(2002) 419–432 www.elsevier.com/locate/system Doing focus-on-form Rod Ellis*‚ Helen Basturkmen‚ Shawn Loewen Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics‚ University of Auckland‚ Private Bag 92019‚ Auckland‚ New Zealand Received 17 April 2002; received in revised form 14 June 2002; accepted 17 June 2002 Abstract ‘Focus-on-form’ refers to a particular type of form-focused instruction - the treatment of linguistic form in the context of performing a communicative task. This article
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The international contract is a contract that has a foreign element‚ that is to say that the contract is in contact with one or more order (s) legal (s) abroad (s). Specifically‚ the foreign element may be resident abroad‚ a party to the contract‚ nationality‚ place of contract conclusion‚ and many other possibilities. The commercial contract is a contract for a commercial transaction or a contract made by a trader for the purposes of his trade. Therefore an international commercial contract
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INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS B. Sebastian Reiche & Anne-Wil Harzing Version September 2008 Published in A.-W.K. Harzing‚ & A. Pinnington (Eds.)‚ International Human Resource Management (3rd ed.). London: Sage. Copyright © 2007-2010 Sebastian Reiche and Anne-Wil Harzing. All rights reserved. B. Sebastian Reiche‚ PhD Assistant Professor IESE Business School Department of Managing People in Organizations Ave. Pearson‚ 21 Barcelona 08034‚ Spain Tel: +34 93 602 4491 Fax: +34 93 253 4343 E-mail:
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Content I. Vertical Integration II. Horizontal integration III. Economies of scale IV. Economies of scope V. Economic efficiency VI. Proprietary(property or ownership) Know-how VII. Monopoly VIII. Oligopoly IX. perfect competition (pure competition) business definition X. workable competition business definition XI. Cost leadership XII. Differentiation (economics) XIII. Barriers to exit XIV. Inventory flow XV. Incoterms XVI. Multinational Corporation
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3rd year THEORY OF PHONETICS (Philology Department) Seminar No 5 (2 hrs) MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD Points for discussion: Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary
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Midterm Revision Strategic International Marketing Chapter 1 Reason for ’International Marketing’ International marketing is defined as "the process of planning and undertaking transactions across national boundaries that involve..."EXCHANGE" WTO (World Trade Organization) is an international agency which encourages trade between member nations‚ administers global trade agreements and resolves disputes when they arise The predecessor of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was: General
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CASE: GS-61 DATE: 04/01/08 PCH INTERNATIONAL: MANAGING THE FLOWS OF INFORMATION‚ GOODS‚ AND FINANCE Liam Casey‚ CEO of PCH International Limited (PCH)‚ was in every way an adventurer. Born and having spent most of his youth in Cork‚ Ireland‚ Casey had never lived in China until he started traveling and working in the country in his late twenties. Yet‚ without speaking much Chinese‚ Casey managed to establish an innovative supply chain solutions company in China’s factory city of Shenzhen and
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COMPILED International Business BY: VISHAL KADAM Q) What is International Business? What are its importance? Q) Distinguish between International & Domestic Trade? Distinction between internal and international trade Distinction between internal and international trade in general involves transaction for mutual benefit For this reason both the trading parties will have equal interest. Trade is a case of geographic specific area. An area specialises in an activity and trade takes place
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story can be perceived as a “warning” on how society will evolve from a simple one to a more complex one. From beginning to end‚ subtle signs are embedded to forebode the arrival of destructive ideas. One idea in specific is the introduction of new forms of control to watch over the masses. There is a variety of mediums used throughout the story‚ ranging from technological control to linguistic moderation to war and propaganda. The three that are most apparent in 1984 and the most relatable to the
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Explain the origins‚ features‚ functions and importance of international banking? The origin of international banking dates back to the 2nd century BC when Babylonian temples safeguarded the idle funds and extended loans to merchants to finance the movements of goods. The loans extended by the Florentine banking houses were the first instance of international lending. During the nineteenth century many innovations were witnessed in the international lending‚ leading to trade financing and investment banking
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