Star Wars: Talk like Yoda
How does Star Wars’ Yoda structure a sentence? And how does it differ to the way we tend to speak in contemporary English? This one minute film…
Author Kath Middleditch
Kath Middleditch
Former Media Relations Manager at The Open University. For enquiries, please contact press-office@open.ac.uk.
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OU and British Council ensure Syria’s refugees don’t leave education behind
Classes set up by The Open University and The British Council are helping displaced Syrian refugees continue with their studies and develop new skills which will…
