Second Language Acquisition Assignment: The subject assignment consists of answering this question: According to Swain‚ ... producing the target language may be the trigger that forces the learner to pay attention to the means of expression needed in order to successfully convey his or her own intended meaning. (Swain 1985: 249) In Swain’s view‚ learners need not only input‚ but output: they need to use language in order to learn it. Krashen‚ however‚ as recently as 2009‚ stated that:
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1. Using the Simple Sheet‚ what happens when Allegro cuts advertising and selling effort to 0$ and raises price to $500/unit? Comment. When we change those three variables‚ the excel gives us the net profit result in $20‚387‚345‚ which is already over 20 million dollars. The market is not changed. However‚ in the real world‚ the market share is definitely affected by any decision you made to the market‚ such as advertising expense and price. This unrealistic net profit is made underlying the assumption
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Wal-Mart’s acquisition of Massmart: will the effects be detrimental rather than beneficial? The recently approved acquisition of a 51% stake in Massmart by Wal-Mart has brought about a lot of speculation as to whether this deal will mainly positively impact South Africa’s GDP or not. By investing in the African market‚ Wal-Mart will to a greater extent impact South Africa’s labour market as well as lead to the growth of the retail industry at a faster rate‚ thus positively impacting growth in the
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1. Arthur Young was criticized for not encouraging Lincoln to invoke the substance-over-form principle when accounting for its large real estate transactions. Briefly describe the substance over form concept and exactly what it requires. What responsibility‚ if any‚ do auditors have when a client violates this principle? Substance-over-form is an accounting principle used to ensure that financial statements give a complete‚ relevant‚ and accurate picture of transactions and events. If an entity
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Fajardo‚ Jeanne Dagny June 15‚ 2015 QUALMAN M72 Case 1 – Xerox 1. Contrast Leadership for Quality and Lean Six Sigma as quality initiatives for Xerox. How did heir motivations differ? What differences or similarities are evident in the principles behind these initiatives and the way in which they were implemented? The most important and primary motivation that wakened up Xerox and caused it to act and apply the Leadership Through Quality initiative was losing the market shares to the Japanese
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Study guide (1-5) Chapter 1. Globalization: The shift toward a more interdependent and integrated global economy. International business: All cross-border exchanges of goods‚ services or resources between two or more nations. Strategic management: The body of knowledge that answers questions about the development and implementation of good strategies; mainly concerned with the determinants of firm performance. Entrepreneurship: The recognition of opportunities (needs‚ wants‚ problems‚ challenges)
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Contrast the process training methodologies of your organization (or one you are familiar with) with those discussed in chapters 11 and 13. Highlight ONE mechanism or measurement that you believe would be beneficial if integrated or refined in your organization. Give specific examples and explain your rationale. Process training methodologies in my organization contrast from those in the text in that the teaching techniques at the individual and group levels do not follow a particular order that
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The following are the other important reasons for mergers or amalgamations: 1. Economies of scale. An amalgamation company will have more reasons at its command that the individual companies. This will help in increasing the scale of operations and the economies of large scale will be available. These economies will occur because of more intensive utilization of production facilities‚ distribution network‚ research and development facilities‚ etc. these economies will be available in horizontal
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GEELY’s ACQUISITION of VOLVO 1. Introduction to the Case This Case is about * The Automotive Industry of China * The acquisition of “Volvo” by “Geely” (a Chinese firm) * Geely is an automotive company in China‚ which was engaged in producing non-luxury cars for its local market in the country since 1998. * Li Shufu was the founder of the company‚ who was basically a poet and has a philosophical attitude towards life. * The time of the case is year 2010. 2. Situational
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C H A P T E R I I N T R O D U C T I O N The alarming case of dengue in the country is spreading widely and their innocent victims are continued to rise. Many companies‚ NGO’S‚ even the DOH (Department of Health) were alarmed by the rapid increase of the dengue carrying mosquitoes. Department of Science and Technology (DOST) continues to develop possible solution in this critical situation. Filipinos are terrified with this. DOST and DOH continue to search any alternatives to solve this problem
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