The distinctive feature of this book is the international perspective it adopts on business. Very few businesses today operate in a narrow national marketplace and students are therefore encouraged to look at business organisations and business decisions from an international viewpoint. • Essential material for understanding Business Studies principles and techniques. • Activities and case studies based on actual businesses. • Includes examination-style questions.
Cambridge IGCSE® Business Studies Revision Guide helps students apply their knowledge, understanding and skills to succeed in their course. This endorsed Cambridge IGCSE® Business Studies Revision Guide has been designed to further develop students' skills for their Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies course. Revised to meet the latest IGCSE syllabus (0450) this book is packed full of guidance to reinforce students' understanding and skills to succeed in their course. Written in a clear style by experienced examiners this revision guide is perfect for international learners and accompanies the Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies Coursebook, third edition. Please note this revision guide is also relevant for the O Level Business Studies syllabus (7115) and course.
Cambridge International AS and A Level Business Studies Revision Guide has been designed specifically to meet the requirements of the Cambridge syllabus.
English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research has become central in current debates in linguistics and is commonly referred to in conferences dealing with other sub-fields of sociolinguistics. This volume collects ten papers that testify to the great scope of ELF research currently being carried out through the analysis of different kinds of data in a variety of contexts and domains. The three chapters in the first part of the volume tackle computer-mediated communication, a medium that currently accounts for a great proportion of human communication. The four contributions in the second section differ with regards to the domains under investigation, and all touch upon social issues that have an impact on how language is used: from Vietnamese university students negotiating their identities in the UK to a Pakistani migrant making efforts to be understood by Italian officials. Finally, the three papers in the final part are an example of the many ELF-oriented pedagogical initiatives that have emerged in recent years across educational levels and all over the world. The introduction to the volume also situates ELF research in its current transition to a third phase in which more attention will be paid to the multilingual nature of ELF users. The proposal put forward in the introductory chapter holds that ELF has two well established fronts where more quality work will surely be carried out, and that ELF could benefit from establishing connections to other approaches to multilingualism and languaging, but without forgetting what the E in the acronym stands for.This collection of papers will be of interest to teachers and language practitioners who are curious about the ELF paradigm; researchers in ELF and in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics in general; internet linguists and computer-medaited communication experts; educational policymakers; and undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in areas such as applied linguistics, English studies, multilingualism and plurilingualism, and intercultural communication, amongst other fields.
This volume collects ten papers that testify to the great scope of ELF research currently being carried out through the analysis of different kinds of data in a variety of contexts and domains.
Online social networking services have eliminated the four walls of brick and mortar found in traditional networking and now provide global access in real time to entrepreneurs regardless of industry. This book presents a qualitative analysis of how Irish entrepreneurs use technology, such as LinkedIn, in the formation, development and maintenance of professional business networks and in so doing manage social capital. The objectives of this book are as follows: · Ascertain the perceived benefits of networking by Irish entrepreneurs; · Explore how Irish entrepreneurs form, maintain and develop their network and · Explore how Irish entrepreneurs use technology to manage social capital.
Before analysing literature on social networking, it is necessary to first review the
research with regards to the definition of 'entrepreneurship'. The word
entrepreneurship derives from the French words 'entre', meaning between and '
prendre', ...
Vocabulary tests to accompany the popular English Vocabulary in Use Elementary second edition. Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition can be used on its own or with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition. It is a handy book of tests covering the vocabulary practised in English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition.
Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition can be used on its own or with the companion volume English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 2nd edition.
CD-ROM includes interactive exercises covering 100 areas of key vocabulary, audio recordings for listening practice, a test function, a progress check, a built-in dictionary.
CD-ROM includes interactive exercises covering 100 areas of key vocabulary, audio recordings for listening practice, a test function, a progress check, a built-in dictionary.
Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of English. He assesses and mediates between the conflicting dogmas of different schools of linguistics, and offers an alternative theory of linguistic change which is basically simple but has the scope to cover any type of change.
Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of English.
