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Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...English novelist Arnold Bennett wrote a book called How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. [Arnold Bennett] Figure 4 Arnold Bennett In this book, Bennett asks us to think about how much time there is in a day and to be realistic about what we can achieve. He writes: if one cannot arrange that an income of twenty-four hours a day shall exactly cover all proper items of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...English Monarch. The Acts of Union with Wales 1535 to 1542 effectively ended the separate legal system. Wales continued to be governed by the English Monarch. The kingdom of Scotland evolved around the early 800s. Scotland and England were often at war with each other and border raids were commonplace. Scotland during this time had a closer relationship with France than...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...English batsman Jonathan Trott suffered poor form and taunting from the opposition. He then decided – unexpectedly – to leave the tour to return home early. [Described image] Figure 2 Jonathan Trott (foreground) was a leading England cricketer who faced difficult times in the 2013 Ashes cricket series in Australia Activity 1 Exploring Trott’s decision Timing: Allow...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...English. Consider these examples, where children were asked to translate text abbreviations into standard written English: 4got 2 call k8 2nite bcs i woz studyin, i h8 xamz LO! How R u? I havnt cn U 4 ages hi m8 u k?-sry i 4gt 2 call u lst nyt-y dnt we go c film 2moz. hav U dn yor h/w? Im goin out w my bro & my best frNd tomorrow Do U wnt 2 cum along? (From Plester et...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...English parliamentary historian Thomas Macaulay graphically described its effects: Smallpox was always present, filling the churchyard with corpses, tormenting with constant fear all whom it had not yet stricken, leaving on those whose lives it spared the hideous traces of its power, turning the babe into a changeling at which the mother shuddered, and making the eyes and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...English Dictionary): describe: to set forth in words by reference to characteristics … to represent, picture, portray reflect: to turn one’s thoughts (back) on … to ponder, meditate on. Thus, description answers straightforward factual questions, such as: What is it? What happens? Where and when does it happen? How big is it? Who is involved? As an example, here is...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...English Premier League football and American soaps. Taken together, these forces both unite and divide people in my home town in the English Midlands and the people of Trabzon. They make the world in some senses smaller and more similar, but in others less predictable – more unruly. Although they also bring more wealth to some people in Eastern Turkey, you didn't have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Bill McKibben - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill McKibben - Stories of Change

...English-speaking world, but to see him go out with this amazing, crusading fight on climate change has been quite tonic for me. RH: Before we just finish the politics bit, what hopes do you have of a global agreement on climate change in Paris? And do you think that our focus on those big global agreements is helpful, or do you think there are other factors at play now?...
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