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    ORCIT Online Resources for Conference Interpreter Training - Resources

    ORCIT Online Resources for Conference Interpreter Training - Resources

    ORCIT materials are intended to introduce and allow for basic practice in interpreting skills and techniques. Use the icon below to go straight to the training materials, or click on the menus to the right to find out more about the project.

    Subjects:
    Translating and Interpreting
    Keywords:
    Translating interpreting
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    YouGlish

    YouGlish

    Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation. With more than 100M tracks, YouGlish gives you fast, unbiased answers about how English is spoken by real people and in context.

    Course related:
    ELC1013 English for University Studies and ELC1A08 Digital Literacies and Language
    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    English language -- Study teaching
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    English-Corpora.org

    English-Corpora.org

    These are the most widely used online corpora, and they are used for many different purposes by teachers and researchers at universities throughout the world. In addition, the corpus data (e.g. full-text, word frequency) has been used by a wide range of companies in many different fields, especially technology and language learning.

    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    Corpora (Linguistics)
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    Duolingo

    Duolingo

    Learning with Duolingo is fun, and research shows that it works! With quick, bite-sized lessons, you’ll earn points and unlock new levels while gaining real-world communication skills.

    Subjects:
    Foreign Language Learning
    Keywords:
    Language languages -- Study teaching
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    The End of Journalism

    The End of Journalism

    The visiting professor of Creative Media, Stig Abell delivers a series of lectures about the current trends in reporting media.

    Subjects:
    Journalism and Communication
    Keywords:
    Reporters reporting Journalism
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    Digital Visual Cultural

    Digital Visual Cultural

    This podcast is designed to give you an insight into the University of Oxford's digital - visual - cultural series of events. The series is interested in exploring the impact of digital visualising technologies on contemporary life and hope to give you a taste of why you should be too! Bite-sized episodes will introduce you to a range of themes and discussions, as well as multiple voices from academia and industry.

    Subjects:
    Society and Culture and Technology
    Keywords:
    Digital media -- Social aspects
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    Literature and Form

    Literature and Form

    Lecture series looking at key concepts in studying Literature; including lectures on the concept of unreliable narrators to theory of comparative literature. This series was filmed in the English Faculty in Trinity Term 2012

    Subjects:
    Comparative Literature and English Literature
    Keywords:
    Literature Comparative literature
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    Practical Ethics Bites

    Practical Ethics Bites

    Practical Ethics Bites is a series of audio podcasts on practical ethics targeted specifically at pupils studying philosophy in UK schools.

    Subjects:
    Philosophy
    Keywords:
    Ethics
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    Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?

    Intergenerational Justice: What do we owe future generations?

    What are the long-term consequences of decisions we make today, and to what extent should the interests of future generations be taken into account? There is a wide range of public policy challenges that require us to provide some sort of answer to these questions. This interdisciplinary seminar series brings together academics and experts to address the implications of critical questions arising from ideas of intergenerational justice.

    Subjects:
    Sociology
    Keywords:
    Intergenerational relations Justice
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    What is Translation?

    What is Translation?

    In four short dialogues, Oliver Taplin, Emeritus Professor in the Oxford University Classics Department and Lorna Hardwick, Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Classical Receptions in Late Twentieth Century Drama and Poetry in English project, discuss the issues surrounding the translation of Ancient Greek and Roman texts for modern audiences. Looking into the technical, philosophical and literary aspects of this, they centre their discussions around four topics: Is there a core to translation? Is there ever a faithful translation? Can Poetry be Translated? And who translates and for whom?

    Subjects:
    Translating and Interpreting
    Keywords:
    Translating interpreting
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    Opera Studies

    Opera Studies

    The Visiting Professorship of Opera is funded by New College, and invites leading figures in the operatic world to Oxford each year to give instruction and practice in their areas of expertise. Professors take up residence for short periods while they are involved in a variety of sessions which will include lectures, symposia, masterclasses and performance. Events are open to student and public audiences alike.

    Subjects:
    Performing Arts
    Keywords:
    Operas
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    Hong Kong History and Society

    Developed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2009, the Hong Kong History and Society archived various types of historical materials, including manuscripts, genealogy records, photos, Hong Kong Blue Books v.1844 - 1938, etc.

    Subjects:
    Hong Kong Studies
    Keywords:
    China -- Hong Kong Manners customs History
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    Foreign Language Teaching Methods

    Foreign Language Teaching Methods

    An online, video-based methods course focusing on best practices for foreign language instruction at the high-school and college levels. It features 12 interactive media-rich modules taught by different professors from the University of Texas at Austin. Modules include Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, Pragmatics, Culture, The Language Learner, Technology, Classroom Management, and Assessment.

    Subjects:
    Language and Languages
    Keywords:
    Second language acquisition -- Study teaching Language languages -- Study teaching -- Methodology
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    IdiomsTube

    IdiomsTube

    IdiomsTube is a computer tool developed by Dr Phoebe Lin of the Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The tool helps you to learn English idioms from watching any subtitled YouTube videos.

    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    English language -- Idioms
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    Optimus: Online Project for the Improvement of University Speaking

    Optimus: Online Project for the Improvement of University Speaking

    English presentational speaking is important for students during their studies and for their post-tertiary careers. The goal of the Online Project for the Improvement of University Speaking Project (OPTIMUS) is to provide Hong Kong tertiary students with an online, self-access resource for the improvement of their English speaking skills. OPTIMUS is the product of a large UGC-funded project conducted collaboratively by HKU, CityU and PolyU. OPTIMUS is centred on a database of more than 60 video exemplars of authentic best-practice speaking from expert and peer presenters. The user interface allows learners a large degree of independence to tailor usage to their preferred learning styles and needs.

    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    English language -- Spoken English
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    IELTS Online Practice Materials

    IELTS Online Practice Materials

    Online self-study materials developed to provide support for students who are preparing to take the IELTS test.

    Subjects:
    English Language
    Keywords:
    International English Language Testing System English language -- Study teaching -- Foreign speakers
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    Gateway to Chinese

    Gateway to Chinese

    A website built by University of Texas at Austin provides resources to learn Mandarin, including resources on pronunciation, vocabulary, listening, grammar and reading.

    Subjects:
    Foreign Language Learning
    Keywords:
    Chinese language -- Dialects Marin dialects
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    IBUS330 E-Portfolio

    IBUS330 E-Portfolio

    IBUS 330 is a three-credit, upper-division core course for the BSBA degree and a prerequisite for all advanced International Business courses. In addition to providing an introduction to the field it also includes a major emphasis on culture. As a part of a multi-year process of continual development and improvement, the current course redesign of the writing component specifically addresses a major problem and criticism of online courses; namely the lack of any significant writing component in the curriculum. The continual development of writing and several enhancements to address the other major problems/criticisms of online mega courses is addressed in this report.

    Subjects:
    Management and English language
    Keywords:
    Business education
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