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Intoduction Images
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Week 1
Text
9. Extract from Murdoch, A., ‘How to set SMART goals for language learning’ at http://www.5minutelanguage.com/ how-to-set-smart-goals-for-language-learning/. Images: first: public domain; second: © Steven Depolo in Flickr https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/.
Images
Figure 1: courtesy: © Tita Beaven.
Figure 4: courtesy: © Fernando Rosell-Aguilar.
Figure 5: adapted from: Hadfield, J. Dornyei, Z.(2013) Motivating Learning, Routledge, imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Audio-visual
Activity 1 audio: Visualising the future: © The Open University. Narration adapted from Hadfield, J. Dornyei, Z. (2013) pp. 35–7, Motivating Learning, Routledge, imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Tables
Table 2: from COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES: LEARNING, TEACHING, ASSESSMENT (p. 24, Table 1: Common Reference Levels: global scale), Language Policy Unit, Strasbourg www.coe.int/lang-CEFR.
Week 2
Text
Activity 3: Extract from ‘Short Guide to Japan Etiquette’ https://www.etiquettescholar.com/ dining_etiquette/ table-etiquette/ pacific_dinner_etiquette/ japanese.html, etiquette Scholar
Images
Figure 1: courtesy © Olly Richards
Week 4
Images
Figure 1: courtesy © Malachy Ray Rempen 2017 http://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/.
Figure 2: © Aysezquicmeli/Shutterstock.
Figure 3: courtesy: © Tita Beaven https://language-exchange-basics.teachable.com/.
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Week 5
Images
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Figure 4: © The Open University. Created by Bryan Mathers http://www.bryanmmathers.com/ .
Week 6
Tables
Table 1: adapted from: Schmitt, N. and Schmitt, D. (2014) ‘A reassessment of frequency and vocabulary size in L2 vocabulary teaching’, (adapted from Nation, 2006, p. 64) Language Teaching, vol 47, no. 4, pp. 484–503.
Images
Figure 1: courtesy © Malachy Ray Rempen 2017 http://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/
Figures 4–7 courtesy © Tita Beaven
Audio-visual
6.5 Video: Osmosis /open.osmosis.org https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 4.0/ deed.en
Week 7
Images
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Figure 3: © James Chapman
Week 8
Images
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