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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...writes that it’s like a safe haven for him he really means it. But of course when you flip forward to the ‘70s Wilson had a bit of a notorious nervous breakdown where he spent a good 10 years, this is when he’s an adult mind you, but spent a good 10 years just in his room watching TV, eating junk food and snorting cocaine. So his own experiences in that song kind of...
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Article 10 mins
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...writing (Senechal et al., 2018). Reading for pleasure has myriad other benefits such as a wider vocabulary and general knowledge, an enriched imagination and more developed narrative writing. There is no question that the will to read influences the skill and vice versa. Hardly surprising, but it seems to have been enough, alongside concerted campaigning by literacy...
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Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...write your answers to the questions in the boxes below. Shop assistant: Bonjour, Messieurs. Dave and Si: Bonjour, bonjour, Madame. Shop assistant: [laughs] Dave Myers: Madame, Je cherche la saucisson lyonnaise pour fabriquer une grande saucisson-brioche. Shop assistant: Yes. Alors, here. Dave Myers: Oui. Shop assistant: Ha ha ha. Si King: Now, fluent. See that? What he...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...writing in a notebook or on your computer or tablet. At the end of Session 4 you will find a quiz that will challenge you to answer questions on the materials you have been studying. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Languages

Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...write an informal postcard or letter identifying the advantages and disadvantages of a holiday resort and/or describing personal holiday plans make a short oral presentation about personal holiday plans question other people about their plans...Intermediate French: Holiday plans: 1 Sur la Côte d'Amour - This section on summer holidays in France starts with a video...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...writes very full stage directions, which in this extract take up almost as much space as the dialogue. Activity 4 What do you think is the significance of these directions? Discussion In the first place the directions tell us about the movement of characters on and off the stage. We learn that three characters who have been onstage now leave, while the Nurse brings the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...write down brief (five- to fifteen-word) definitions of what you understand these two words to mean in ordinary everyday usage: God religion Don’t read any further until after you’ve written down your definitions. Activity 1b Now, find a dictionary. How does your dictionary define the words? Discussion You may be wondering why I said that you should write your own...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...write a sentence or two, or a couple of bullet points, for each. CHARACTER NAME BRIEF DESCRIPTION Odysseus Penelope Telemachus Athena Poseidon Words: 0 Discussion Your completed table might look something like this: Character name Brief description Odysseus King of Ithaca, who spends ten years journeying home after the war at Troy. His journey is delayed by various...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs