Grammar notes

Notes (Verbs of perception)

1.Action = focusing on a specific object (listen to - look at - smell - taste)
e.g He is listening to the radio

2.Non action (verbs in general perception) = non - progressive e.g(She smells smoke)

3.Non action (verbs indicate appearance) = non - progressive e.g(This looks terrible)

Overview of my subject area

My subject area is International Business and Marketing. Nowadays international business have essential functions which help the whole financial system to develop under global policy. It is very int resting for people to understand the specif functions of international business and marketing in the new modern world. In addition it is important to focus in the main role of marketing which has been influenced the consuming behavior of global market. Product - Place - Price - Promotion are 4 keys where marketers has been used for several years due to cover consuming needs.

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Grammar and Language notes


Describing graphs

From 1989 to 1995 there was a sligth decreased in production of cars.

From 1986 to 1989 there was a dramatic decreased in the enrolment number. From 1989 until now there has been a slight increase in enrolment numbers.

From 1989 to 1995 the type one washing machine sales increased slightly. For the same period the washing ,machine sales of type two increased slowly.

From 1070 to 1975 there was a slow increase in music sales of L.P records and subsequently from 1980 to 1995 there was a rapid decrease in sales of L.P records.



From Jan to May there was a slight increase in the number of tourists, after that from May to July there was a rapid increase for this numbers. The tourist’s number from July to Aug have decreased moderately and from Aug to Sep increased slightly with fluctuations. Finally Sep to Dec there was a rapid decrease in tourist numbers.

Self study writing task.

The negative effects of globalisation in my town.

The biggest problem in the city of Volos is the environmental pollution. This problem focused in the factory of cement which has been working for over 40 years in the area. This is the reason why Volos has increased percentages of pollution. The result of this fact is the pollution of Pagasetic gulf in one way. In other way of pollution is the harmful gases which are emitted in higher frequency, especially during the night. As a result diseases like asthma or cancer are on the increase. The measures which the municipality of Volos could take, is the restriction of harmful gases with environmental filters. However, it is common true that this factory has been helped many families in my town to leave with a standard income every month and if this factory close it will be very strong blow for the local community.

Theodore Panayotou (2000) Globalization and Environment , Working Paper No. 53, Harvard University press, Environment and Development Paper No.1

My self study for today was academic reading.


Notes for Text A page 60 (Pre-sessional Academic English Cource book)

1 : Goods - ideas - institution are some functions of globalisation which people used in order to motivated and improved their lifes

2 : It is obviously that in the last dacates spesific part of world economy has been affected by globalisation

3 : We odserved that thousands of years before the concept of global warld came in to use

4 : Has been the exhanged of plants and animals. It was the first effort for a new way to trade people each other.

5 : Globalisation was for the ancient countries the mix of trade and culture which acquisitive leaders from Alexander the greate to Genghis Khan faced with high confidence.

Introduction

It is obviously that in the last decades a great part of the modern world has been affected by the evolution of globalisation. With the term of globalisation we describe a complete system of trade, economy and communication. According to Jan Aart Scholte globalisation is a huge media system which collects information all over the world. Some analysts consider that globalisation it is everyday life which creates contemporary habits. Unfortunately in last month we observe the negative effects of globalisation (economic crises) which influence a great part of the development world. However, the effects of globalisation in some cases are beneficial for countries. But generally without the necessary security this global movement is harmful for the global community.
The first part of this essay will summarize the main effects of globalisation, and the second part will focus on the beneficial effects of globalisation in the specific area of international business and marketing.

Reading task (self study)

GLOBALIZATION OF THE WORLD ECONOMY:
POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS AND A NET ASSESSMENT

According to the above lecture i took some important information about the potential benefits of globalisation.

Globalisation has different interpretations to different people

Electronic mail, the Internet, and the World Wide Web are some of the technological achivments

Globalization has been trade liberalization and other forms of economic liberalization

1) stabilization of the macroeconomy, 2) liberalization of prices 3) privatization of state-owned enterprise

The main effects of globalization

Industrial effects (Reading task)

Financial effects

Economic effects

Political effects

Informational effects

Social effects

REFERENCE

Michael D. Intriligator.(2001) Globalization of the world economy, Working Paper No 2. UCLA

Michael D. Bordo. (2000) The Globalization of International Financial Markets, Paper for conference , The Challenge of Globalization, Rutgers University and NBER.

The tools of globalisation READING TASK - PREPARING FOR FURTHER STUDY

Foreign direct investment

Human migration

Trade

spread of technology

Bibliography

A.J.C. Manders, Y.S. Brenner (1999) Globalization, new production concepts and income distribution. International Journal of Social Economics, Volume: 26 Issue: 4Page: 559 - 569

Eatwell, J. (1996) “International Financial Liberalization: The impact on World
Development”, UNDP, Office of Development Studies, New York, Discussion Papers
series 12.