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Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...writing and I don’t particularly think that the joke (example 2) is a very good one. Yet the joke was classed as one of the UK’s top jokes by the Daily Mail (a British tabloid newspaper) in 2014, so clearly others disagree. Who decides what is high quality and valuable? Appropriacy is also an interesting criterion: are the form and content of the poem (example 6)...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...writing down a short definition of what you understand by the ‘English language’. Imagine you’re defining the language to someone who has no conception of what it is: how would you sum it up in a few sentences? Comment You may well have started your definition by saying that English is the language spoken in England. This is how Dr Johnson defined it in his...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...writing reports – and ‘soft’ skills, such as teamwork, communication, leadership, and commercial awareness...Hybrid working: starting in the workplace: 2.1 Developing and documenting your skills - While technical ability can be acquired through training courses, formal work experience or part-time jobs, soft skills can be developed through voluntary work,...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...Writing about yourself - Here you will use some of the things Henning Haarhaus said about himself, to talk and write about yourself. Activity 4 Here is a small section of the transcript, with gaps for you to write your own answers, describing yourself and your own life. You can adapt the style as you like, but this shows how listening to what someone else says, can offer...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...write these down in your ‘Tips’ notepad which has been created for this course. Anything you write on this notepad is personal to you – no one else can see it. Download the notepad now and save it somewhere so you can access it and add to it throughout the course. ‘Tips’ notepad In case you would rather record your notes that way, text boxes have been added to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...writing a blog post detailing your thoughts on a particular issue, and then Tweeting about your post to enable other learners to read different opinions. If you are not comfortable with making public your thoughts in this way, you can simply substitute the blog posts for entries into an unshared document, and omit the Twitter activity. However, we recommend that you do...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...writes a weekly column in The Times and writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal. As Viscount Ridley, he was elected to the House of Lords in February 2013. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is honorary president of the International...
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Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...write a blog and I’ve formed a real global network of peers. Previously that use to be a really difficult thing to do – you had to be on the conference circuit for a really long time, talking to people and that meant that you were away from the office. And now you can do that kind of peer networking while you’re having breakfast in the morning. I think that’s...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs