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Getting started with Chinese 3
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 3

...writing and reading through a variety of online activities that will allow you to enjoy the full experience of immersing into the Chinese language and culture. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXC003 Beginners Chinese 3: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba! After completing this free course, you may wish...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...writing skills for work, study and everyday life...Would you like to improve your current English skills or perhaps remember areas you may have forgotten? This free course serves as good preparation for studying the formal English Essential Skills Level 1, which is available in Wales. Whilst the course does not cover all aspects of the current English Functional Skills...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Blaenau Gwent REACH
History & The Arts

Blaenau Gwent REACH

...writing and film that reflects on the rich and fascinating history of their local area. This exhibition is a celebration of Blaenau Gwent’s heritage expressed through the talents of the people who live there. Hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg | Also available in Welsh In this short film, members of Aberbeeg Community Group and residents of Llys Glyncoed in Ebbw Vale share their...
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Article 5 mins
Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs
History & The Arts

Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs

...writing. Edward Lear – the 20th child of a bankrupt and widowed businessman - was brought up by his elder sister. The young Lear had epilepsy – a condition stigmatised at the time, but he also had precocious artistic gifts. As a young man he was summoned to Knowsley Hall in Merseyside to paint the Earl of Derby’s menagerie. The aboriginal names of some of the exotic...
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Article 5 mins
What was the Bosman ruling? The one minute guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

What was the Bosman ruling? The one minute guide

...writing with a yellow highlight saying: Jean-Marc Bosman's contract with RFC Liege had expired; they refused to allow him to join Dunkerque without a transfer fee. He took his case to the European Court of Justice. ] [Subuteo player on a metal rod with a caption of black writing with a yellow highlight saying: The court found in his favour. Since then two principles have...
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Article 5 mins
Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...writes as if she were ‘at one remove’ from the mainstream. You might say this stems from her emigrant perspective, from being called a ‘British’ poet in some places yet ‘Irish’ in others, and from being gay in a predominantly heterosexual culture. Bryce says this is ‘an interesting (no)place to write from’. (quoted in Wyeth, 2020) Bryce’s poems often...
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Article 5 mins
W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...writing and a descriptive style of writing full of rich imagery. Du Bois famously commented in his collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line.” His writing makes clear that it takes two sides to create a “color-line”. Only once both sides recognise and act to cross the line can it be erased....
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Article 10 mins
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...writing frames to encourage pupils to write book reviews encourage pupils to follow some of the award schemes for children's books and perhaps start a new one...Encouraging book talk in the school library: 1 What makes a good book? - I met a dragon face to face I met a dragon face to face The year when I was ten, I took a trip to outer space, I braved a pirate's den, I...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs