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How can languages further your career?
Languages

How can languages further your career?

...School (comprising a survey of 415 UK Small Medium Enterprises) statistically shows that language capabilities add 30% in value to exporting success. Inspired? Try a FREE language course The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures For many more short courses that will help you get started with learning languages, check out the......
Language, notation and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Language, notation and formulas

...language. This free course, Language, notation and formulas, will help you to express yourself clearly when writing and speaking about mathematics. You will also learn how to answer questions in the manner that is expected by the examiner...Communication is as vital in mathematics as in any language. This free course, ......
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...free course, Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing modern foreign languages in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a modern foreign languages teacher and develop a greater awareness of the...
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...free course, From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language, looks at how language is understood by taking an interdisciplinary approach...Human communication is vastly more complex than that of any other species we know about. It is so complex that linguists are only just beginning to identify the processes in the brain that are related to understanding ......
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...free short course provides an introduction to Ukrainian Languages and Culture. This free online course is for everybody who is interested in finding out about Ukraine and its people and wants to get a first insight into its rich cultural heritage. It is also for learners who interact directly with Ukrainian refugees, for example by hosting refugees in their homes, ......
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...courses in modern languages in Scottish secondary schools. The study was funded by The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department (SOEID) in response to evidence from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) that the numbers of students entered for Higher examinations in modern languages had fallen by approximately 50 per cent between 1976 and 1996, and...
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...free course, Exploring the English language, will consider the development of the English language from the 15th to the 19th century...How has the English language changed over the course of the last 500 years? What are the social and political contexts that have affected how these changes have come about? This free ......
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...languages and cultures. In this free course you will learn about the benefits and challenges of meeting people from different cultures and the ways in which language and human communities shape each other. You will look at the role of intercultural competence at the workplace, reflect on the use of English as lingua franca in international contexts, and get a flavour of...
Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs