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Mar 08 2008

Business Report Writing

Published by Dot MacKenzie under Business, Report Writing

Business reports

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Mar 01 2008

Webquests for Business Administration Students

Published by Dot MacKenzie under Business, Webquests

1 Introduction:

Webquests are a great way to learn about a new subject. The ones listed here use fairly easy English, and are linked to the topics you study in your business classes. Follow the instructions on the screen, and complete the tasks asked for in each webquest. These are a small selection from some of the ones available. If you need to find information about another topic that is not mentioned, type your topic in a search box, e.g. insurance webquest or business webquest, and see what you can find.

2 Useful links:

Economics links
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/Economics/

Glossary of business terms
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/glossary/glossary.htm\

Kuwait University online language learning
http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

Links for grammar, e-researching, writing, Kuwait and the G.C.C. countries
http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Online dictionaries
http://yourdictionary.com

http://m-w.com/toolbar/

3 Topics for Webquests for Business Administration Students:

Accounting
http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/jchase/index.htm

Advertising & media literacy
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/gang1.htm

Gang of 15

http://www.cmsdnet.net/allianceplus/fairjo01/adwebquest.html

Advertising campaign for teenagers

http://et.sdsu.edu/APaxton-smith/eslwebquest/WebQuest.htm

Advertisers: Interpreters of our dreams

http://the_english_dept.tripod.com./logo/

Useful links for advertising

http://website.education.wisc.edu/rla/ADSITE/linkpgs/teacher.htm

Teacher’s information about advertising

Assessing webquests
http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~rdroyer/webquests.htm

Balance of trade and foreign exchange
http://www.eduwebs.org/Webquests/trade/trade.htm

Banking
http://www.kidsbank.com

Becoming a Saudi diplomat
www.beaconschool.org/~ehaines/saudiweb.html

Being successful
http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/CBurleson2/INDEX.HTM

The goal reaching process

Brochure for Kuwait

http://www.beth.k12.pa.us/schools/wwwclass/kgrammes/kgwebquest/kgwebquest.htm

The sky’s the limit

Budgeting

http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/cwgiles/budget/introd.htm

Making ends meet

Business law
http://teacherweb.com/NY/NiagaraWheatfieldSeniorHigh/mbluman/

http://www.socs.k12.in.us/schools/ovhs/dmcadow/lawwebquest.htm

Business plan
http://scnc.onsted.k12.mi.us/~cindas/planquest.html

http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq96/index.htm

Energy business plan

http://www.sba.gov/starting/wideindexbusplan.html

Starting your own business

http://imet.csus.edu/imet1/peaty/webquest/

Small business plan

http://www.superplanning.com/business_plan_template.html

Business plan template

http://www.onsted.k12.mi.us/~cindas/planquest.html

Creating your own job

Career

h ttp://www.esu3.org/districts/millard/centmidd/webquests/career.html

http://www.esu3.org/districts/millard/centmidd/webquests/careertask1.html

http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/career/index.html

The real world is closer than you think

Charities
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ecs/mira3/index.htm

Computer history
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/gdelph/Webquest.htm

Credit cards
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/Math/DecisionsAboutCredit/WebQuestTemp2.htm#The%20Introduction

Developing nations
http://www.geocities.com/tryciecky/thirdworldwebquest/

http://aacps.org/aacps/boe/INSTR/CURR/COMED/HSwebquest/white/index.html

Disasters
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/lausd/offices/di/Burleson/Lessons/emergency/index.htm

Are you prepared if disaster strikes?

Economic charts for 40 countries
http://www.mexi.com/

Economic forecasting for country’s GNP
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM49&page=teacher

Energy
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq96/index.htm

http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/polson/webquest/webquest.htm

Offshore wind farms in USA

http://www.community.k12.mo.us/webquest/sommer/energy.htm

http://www.clifforddirect.com/students/econ-webquest-oil.htm

Oil situation (crisis) and war

Environment
http://home.cfl.rr.com/mrshebert/Lagoon/index.htm

Misusing water resources

English
http://www.wsu.edu/~wenchihu/page2.html

How to improve your English

Ethics
http://www.iwebquest.com/webquestcourse/copyright.htm

http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/fall2000/wq102700/reedwq/studentWQ.htm

Right or wrong? What’s up with ethics?

http://www.nevada.edu/~pernellj/resources.html

Ethics and computer use

http://www.edgerton.k12.wi.us/ms/Webquest/index.html

Music copyright

http://oneonta.k12.ny.us/hs/webquestplag.htm

Stop plagiarism

E-trade game
http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/projects/invest/

European Union

http://nuevaeuropa.webcindario.com/

http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/spring2001/taft/europeanunion/

Excel files
http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/index.htm

Famous entrepreneurs

http://www.union.k12.ia.us/ukhs/WebQuest/entrep.htm

First computers
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq80/

Finance

http://www.union.k12.ia.us/ukhs/WebQuest/fin_rpt.htm

Financial statements

Foreign exchange

http://www.oanda.com/

Foreign exchange and online game

http://connect.barry.edu/ect653/QuestSamples/Isolyn/webquest.htm

How and why exchange rates constantly change

http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~mcc04/four.htm

Making money

Franchises
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/memorial/franchise/process.htm

Graphs & charts
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/titanic.html

Graphs using information about Titanic

www.webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix/9-12-Bus.htm

Create bar and line graphs and pie charts

http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/jbuckley/webquest/graphs/index.htm

A picture is worth a hundred words

http://www.tctc.org/schoolinfo/CLUEm/Chartsandgraphs.htm

CLUE (computer literacy and understanding employment)

