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Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...English Primary school. They are being interviewed by their teacher who they know well from their current Year 1 class. Read both the interviews and for each one make notes about the things that Tanya and Rory say about their experience in both Reception and Year 1. What do they value most in each? Are there any differences? Use the space provided below: Tanya’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...English. And some distrust the intentions of airport management. Another option would be to employ a security guard to stand at the base of the escalator, warning people that taking trolleys beyond this point is forbidden. This might be effective, but it's hardly an efficient use of staff time as you'd have to stand there all day. And it could lead to confrontation with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...English town of Watford during the last general election in May, 2005. As the election in Watford is very close, the battle is attracting national interest. So the main candidates come together for a significant and very public part of the campaign, a live national TV debate. MAN: This is Claire Ward. CLAIRE WARD: Hi. NARRATOR: Claire Ward, who has been the member of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...English song – a composition that helps us to understand rhythmic notation from this time. DAVID ROWLAND What are the limitations of that notation? SUSAN RANKIN Well quite simply, if you don't know how to read it before you start, you can't read it. You've got to actually know what the melody is. It's a notation which belongs within a musical culture which is mainly...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...English expression of ‘tracking winds’, became associated with this commercial context. These and other steady winds arise because of the uneven but regular heating of the Earth. Near the equator where the Sun’s radiant heat is most powerful, the air is heated, expands, reduces in density and rises. In rising, especially over the ocean, it cools, and water vapour...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
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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
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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