First draft Introduction

Summarise the main effects of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to global businesses. (First Draft)

Introduction

Over the past century there has been a dramatic increase in the world economic growth and the world GDP has been risen sharply (Lasserre P, 2007, p12).Some people believed that one of the key factors which have increased in the world economic growth is globalisation. While a variety of definitions of the term globalisation has been suggested by many institutes such as the Canadian Economy has defined “globalization as the increased mobility of goods, services, labour, technology and capital throughout the world” or “globalisation is the growing integration of economies and societies around the world” which was given definition by the World Bank. The phenomenon of globalisation has been widespread effect in many aspects, for example, businesses, finance, culture, education, technology, political, health care, environmental, human right. It is widely believed that globalisation has brought a lot of benefits to global economy e.g. trade liberalization, new market opportunities, direct foreign investment, reduce cost of transportation. However, some critics argued that the huge benefits of globalisation has been delivered to only a group of multinational companies .Moreover, the income gap has been increased rapidly in developing countries (Anand S, 2006).This essay will summarise the main effects of globalisation and also will show the benefits and drawbacks of globalisation that might be impact in global businesses.

Word families_practice

Academic vocabulary (especially WORD FAMILIES)

"The Best Places to Launch a Career"

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_37/b4099036445894.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis

Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
lure to lure
talent talented
tightness tighhten tight tightly
stripe stripy
appeal appeal appealing appealingly
ambition ambitious ambitiously
advancement advance advanced
advance

desire desire desirable desirably

perk perk (up) perky perkily

mingle mingy

Verb pattern_Infinitive (to + V) /Gerund(+ing)

I did some exercise today for improving my English skills,verb pattern.

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preintermediate/a_grammar/unit05/hwy_preint_unit05_1/

Remember !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Verb + (-ing)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

enjoy ,finish,stop,
quit,mind,postpone,
put off ,keep,keep on,
consider,think about ,discuss,
talk about,go

e.g.
He enjoys doing self-study everyday.
She postpones doing her homwork.

Verb + infinitive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

want, hope, decide, seem, learn(how),
need, expect, promise, appear, try,
plan, offer, pretend, intend, agree,
(can't ) afford , (can't) wait, forget, refuse,mean
would like , would love

e.g. I would like to go shopping with you.
I hope to be a good person for society.
David promises to attend meeting.

Verb + -ing or infinitive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

begin ,like ,hate, start ,
love , can't stand ,continue,

Essay plan_Globalisation

Eassay topic : Sumarise the main effect of globalisation and discuss to what extent they are beneficial to your subject area(global business)

After I did rearching and read 4 books then I got the essay plan which related to my subject area.

The essay is divided in three parts.
Introduction, Globalisation will be mentioned in general meaning and will show some the example of how it impacts winden areas and then lead to the essay objective that will address the main effects of globalisation and benefits of globalisation which influences global businesses .

Weblearn_Self study packs

http://weblearn.londonmet.ac.uk/webct/urw/lc4130011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct

Essay preparation_Globalisation_Cont.

http://www.uiowa.edu/ifdebook/issues/globalization/globalization.shtml

Siri' opinion :

When I read the articles on the websit above I have got the overview about how the globalisation has effected our life in many aspects ,for example, culture ,environment ,capital flows,human rights and sometime globalisation has made a wosening impact to developing countries such as Africa when the poverty has raisen.

ttp://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5800.html


http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5475.html

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~fredr/glopa.htm

http://ideas.repec.org/p/nan/wpaper/0506.html

Gapmaker_Collocation

Overview: Oil reversal helps equities rebound

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/540314f4-6ed9-11dd-a80a-0000779fd18c.html

Gapmaker Level 8

Overview: Oil reversal helps equities rebound

By Dave Shellock
Published: August 20 2008 18:06 Last updated: August 20 2008 18:06

A sharp turnaround in the oil price helped trigger a rebound for US and European equities and helped push the dollar back towards a recent six-month high against the euro on Wednesday.
Oil saw volatile trading as investors digested the latest US inventories data. Nymex September West Texas Intermediate briefly spiked back above $117 a barrel before easing back to below $113, down nearly $2 on the day.

US crude inventories rose by much more than expected last week although gasoline stockpiles fell far more than expected.

Initial support for crude came as Goldman Sachs reiterated its forecast for WTI to end the year at $149. The investment bank said it expected fundamental factors, rather than the dollar, to provide the key driver of crude prices.

Elsewhere in commodities, gold retreated in-line with oil but managed to hold above the $800 an ounce mark.

The fall in the oil price offered a much-needed boost to US and European equity markets. By midday in New York, the S&P 500 was up 0.4 per cent after sliding some 2.4 per cent over the previous two sessions.

Financial stocks recouped some of their recent losses - despite ongoing worries about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government sponsored mortgage agencies.

Hewlett-Packard also pushed ahead after the company unveiled strong profits and an encouraging outlook.

The pan-European FTSE Eurofirst 300 index rose 0.5 per cent and the FTSE 100 in London gained 1 per cent, as mining and commodity stocks returned to favour.

It was a more mixed picture in Asia, however. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 Average slipped 0.1 per cent but Australian stocks climbed 1.3 per cent and Singaopore gained 0.9 per cent.

The standout performance came from China amid unconfirmed reports that that Beijing would implement an economic stimulus package that would offer support to the market.

The Shanghai composite index leapt 7.6 per cent, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong rose 2 per cent.

But Wengsheng Ping, analyst at Barclays Capital, said: “From a macroeconomic point of view, we do not expect a major policy stimulus in the near term following the recent increase of bank credit quotas by the central bank.”

Emerging market equities in general had a strong day as they bounced off Tuesday’s one-year lows. In Russia, the RTS index rose 1.7 per cent Bovespa index gained 1.9 per cent.

On the currency markets, the dollar resumed its upward path - coming within striking distance of a six-month high against the euro and a two-year peak against sterling.

The pound was undermined by the release of the minutes of the Bank of England’s last policy meeting, which revealed a three-way split within the Monetary Policy Committee over the path of UK interest rates.
“The seemingly softer tone to the Committee’s discussion in August, in keeping with a more muted outlook in the [BoE’s Quarterly] Inflation Report, does seem to have pretty much ruled out any prospect of a rate hike - which was already slim - as it would risk an “unnecessarily deep” downturn,” said David Page, economist at Investec Securities.

“However, we still do not believe the Committee will be willing to cut rates at the time of the next Inflation Report in November. At this time, the latest reading on inflation (for September) is likely to be in excess of 5 per cent.”

The 10-year UK Gilt yield fell 5bp to 4.54 per cent as investors digested the more dovish tone of the minutes.

Elsewhere in the government bonds market, US Treasuries moved ahead as persistent concerns about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac prompted safe-haven buying. The yield on the 10-year note was down 3 basis points at 3.81 per cent while the two-year yield was 2bp lower at 2.28 per cent.

Collocations from this article

A sharp turnaround in
a rebound for US and European equities
a recent six-month high
the latest US inventories data
US crude inventories rose by much more than expected
gasoline stockpiles
fundamental factors
to provide the key driver of crude prices
in commodities
The fall in the oil price
a much-needed boost to US and European equity markets.
the previous two sessions
Financial stocks
an encouraging outlook.
mining and commodity stocks
a more mixed picture in Asia
Beijing would implement
an economic stimulus package
a major policy stimulus in
Emerging market equities in general
On the currency markets,
The seemingly softer tone to the Committee’s discussion in August
the government bonds market

Reading practice

Drugs groups accused on prices

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/531591dc-6cba-11dd-96dc-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1

After I finished this article I have got some collocations and nice phrases

- the medical watchdog
- overcharging for drugs to boost their share price
- depended on producing earnings growth
- should not be treated with expensive new medicines
- We are told we are being mean all the time

Essay preparation_Globalisation

Globalisation :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4214687.stm

Are you ready for Globalisation 2.0?
By Tim Weber Business Editor, BBC News website, in Davos

Would you run a business and ignore five billion potential customers? The fact is, many businesses do

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-7932485454526581006&ei=GLaqSJqcEZSgiALvp5TWAQ&q=john+pilger&hl=en

The new rulers of the world

Collocation

I re-read the collocations lesson that was taught by Steve in the class today (Thank you for Steve's blog)

Globalisation [NOUN]/ is…(our definitions)

-the process of people and countries connecting to each other with ease (+)

-goods, services, culture disseminated around the world creating homogeneity (+-)

-a process of harmonisation (+)-a sociological process that tends to homogenise cultural identities (-)

Globalisation "Pros & cons"

+Easier to regulate the circulation of goods and people

- Lose cultural identity

+Everybody has access to the same information (“we’re all singing from the same hymn sheet”)

-Increase/widen the gap between rich and poor

+Increase the variety of everything (products, services)Reduces individual freedom

+ Increase in GDP which is then ‘shared’ among local people

+Gives power to unelected groups/bodies (businesses)

+ Developing expertise

- Abuse by multinationals of environment/developing countries’ workforce, resources

+Promotes the philosophy of Free Trade

-Debt

- Price fixing, monopolisation

- Puts an excessive focus/premium on industrial development

Other collocations that would be useful if you were to write/speak about globalisation:

- international trade,

- the global economy,

- world economic growth,

- world economy,

- world business,

- a rapid increase in,

- a substantial increase in,

- the vast majority of,

- a slight improvement in,

- a huge improvement,

- a gradual improvement,

- a direct benefit of,

- manufactured goods,

- an inflated price,

- a serious flaw,

- a global company,

- (to run) a retail network,

- (to be) socially and environmentally responsible,

- global warming

Steve's sentences:

-A direct benefit of having computers in the classroom is that one has instant access to the internet

-A huge improvement of the Thai economy occurs when it exports Jasmine rice to another country.

Siri's sentences :

- The vast majority of venture capitalists have directly benefited from a rapid increase in the world economic growth.

- The energy companies organised conference to discuss global warming and environmentally responsible issues in August.

HOMEWORK: Please go to the bbc website and read all the business case studies. Choose one and do a gapmaker collocation exercise on it. Make a list of all the collocations you’ve discovered and then write some sentences about your own subject using any of the new collocations.

Model verb_Exercise

Today after I had finished the class I went to do some model verb excercise as I have got the website from Jim's blog ;Thanks to Jim

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal8.htm

First,I did the excercise and got 64 %

Then,
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal8.htm

I tried it again ,I got 78% so I think I have to read how to use model verb again.

;-))

Globalisation ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith1999/lecture1.shtml

Thanks Sheraz for this website

Listening lecture & Transcripts

Listening lecture & transcript

http://www.personal.rdg.ac.uk/~wcl8/sacll/lectures.php


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2008/


http://www.llas.ac.uk/materialsbank/mb062/Unit3/li_spinal/page_01.htm

Concordances_website

Concordances_website

http://www.lextutor.ca/concordancers/wwwassocwords.pl?SearchType=equal_to&Corpus=Brown_strip.txt&SortType=left&SearchStr=stance

I considered this website is very usuful for improving my verb pattern or collocation because it gave me the example which make me more understand verb patternThank you Andy for giving this website to the class

Talking about ideas

Welcome to third month :-))

Today I went to the class in the morning and I found that I has been still in the same class with last month :-).But,Our class has got a new teachers,Steve and Dilek. For the first session was taught by Steve and then followed by Dilek. After the class finished we have got some homework that were the excercises about useful language for talking about ideas and written the answer of the questions below :-))

1. How would you EXPRESS THE ESSENCE of your subject? (I.E. Can you explain in one or two clear sentences what your subject is about?)

Siri: Pre-master in businees will be started on September and will take one semester to finish it .In my opinion I think the essence of this course might be prepare the students to be ready and more confident for Master degree by giving the academic skills and business background.

2. Are those people studying in your subject FREE TO INTERPRET the data and ideas of the subject, or are these fairly circumscribed?

Siri : The ideal course may be free everyone to enterpret their ideas among the class in part of business ideas ,but about the academic skills that might be taught by standard curriculums.


3. Can you explain one KEY CONCEPT from your subject?

Siri : The key concept of Pre-master in business may be prepare the postgraduated student to tackle academic study with confidence.


4. What is the ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK of your subject (i.e. what modules would be taught on an undergraduate course)?

Siri: The analytical framework of Pre-master in business is divided into two parts.First, the acdemic skills will be taught and secondly,will be followed by business modules.

5. Are there any NOTIONS from your subject that are quite controversial or have caused disagreement and debate among academics?

Siri's ideas : There have been many notations in business areas that have been debating such as some excellent strategies on the book will be applyed as a prctical in the field.


6. How has your subject changed your STANCE on certain issues or your VIEWPOINT on life. (Think of two ways).

Siri's ideas : My viewpoint of academic skills will sharpen by the course and might be some new situations from business case will change my stancepoint.

Modal Verbs

I went to Jim's blog and I have got a modal verbs website that make me understand clearly about it.

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/can.html


Common Modal Verbs
Can
Could
May
Might
Must
Ought to
Shall
Should
Will
Would

Modal verb meanings in my understanding.

Modal meanings are related in a general way to attitude, capability or point of view. They include:
ability : He can lift that car
willingness : I will do it for him
permission : You may go now
obligation :I should visit my mother more often
necessity: You have to start the engine first
probability : He should be there by now
possibility : I might leave tomorrow


Thank you Jim for posting a Great website

The third month : Welcome Manchester !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-))

The third month has started today I have been staying in the same class as last month but, the class name was changed from Lime to Manchester.I think it is a very good sign for me as my favorite football team is Manchester United which was a Champion of the league last season.I wish my team have a best luck for new season which has been started on Sat ,16 August. GO United Get the Winner cups again .!!!!!!!!!! ;-))

Welcome Manchester ;-))

18 August : 3 rd month has been started

Welcome to 3rd month .I have been launching third month with Manchester class

First draft_‘Increased use of science and technology to fight crime is an infringement on personal privacy.’ To what extent do you agree or disagree w

‘Increased use of science and technology to fight crime is an infringement on personal privacy.’ To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Over the past decades, science and technology have been significantly developed in many areas. It is common believed that a new era of technology has been providing a large number of benefits such as medicine, a medical devices, an internet and a crime devices. Especially, when America was attacked by terrorist on 11 September 2001(BBC, September 11, 2001).The high-technology criminal investigation - e.g. Close Circuit Television (CCTV), DNA profiling and Biometrics recognition - were used to investigate the terrorist. The use of CCTV and Biometrics technique has dramatically increased in the concerned countries such as the United State and the United Kingdom, London has set up 5,000 cameras in the central line tube station (McCahill M and Norris C, June 2002) , in order to prevent terrorism and a reduction of crime rate. Even though, it is generally agreed that the using of high-technology to reduce crime or protect society from terrorist has more advantages than disadvantages. However, some people argued that their privacy was irritated by the crime devices. This essay will give the drawbacks of using technology to fight crime that might impact personal privacy.

The common viewpoint is that the crime high-technology has been a breakthrough of catching the criminal as well as benefits for society, for example when someone was killed at the car park where the CCTV were already set up, the criminal face was captured so it was easy for the police to catch them. However, it is often argued that CCTV is appropriate or not to install in the private areas e.g. house, toilet. Bennetto J, The Independent, stated that Londoner has been captured by cameras on the street about 300 times a day (The Independent, 2002) in order to decrease crime rate. As well as some argument from Fussey’s study was addressed that “In the future, new technology will allow police to solve 100% of all crimes. The bad news is that we'll realize 100% of the populations are criminals, including the police.” (Fussey, 2008).Regarding DNA databases and eyes recognition are an individual uniqueness some people was considered as a crucial identification and denied to disclose to public databases. Finally, some research was suggested that the impact of using technology should be considered (Fussey, 2008).
References
1. America’s Day of Terror 11 September 2001, viewed 8 August, 2008, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/americas/2001/day_of_terror>.
2. McCahill M and Norris C (2002), ‘CCTV in London’, June, P 6.
3. P Fussey, 2008 ‘Beyond Liberty, Beyond Security: The Politics of Public Surveillance’, British Politics, British Politics (2008) 3, 120–135.
4. Bennetto J, 2002, ‘Half CCTV schemes do not reduce crime rates’, The Independent, 29 June, viewed 8 August 2008, <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/half-cctv-schemes-do-not-reduce--crime-rates-646686.html>.
5. Mazerolle, L., Hurley, D. & Chamlin, M. 2002, ‘Social Behaviour in Public Space: An Analysis of Behavioural Adaptations to CCTV’, Security Journal, 15/3, pp. 59-75.
6. Adams, J. 1996, ‘Privacy: Security surveillance versus civil rights’, Security Australia, 16/4, May, pp. 24-28.
7. Brown, S. 1998, ‘what’s the problem, girls? CCTV and the gendering of public safety’, in C. Norris, J. Moran and G. Armstrong eds., Surveillance, Closed Circuit Television and Social Control, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Written by Siri

