Case 7 – Volkswagen of America: Managing IT 1. What is your assessment of the new process for managing priorities at Volkswagen of America? Are the criticisms justified? Is it an improvement over the old process? The new system of prioritizing IT projects to determine funding is a very efficient way of ensuring those projects that are critical to business strategy meet their financial requirements. However‚ the method of dropping entire goal portfolios simply because they ranked lowest in the
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I.INTRODUCTION Reading aloud activity is commonly used by teachers all around the world.However‚most ELT methodology authors such as Broghton‚Brumfit‚Flavell‚Hill‚and Pincas‚ on the other hand some speacialists suggest its use.The discussion about reading aloud is a perennial one. It has been discussed over thirty years or more‚reading aloud is beneficial or just a time filler.In recent years‚it is proven to be a useful tool while acquiring vocabulary‚developing reading skills and
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materials for? ’ ELT Journal 36/1:5-18. Candlin‚ C.N. and M. Breen (1980) ‘Evaluating and designing language teaching materials’‚ in Practical Papers in English Language Teaching 2‚ University of Lancaster: Institute for English Language Education. Cortazzi‚ M. and Jin‚ L. (1999) ‘Cultural mirrors: Materials and Methods in the EFL classroom’ in Hinkel‚ E. Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning. Cambridge Applied Linguistics. Crawford‚ J Gray‚ J. (2000) ‘The ELT coursebook as cultural
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The changing nature of English as a Global Language and The Implications for ELT: 1. Colonial history‚ two factors of present-day status of English: Global use of English originated with the colonisation of so much of the world. Colonisation brought evangelist missionaries teaching English as a means to spread their gospel making English even more wide spread. English was on its way to being a lingua franca (used by people who do not have the same first or second language) by the end of the
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Research Association‚ the American Psychological Association‚ and the National Council on Measurement in Education (1999). Section 1 of the technical specifications describes the conceptual foundations of the LSI 3.1 in the theory of experiential learning (ELT). Section 2 provides a description of the inventory that includes its purpose‚ history‚ and format. Section 3 describes the characteristics of the KLSI 3.1 normative sample. Section 4 includes internal reliability and test-retest reliability studies
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INTRODUCTION Computer Assisted Language Learning is one of the emerging areas in English Language Teaching. In the present scenario‚ language laboratories has grown apace not only in urban schools and colleges but also in rural schools and colleges. However‚ the comprehensible input(as discussed by krashen 1982) to be given‚ in order to facilitate L2 speaking‚ has always been a challenging task for the teacher. The biggest advantage of the lab is that it could provide both audio and video lessons
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teaching grammar. Corder‚ S. P. (1988). Pedagogic grammars. In Rutherford‚ W. and M. Sharwood-Smith (eds.)‚ Grammar and Second Language Teaching: A Book of Readings (pp Fortune‚ A. (1992). Self-study grammar practice: Learners ’ views and preferences. ELT Journal‚ 46 (2)‚ 160-171. Fotos‚ S. & Ellis‚ R. (1991). Communicating about grammar: A task-based approach. Krashen‚ S. (1981). Second language acquisition and second language learning. Oxford: Pergamon Press. Krashen‚ S. (1982). Principles and practice
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| | |[pic] | | | | | |English Language Teaching Through the Translation Method | |(A Practical Approach to Teaching Mongolian CPAs)
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particularly looking at materials development for foreign language contexts. It’s not easy to talk about CLIL as there are so many models. Besides‚ there are no recipes or how-to books (and there shouldn’t be either given the importance of context in CLIL methodology). As regards materials development‚ it´s not an easy task but by having teachers developing materials together for each specific context we can overcome the difficulty that international editions find when attempting to produce materials for a
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COMPANY BACKGROUND Volkswagen of America is the U.S. subsidiary of the Volkswagen automobile company in Germany. Formed in April 1955 in Englewood Cliffs‚ New Jersey to standardize dealership service in the United States‚ it grew to 909 Volkswagen dealers in the United States by 1965 under the leadership of Dr. Carl Hahn. Under him and his successor as president of Volkswagen of America‚ J. Stuart Perkins‚ VW’s U.S. sales grew to 569‚696 cars in 1970‚ an all-time peak‚ when Volkswagen captured
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