Testing Oral Proficiency: Difficulties and Methods Introduction: Although testing language has traditionally taken the form of testing knowledge about language‚ the idea of testing communicative competence is becoming recognized as being of great importance in second language learning. In testing communicative competence‚ speaking and listening tasks are commonly used. Those require tasks such as the completion of an information gap and role play (Kitao & Kitao‚ 1996). As language
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ESL’s Acquisi‚on of Kmart and Sears Who knows? Which one of the retailers had the greatest revenues in 1987? 6/12/12 ESL’s Acquisi‚on of Kmart and Sears 2 Agenda 1 2 3 4 5 Introduc5on Kmart‚ Sears‚ ESL Strategic vs. Financial buyer ESL’s Acquisi‚on of Kmart From Kmart to Sears Results
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Tata’s acquisition of Ford’s luxury brands Ford Motor Company announced it will sell its Jaguar and Land Rover divisions to India’s Tata Group. The Tata Group already owns former British stalwarts Tetley Tea and steel company Corus Group PLC. Now‚ it’s looking at a couple more renowned brands -- Jaguar and Land Rover -- a quantum leap in class for a group whose main vehicle business has been making inexpensive cars and trucks for Indians. The luxury brands would give Tata access to the know-how
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Mergers & Acquisitions : Indian Banking Scenario Source - Banking Events Update (December 2004 issue) The Indian financial system would be open to intense international competition with complete implementation of the provisions of WTO agreement on services (GATS) during the year 2005-06 when banks will be required to compete across the globe with multinational banks having greater financial strengths. The banks will also be required to strengthen their capital position to meet stringent prudential
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was the first company that made possible to sell products on the internet. Nowadays‚ internet takes a huge place in business activities and not only for B2C or B2B business but also in C2C. This last point is the main activity of E-Bay. But this system buyers and sellers never meet‚ they exchange money for goods and E-Bay doesn’t have to be involved in the most important and expensive part of the e-commerce (or e-business) which is shipping the product (this part is the responsibility of the seller)
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LANGUAGE ACQUISITION INTRODUCTION Language has several meaning‚ language is a system of symbols and rules that enable us to communicate or a symbolic code used in communication or the systematic‚ meaningful arrangement of symbols. And meaning of Language Acquisition are the process of attaining a specific variant of human language and the process of learning a native or a second language. How are Language Acquisition‚ Representation‚ & Processing Related? For language acquisition: How is language
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of its genre in local markets. This would allow the label to more cheaply produce music (because many of the elements which make the production expensive are due to unnecessarily high standards of production required by the radio stations‚ and the system of payola). It should also ensure that the record company better understands
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Oats-Snapple Acquisition Professor Sherif A. Ebrahim Corporate Strategy‚ Spring 2012 May 1‚ 2012 Pauline Guittard Linn Gustafsson T.J. Henry Jr. Sevinc Ulu Brittany Williams Many successful businessmen and women have concluded that the most successful acquirers are also the most disciplined. In order to secure a lucrative and profitable acquisition all strategic alternatives ought to have been considered and prudently explored. Furthermore‚ a clear operating strategy post-acquisition is something
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before – MERGER & ACQUISITION of IBM and Pricewaterhouse Consulting 1. WHY – UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THE PROJECT Over the past five years‚ IBM has quietly transformed itself into a "software‚ solution and services" company. With the transformation from a hardware vendor to a solution provider‚ it has entered the area of consulting services. IBM bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwCC) in October 2002 and became the world’s largest technology services company‚ with annual revenue of $40
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COMPARING AND CONTRASTING FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Types of Comparison and Contrast | The Critical Period Hypothesis | Neurological Considerations Psychomotor Considerations Cognitive Considerations Affective Considerations Linguistic ConsiderationsIn the Classroom: The Audiolingual Method | The increased pace of research on first language acquisition in the 60s and 70s attracted the attention not only of linguists of all kinds but also of educators in various language-related
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