Assessed Assignment 2: Focus on the learner Muftah‚ married with four children‚ is a pleasant student who is struggling in class. Muftah did not receive any English in secondary school or university. He worked as a Physical Education teacher for two years‚ and then was employed with the Ministry of Youth and Sports for twenty years. In his years of employment‚ Muftah never needed to speak or write in English until about two years ago‚ when he started attending International House. He says that
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Assignment Focus on the Learner 1. I chose to assess Marine who is a mature student and of French nationality‚ she is married and has two teenage children. (Her level of English is intermediate but still requires good flow and a greater repertoire of vocabulary). Marine used to work as a legal assistant and has finished her training to be a patent assistant. This involves working with lawyers where English is becoming an important requirement‚ not just reading but writing and conversing with
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dimensions of distance in the international expansion of Starbucks. Maarten de Graaf‚ s1861263 Tom Breteler‚ s2022117 Group 12 13-10-2010 Introduction to International Business Ms. Wilhelm 1. What are the four dimensions of ‘distance’ in Starbuck’s international expansion? The four dimensions are culture‚ administrative‚ geographic and economic distance. 2. How did Starbucks reduce the ‘distance’ vis à vis host countries? Starbucks used many tactics to reduce its distance from foreign
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Socio-Cultural Problems faced by Disney Walt in Overseas Markets. Penetrating overseas market in not an easy task for business organizations and this is because of the diversity of our social-cultural differences which greatly define tastes and preferences. Walt Disney is one of such international organization that has faced the hurdles of international marketing for instance‚ the penetration of in Chinese market. Most firms assume the penetration in an overseas market is an uphill task; however
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Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion by Pankaj Ghemawat • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0108K TOOL KIT Distance Still
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questions‚ selecting at least one question from each section. compulsory and any three questions more out of the remaining Candidates should attempt question nos. 1 and 5 which are questions. HRI-28401 1 Answer Script for strict adherence. ✂ ✁ Contd. General Instructions on the back side of the title page of the (viii) Candidates are in their own interest advised to go through the appears in the text book. (vii) If you encounter any typographical
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Long Distance Relationships – Modern Media LuvDaSun Res/110 August 18‚ 2010 Christopher Benedetti Abstract Long distance relationships are no longer a thing of the past. Modern technology has made it viable for partners to stay constantly in touch during a 24-hour period. A review of five peer-reviewed journals provides a variety of perspectives of long distance relationships. The articles focus on the positive and negative aspects of Long Distance Relationships. Weaknesses‚ strengths and differences
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successful was Lenin (1917-1924) in solving the problems he faced? With the October revolution in 1917‚ Lenin managed to execute a successful coup d’état against the provisional government of Russia and with the death of the constituent assembly early 1918; Lenin and his Bolsheviks had finally control over Russia. However this was just the beginning of various problems he would be facing. This raised the debate on whether Lenin could deal with these problems or not. Many of the quarrels originated
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Open ID and Web Security INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT Lys Rodríguez de Castro Gonzáles 29484 Verónica Herrera Mestizo 30091 Manuela Oberhof 29477 Minyeong Kang 30084 01/02/2011 19/01/2010 1. Explain why OpenID offer users greater convenience and security than the current system By using the current
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_GEOG 101______ EXERCISE 4 PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS—PART I For questions 1 through 4‚ calculate the following distances using the fractional map scale. (Your instructor may ask you to show your work in the space provided.) 1. On a map with a scale of 1:24‚000‚ a measured distance of one inch represents an actual distance of: _2000__ feet 2. On a map with a scale of 1:62‚500‚ a measured distance of 4.5 inches represents an actual distance of: _4
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