Politics & Law

Gender, IT and economic growth

...students] Economic growth in the global South has begun to dominate world imagination. Ever since a series of reports produced by Goldman Sachs in the 2000s suggested that countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia and South Africa were driving economic growth, there has been increasing interest in the Rising Powers, as they have come to be called. They have proven to be...
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Article 10 mins
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...students...A global dimension to science education in schools: 1.1 1 Why include a global dimension in science education? - Western science drew on a world heritage, on the basis of sharing ideas. Sen (2002) The global dimension refers to approaches to education … which focus on global issues, events and interdependence. … pupils will develop … an understanding of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Who is Theresa May?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Theresa May?

...become the UK's Prime Minister. But who is she?...[Theresa May] Theresa May Britain is to have a new prime minister in the form of Theresa May, currently the home secretary. May will take office on Wednesday after the contest to become Conservative leader was unexpectedly cut short by her rival Andrea Leadsom. May was always seen as the more likely of the two candidates...
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Why is East Africa experiencing such a terrible drought?
Nature & Environment

Why is East Africa experiencing such a terrible drought?

...becoming more frequent and more intense – and each has a disastrous impact on the economies of nations and livelihoods of people. So what is causing these droughts? And why are they becoming more common? At least part of the explanation lies with a climate phenomenon known as the “Indian Ocean Dipole”. The dipole, often called the Indian Niño due to its similarity...
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