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Learn maths in Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

Learn maths in Northern Ireland

...everyday life...Do you want to improve your basic maths skills and feel confident in using numbers at home, work or school? From splitting a restaurant bill to understanding your payslip, we use maths skills in lots of ways every day. Our Everyday Maths Northern Ireland courses and learning materials will help you recognise how to use numbers in your daily life. Build...
Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?
Languages

Can talking two languages keep your brain healthy?

...English, explaining that they are South Africans and had been speaking Xhosa. In Johannesburg, where they are from, most people speak at least five languages, says one of them, Theo Morris. For example, Theo’s mother’s language is Sotho, his father’s is Zulu, he learned Xhosa and Ndebele from his friends and neighbours, and English and Afrikaans at school. “I went...
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary

...English Hungarian confectionary cake traditions are modern, most being invented in the last 150 years. These cakes are much celebrated, and local cukrászda (cake shops) are favourite places for people to go. In the cukrászda famous cakes such as Dobos torta and Rákóczi túrós are offered alongside less well-known but equally delicious varieties. The more traditional...
Parlez-vous Eurovision?
Languages

Parlez-vous Eurovision?

...English-language songs dominate the Eurovision Song Contest in its 60th anniversary, this article (written in 2015) explores why so many of the songs are sung in English...[Language of Eurovision graph] If you don't have many hopes for UK Eurovision entry you may like to know that at least it has an advantage: it's sung in English. Since the rules were changed in 1999 to...
Skills for life
Education & Development

Skills for life

...everyday life, life skills help you to find new ways of thinking and solve problems. They can also build your confidence both in spoken skills and for group collaboration and co-operation...Below is a selection of courses which are not focused directly on work, but rather helping you understand and build skills which are useful in everyday life. Discover the key skills...
Language variety all but disappears from the Eurovision song contest
Languages

Language variety all but disappears from the Eurovision song contest

...English language dominated the Eurovision Song Contest once more? Fernando Rosell-Aguilar explores what the competition holds this year...Last year we discussed the shrinking number of languages featured in the Eurovision song contest. This year only two countries have entered songs solely in a language other than English. Singing in English used to be considered an...
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...English, in everyday work life, even to their partners, when they’re ill, there is a recognised situation where people revert to their mother tongue, where they feel more comfortable. When people are elderly, it is not unusual to find people who have had a stroke or who have dementia who are only able to speak in Welsh, for example. For young children who are raised in...
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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...English if they want to live here?' is one of those sentiments you'll have come across a lot if you've spent much time on Twitter. Maybe it's even flittered across your own mind from time to time. But, as Dr Ingrid Piller explains, just learning a language isn't as simple as that...Find out more about The Open University's Language courses and qualifications. Germany has...