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Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another’ (preface to Martin Chuzzlewit (1867): 1951 edn, p.xv). Furthermore, as he argued in a letter to Forster: It does not seem to me to be enough to say of any description that it is the exact truth. The exact truth must be there; but the merit or art in the narrator, is the manner of stating the truth. As to which...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...classes above them. In order to succeed the poor need most of all the spur of their poverty. (Gilder, 1981, p. 118) In this perspective, poverty is simultaneously natural and socially necessary. Inequalities are both the natural result of unequal performance in a competitive world and necessary to keep people trying to succeed. The response to the problem of poverty is to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...these as: Psychological (motivation, perception, learning, beliefs and attitudes) Personal (age and life-cycle stage, occupation, economic circumstances, lifestyle, personality and self concept) Social (reference groups, family, roles and status) Cultural (culture, subculture, social class system). Below you will see Figure 1, which adapts the above factors to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others. ...Week 1: Teaching and learning: whole numbers and decimals: Introduction - [A child counting from one to five] Figure 1 A child counting from one to five This course focuses on teaching and learning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Languages

How to learn a language

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others. This course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. It can be used to provide evidence of continuing professional development and on successful completion of the course you will be awarded...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...de dhuilleoga feileastraim is bitiúmin agus pic bheith cuimilte lena thóin ansan é a leagadh síos i measc na ngiolcach is coigeal na mban sí le taobh na habhann, féachaint n’fheadaraís cá dtabharfaidh an sruth é, féachaint, dála Mhaoise, an bhfóirfidh iníon Fharoinn? The Language Issue I place my hope on the water in this little boat of the language, the...
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Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Tea for two

...de Chastelain was in Ireland wondering when he would next be needed; waiting for the IRA to move to put more of its arms beyond use. When I left Richard McAuley on that Saturday in July 2005, I stepped into the car park at the supermarket and scribbled some words onto a post it; words I used in a BBC Radio Ulster news broadcast that lunchtime. This is what I said: “My...
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Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...de d d in dog Е, е e e e in best Є, є ye ye ye in yes Ж, ж zhe zh zh in pleasure З, з ze z z in zest И, и y y y in sit І, і i i i in wheat, seen Ї, ї yi yi yi in yeast Й, й yo y before vowel; Short i before consonants and in the end of words y in York; Short i in my, I. К, к ka k k in sky Л, л el l l in lesson М, м em m m in May Н, н en n n in note...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs