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Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...English medium school which offers students the chance to enter some of the best universities around the world, reflecting the increasing internationalisation of the educational marketplace. YUAN LIU Now the majority of the Chinese students who wants to go abroad, they pick up American universities rather than UK. And from my school's practice is about something like, you...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...English as an additional language. The transcripts provide practical examples of how adults in school can learn about children, such as listening nearby while children work, or by working alongside children and talking with them...Session 1: Observing and listening to primary school children: 4.1 Observing and listening: case study 1 - [A photograph of two children...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...English, but this course is mainly in Spanish. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L226 Spanish Studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world...Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the language of rights and obligations...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...English language at this time). The popularity of ‘health foods’ (such as ‘Hovis’ wholemeal bread) and vegetarianism grew from the mid-nineteenth century to become a mass movement in Germany and surrounding states by 1900, although it was much less popular in Britain. The quest for a healthy diet was closely linked with other movements – such as unorthodox...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...English. The first step is to think of an English word or words that sound like the French word or part of the French word. This will give you your key word. Then you make a mental picture of the key word with the English translation. So in this example you could picture yourself lifting the lid off your bin which has turned into a bell and holding your nose because of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...English butler called Stevens, who recalls various events and incidents from the past in such a way as to constantly cast doubt on the dependability of his narration. At one point we are presented with a prolonged and heated argument between Stevens and the housekeeper Miss Kenton about the butler's ailing father, also a member of the staff of the same country house. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...English philosopher John Locke (1632–1704) expresses a typically cautious view (with a parenthetical remark probably directed at Descartes): if they have any ideas at all, and are not bare machines (as some would have them) we cannot deny them to have some reason. It seems as evident to me, that they do some of them in certain instances reason, as that they have sense;...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...English, you may find useful resources at the website of the Plain English Campaign. Ensure the user has control over basic things like stopping and starting audio clips. Never include audio that starts automatically – this can create issues for those using other forms of audio output. Keep your design as clear and consistent as possible. Test your fledgling resources...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs