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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...
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Why do England fail in international football competitions?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do England fail in international football competitions?

...English football which have impeded success at the international level. And its author, who now joins me, is Anthony King, who’s Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter. [Supporters of England] On their way to more disappointment? I suppose we’ve got to go on being masochistic for a moment, I’ve got to ask you really, for the benefit of those people who...
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Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...English. If A Levels are brought into the mix, then we add the scores of the A Levels on top of those GCSE scores. And in A Levels, so if we’re going to the traditional medical school course, two of those subjects must be science. If they’re not biology or chemistry, then biology or chemistry must have been taken at an AS Level. And when we’re looking at somebody...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'
Languages

My teaching experience on 'Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school'

...English students the Chinese way? Whose idea is that?” I thought to myself. But in the meantime I was thrilled that I had this opportunity to be involved in this programme and to teach English students in a typical English school, which is situated in the beautiful countryside. I was excited but nervous at the same time. I will be teaching Science to English students...
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Teaching a robot how to speak
Languages

Teaching a robot how to speak

...communicate? What are the challenges faced by researchers into trying to teach a machine how to speak? And what does this tell us about the nature of language itself? Transcript This material is from the Open University module L101 Introducing English language studies. See below for some other resources about the topics of artificial intelligence and the English language....
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Language and Meaning: How We Learn
Languages

Language and Meaning: How We Learn

...English language teachers in the early 21st century need to know about the relationship between language and meaning? How can teachers enable students to learn language, learn through language and learn about language in the myriad different contemporary contexts of formal and informal learning? This material is taken from The Open University course E852 Language,...
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Will India prove fertile ground for post-Brexit trade?
Society, Politics & Law

Will India prove fertile ground for post-Brexit trade?

...English speakers in India today than there are in the UK. After the US, India has the most English speakers in the world, about 125m. The number is larger when you include people with some conversational ability in English, amounting to more than a third of Indians. This is the largest English speaking population in the world and their English can be gloriously...
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Has footballer price inflation run out of control in the Premier League?
Money & Business

Has footballer price inflation run out of control in the Premier League?

...English Premier League is starting to suffer financial strains familiar in Mugabe's Zimbabwe. As the transfer window prepares to slam shut, Josh McLeod explains why men's football might be heading for a period of price stagnation...[Neymar, who earns a living by playing football] Neymar: You could buy five, and still get a bit of change from a billion quid. The big summer...
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