A critical look at the Communicative Approach (1) Michael Swan This (the first of two articles) examines some of the more theoretical ideas underlying the ‘Communicative Approach‘. These include the belief that we should teach ‘use’ as well as ‘meaning; and some attitudes regarding the teaching of ‘skills’ and ‘strategies’. A second article will deal with more pedagogical aspects of the approach‚ especially the idea of a ‘semantic syllabus’ and the question of ‘authenticity’ in materials and methodology
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Annual Report 2011 Contents Our Purpose & Our Values Letter to Shareholders Financial Highlights Board of Directors Principal Officers New Horizons III 2011 Report Card Operations Review Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Governance Additional Information Required under the SGX-ST Listing Manual Capital Management Risk Management Basel II Pillar 3 Risk Disclosure Financial Report Management Discussion and Analysis Financial Statements Group’s Major Properties Ordinary/Preference Shareholding
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MENTON BANK OVERVIEW A large regional bank seeks to develop a stronger customer orientation and deliver more services through electronic technology instead of human tellers. Three branches have been selected as test sites for a new customer service program. Tellers‚ whose job was previously defined in operational terms‚ are now known as customer service representatives (CSRs) and are expected to engage in limited selling of the bank’s growing array of services. This move to a selling role has been
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The Overall Financial Activities Of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd (AIBL)‚ Bangladesh Based on the study on 2010 Financial statement and business police IUBAT The Overall Financial activities of Al-Arafah Iislami Bank Ltd (AIBL)‚Bangladesh SUBMITTED TO: MD. MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN Faculty of (CBA) BUS 201 SUBMITTAD BY: GROPE NAME: ONIKER PRANTOR NAME ID PROGRAM EMAIL CLASS ROLL ASADUZZAMAN RIDOY 10202081 BBA ADIBAZAMAN 10202085 BBA MOSIUR RAHMAN 10202068 BBA
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The Gestalt approach was about how people represent a problem in their own minds‚ and how solving a problem involves a reorganization or restructuring of this representation. The first central idea of Gestalt problem solving is how a problem is represented in a person’s mind. This means what do they think about the problem? They would give people a problem and then see how they could figure out how to solve it by restructuring the problem. Then the second idea of Gestalt is insight. Insight is
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What are ‘zombie banks’ The term ‘zombie bank’ was first introduced by Edward Kane in 1987 to describe a bank that has a negative net worth but still continues to operate. A negative net worth means that the fair value of assets is lower than the total value of liabilities. Zombie banks usually have large amounts of non-performing assets on their balance sheets making them unprofitable. A loan is considered to be a non-performing asset if no principal payments or interest have been paid for 90 days
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be known as the world’s local bank and this tagline reflects HSBC positioning as a globe spanning financial institution with a unique focus on serving local markets. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) was established in 1865 to finance the growing trade between China and the United Kingdom and currently‚ it is the second largest bank in the world. In spite of serving more than 100 million customers through 9500 branches in 79 countries‚ the bank works hard to maintain local
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BRAC Bank Share Price BDT 792 Ordinary Shares (mill) 15.8 Free Float 50% 12 wk High/Low (BDT.) 746.25/1690 Average Daily Volume (Shares) 97‚838 Market Capital BDT (mill) 12‚656.16 Reserve & Surplus (mill) 902.03 BRAC Bank Limited‚ with institutional shareholdings by BRAC‚ International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Shorecap International‚ has been the fastest growing Bank in 2004 and 2005. BRAC Bank has been rated as one of the four most successful and sustainable SME Banks in the
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A central bank is the public authority that oversees all financial institutions and implements monetary policy. The Bank of Canada is Canada’s central bank. Monetary policy is how The Bank Of Canada controls inflation and the business cycle by monitoring and changing the amount of money being circulated in the economy and regulating both interest and exchange rates (Parkin‚ 2003). The Bank of Canada plays a great role in chartered banks. One of the tools that the Bank of Canada uses to implement
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