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Fwd: International Business and Economics Research Conference

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International Business and Economics Research Conference
29 September - 2 October 2008
Las Vegas, United States

The IBER Conference provides a forum for faculty to present their research on
any business, economics, or business-related topic.  Come to present papers on
business related issues such as: accounting, finance, economics, management,
marketing, MIS/CIS, faculty welfare, technology in the classroom,
department-specific issues, and related topics.

Submit an abstract/proposal (not to exceed 1,500 words) or a full paper to
Staff@CluteInstitute.com

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If Poems

What would you do if you could go back to the past? These poems were taken from "Chicken soup for the teenage soul by Canfield et al. Read the poems, analyze the and post your own poem or a comment!!!

Branding

Let's be creative!

ka-ching! Activities

Please find the activities by clicking on the title.

Ka-ching!!!

What is Ka-ching?
Click below to listen to a poem and watch a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfEpilEnBM

Now, listen to the song!!!
Shania http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVjyLJYKDCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ileQX_Akq_Q

And complete the lyrics as a follow-up activity!!!

Song: Another Day in Paradise

Go to the following You Tube link. Play the video and maximize the screen. Relax while you watch the images!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWkIljmGf9c&feature=related
What is the song about?

Now click on the following link and watch the video about the same song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvKuDrpfcNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpWxjvlcHk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvLtbd6k6eY&feature=related

What is the song about? Do you have the same perception?

Click on this link now to watch some other images and to read the lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ2e5i1RTm8&feature=related


Where are you? Do you live in "PARADISE"?

2nd International Colloquium on Business & Management

2nd International Colloquium on Business & Management

17 to 20 November 2008Bangkok, Thailand

The overall aim of the conference is to provide a lively forum for academics and professionalsto meet and exchange interesting new researchand ideas in an informal, interdisciplinarysetting.
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is1 August 2008.

Enquiries: info@icbmbangkok.com
Web address: http://www.icbmbangkok.com

BBC E-mail: Are you going forward? Then stop now

Debora saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.

** Message **
Here I send an interesting link related to workplace phrases that people love and hate.
deb

** Are you going forward? Then stop now **
Blue sky thinking, pushing the envelope - the problem with office-speak is that it cloaks the brutal modern workplace in such brainlessly upbeat language... as Lucy Kellaway dialogues.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7453584.stm >

For and Since

Here you have a podcast and a couple of quizzes about when and how to use "for and since".

Speaking

Making a point

Talking Business

Some audio and activities related to business issues.

10 days in Manchester!

May and Tony attend and exhibition. Let's see what happens!!!

Gurus!!!

Here you'll find a list of gurus of management with audio and scripts.
Would you follow their tips?

Gerunds and infinitives

Let's work with gerunds and infinitives by clicking on the following address:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/files/teacheng/Online_English/OE_Grammar_movies_xml/exercises/fcxgr_212.htm

Making money

Let's have a nice talk!

Accent reduction training

Here you'll get the symbols of accent reduction, you want to sound almost as a native speaker, don't you?

Job Hunting!

Improve your accent through this reading on job hunting!!!

http://www.ezslang.com/job-hunting-1.htm

The 2nd part is here! http://www.ezslang.com/job-hunting-2.htm

Don't miss the third part! http://www.ezslang.com/job-hunting-3.htm

Click on th title too!

Let's train the accent!

This short text on train tickets will help you improve your accent!

(Click on the title)

Money Matters!

Karen sent this link.
Try it, it's worthwhile!!!

• Pre-listening activities: http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expenserd1.htm

Click on the title to listen to a dialogue. Then solve the following:

• Quiz on debts:

http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expensedebt-mcquiz.htm

• Order the words to make sentences about budgets and personal expenses:

http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expense-mix.htm

• You'll get a matching exc. on budgets and personal expenses here :

http://www.esl-lab.com/expense/expense-match.htm

The Handy Guide to the Gurus of Management

Click to the title to get the audio and on the following link to get the script of the radio programme.

http://deborabag.diinoweb.com/files/Business/

Click on this link to get + info on the Guru!!!

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dcvc6j2c_4hkthpgc6&hl=en

Promotion

This story is on Promotion.
Click on the title to go the audio file which you can download in your pc.
The links below contain activites.

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/learnenglish-central-stories-promotion01.html

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/learnenglish-central-stories-promotion02.html

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/CET/flashactivities/learnenglish-central-stories-promotion03.html

To listen to the second part of the story, click on this link: http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/central_mp3/stories/promotion-story-02.mp3

Quiz 2

Here you have some things to check!
just click on th title.
Deb

Let's keep on the track!

You'll find some activities related to the texts analised in class in this link. Click on the title to go to a Google doc I did and download it in your pc. Solve the activities and send them through e-mail or print them and hand them in!!!

Deb

Women's rights

Dear team, you'll find links to audio, reading and activities related to this topic at the side bar on the right. Click starting at the bottom. You need to have Real player in your pc to listen to the audio, otherwise, you can access it from this link.

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/central_mp3/articles/womens-rights-article.mp3

The Women's movement - Lecture

Click onthe title. When you access this link you'll find a pdf file on women with activities and and audio file with a lecture on the same topic.
We'll work them out in class!
c u!
Debbie

Song/music: Angels by Robbie Williams

Click on the title and you'll see the video!

Song: Angels by Robbie Williams

Relax! It's music time!!!

Listen to the song once to get the general idea, then listen again to work a little bit. I'm sure you'll enjoy this!

You have to choose the correct word in the first stanza, fill in the gaps in the second and cross out an extra word in the last one.

What does he do when he is feeling blue?What is his viewpoint as regards women? Angel or demon? What about you?

You may want to sing it after everything is done!

Women at work

1. What do you feel about the poem? Is it: -funny? -ironic? -serious? -stupid? -critical?
2. Do you think that the poet is a man or a woman? Can you say why?
3. Do you think the attitude to women at work described in the poem is justified? Have you ever met discrimination to women in your work?
4. What is the situation like in Argentina? What about other countries?
5. Challenge: Add four or more lines to the poem!!!

History - her story

Look at the pictures carefully and describe what you can see in each one.

• What is his point of view? And hers?

Post you comments!!! tks!