Post-seminar reflection_Fighting crime with science seminar

Fighting crime with science seminar: Tuesday 5 August 2008 ;12.10 - 13.00 pm

I attended the seminar which was "Fighting crime with science" that was very valuable seminar,interesting topic and sharing ideas among classmate esapecially the seminar was set up a panel of chairperson .Today I would like to evaluate myself or feed back from the seminar. Firstly,I think it would be better if I did more preparation about the article related to the criminal statistics in UK and around the world then I could shared the information among class to see the big picture of crime.Secondly,I considered that I expressed enough ideas and logical arguments for supporting the benifits of CCTV in our society.In addition I had also submitted some statistical review about technological innovation such as finger prints,DNA databased,biometric and so on.During the seminar I was a good listener and tried to catch up the main ideas from panel and I think I got on very well with other people.Finally,I found that the grammatical correctness was my weakpoint and also limited academic vocabularies was a huge problem for me.However,I have already set my objective to improve my weakepoints by spending an effective self study time practice it.

Reading practice_Thai Big case in the court_the former prime minister and business tycoon

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8925bca-5ed5-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

Vocabularies :
- sentenced to = (v/n) punishment
- judiciary
- tax evasion = (n) ways of illegally paying less tax than you should
- the verdict (n) = an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a tria
- string of (series) (n)
- mass street protests
- a coalition government = the union of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time:
-

Academic word lists_Exercises

http://web.uvic.ca/~gluton/awl/AWLSublist01-Ex1a.htm

After I reviewed the academic word lists then I did the exercise,I have got 80 %

Correct answers
1. He did an _analysis__ of the way children learn language for his Master's thesis.


2. He was arrested for drunk driving because he had drunk more than the _legle______________ limit of alcohol.


3. The culture of the United States is quite __similar_____________ to that of Canada.

4. The Canadian _economy______________ is largely based on natural resources.

5. Environmental pollution seems to be an important ____factor___________ in the increase in cancers all over the world.

6.The apartment will be __available_____________ on June first.

7. The young popstar became famous while still in high school after winning a ____contract___________ with a major record label.

8. Your continued lateness for class ___indicates____________ to me that you are not really a very serious student.

9. Living in Berlin during the _period______________ when the Berlin Wall was torn down was an unforgettable experience.

10. Some _research______________ into second language learning suggests that oral fluency may increase with moderate amounts of alcohol.

Academic word lists_Friday session

I visited the website,the academic vocabulary.I did the excercise and I found out more academic vocabulary

Word class :

1. derive (V) / derivation (n) /derivative (adj)

derive from sth phrasal verb [often passive]to come from something:

e.g : The English word 'olive' is derived from the Latin word 'oliva'.

Sublist 1 :
analyze
constitute
establish
indicate
occur
role
approach
context
estimate
individual
percent
section
area
contract
evident
interpret,period,sector,assess,create,export, involve,policy,significant,assume,data,factor,issue,principle,similar,authority,define,finance,labour,proceed,source,available,derive,formula,legal,process,specific,benefit,distribute,function,legislate,require,structure,concept,economy,identify,major,research,theory,consist,environment,income,method,respond ,vary

Fighting crime with science seminar_preparation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6900807.stm

Vocabularies :

- hail

- neighbourhood wardens led to a fall in robberies and burglaries.