Greening of organizations
http://ca.geocities.com/tm_fuller/introduction.htm

Hosting the Olympics
http://www.ri.net/RIGeo/rigea/lessons/PacificNW/olympicwebq/olymcwebq.htm

Insurance

www.ithaca.k12.wi.us/Troxel/consumer_education.htm

Buying a first car, personal budget, and auto insurance

www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webqjanssen/webqajanssen.html

Buying a first car and insurance

www.webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix/9-12-Lif.htm

Personal budget and insurance

www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/WebQuest/car_ins.htm

Car insurance

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html

Insurance and personal budget

www.academic.emporia.edu/smithwil/s99mg476/1-3post.html

Insurance and loan verifications

www.esc5.net/tiftech/jmetcalf/quest.html

Health insurance

Investments & saving
http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/projects/invest/

http://students.itec.sfsu.edu/edt628/minabenn/save&invest.index.html

http://www.union.k12.ia.us/ukhs/WebQuest/market.htm

Life skills
http://www.jeffstateonline.com/ita/projects/becky_mauldin/careerwebquests.htm

Links to various webquests

http://www.tccsa.net/webquests/lifeskills2.htm

Links to various webquests

Links to other webquests
http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html

Divided by subject, e.g. math, social studies, science, etc

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.htm

www.bestwebquests.com

http://www.nelliemuller.com/topic_list.htm

http://www.jeffstateonline.com/ita/projects/becky_mauldin/careerwebquests.htm

Webquest resources for career-tech skills

http://www.wagner-juergen.de/

Webquests for big business, e.g. McDonald’s and KFC

www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/webquest.html

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest_collections.htm

Webquest collections from universities and high schools

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm

Background for teachers

Marketing
http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/ww2/jcaldwell/marketing.htm

Minimum wage
http://www.fargo.k12.nd.us/webquests/moenj/wages.htm

Money

http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/Themes/money.htm

Links and webquests about money

Online shopping spree
http://www.cottonchemistry.bizland.com/facs/Shopping%20WebQuest.htm

World shopping spree

http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/shopping.html

Opinion surveys

http://www.opinionpower.com/

Personal finance
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us.webquests/money/finance.htm

Person’s worth
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webthewortja.html

Does social rank matter?

Probability & statistics
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTMOO/avani.html

Population of USA

Product/company investigation
http://www.union.k12.ia.us/ukhs/WebQuest/product.htm

Purchasing computer equipment
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Unknown5/index.htm

Robber barons
http://www.geocities.com/tryciecky/robberbaronwebquest/#standards

Rich businessmen in 19th century

Setting up your own business
http://www.sba.gov/starting/wideindexbusplan.html

Setting up a small business

Singapore
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquests/summer99/northside/singapore/default.html

Spreadsheet

http://www.aacps.org/aacps/boe/INSTR/CURR/COMED/HSWebQuest/SpreadsheetSimulation/index.htm

Spreadsheet simulation about organizing a conference

http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/titanic.html

What can numbers tell us about the Titanic’s fateful voyage?

Statistics
http://et.sdsu.edu/radair/roadblock/t-index.htm

Stock market
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEyellow/gnb.html

Good news bears stock market project

http://www.madeiracityschools.org/JrSrHS/RTB?broome/Stock%20Market%20%20Quest

Who wants to be a millionaire?

http://game.marketwatch.com/Home/default.asp

Online stock market game

www.lfelem.lfc.edu/tech/DuBose/webquest/Goldwater/stockmarket.html

Invest $50,000 dollars in stock market

www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/srhigh/edmundson/edcon/stock_game.htm

Online stockmarket game

www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/mcaperna/webquest1.html

Purchase stock shares in this research project

Trade Fair
http://www.occdsb.on.ca/~tec/webquesteng.htm

Transform your city
http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~battla/Bogota2015/webquest.htm

Websearching
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/jbeveridge/ppquest/index.html

Website designing
http://www.knaub.biz/Design-Color%20WQ/top.htm

http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/projects/webpage/

Designing a business webpage

World history
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/crothe/hubbard/Kantorwebquests1.html

4 General Knowledge Webquests

1800s
http://www.oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wq/gildedage/student.htm

1900s (historical figures)
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/turncent/

1930s
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/weblivingtte.html

Alexander the Great
http://www.spalding.edu/university/ed/education/Samples/WebQuests/Alexander/Alexander.htm

Ancient Egypt
http://sites.lps.org/wq30/

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/KingsParkES/technology/webquests/Egypt/

Aztecs
http://www.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/aztec/

http://www.brebru.com/webquests/latino/aztec/aztecstudentpage.html

Cold war
http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/WCIIH/Projects/WQColdWar.htm

Cuban missile crisis
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tmk3a/345/webquest.html

Dustbowl
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq109/

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/t2arp/quest/dustbowl/dust.html

http://www.milforded.org/schools/foran/acesare/wq/

Ecology: natural & human disasters
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webecologyma.html

http://webquest.ramsey.k12.nj.us/projects/smith/grade8/NaturalDisastersWebQuest%20Marcy%20Fagan/

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/sburger/webquest.htm

Great flood
http://www.duluth.k12.mn.us/lincolnpark/WebQuests/FloodWebquest.htm

Great Depression

http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq1/webquest.htm

History
http://www.historychannel.com/

JFK
http://people.bu.edu/cborden/JFK_Webquest.html

http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~alyias/Projects/ProjectF/Webquest-t.html

Mesopotamian civilization
http://faculty.trinityvalleyschool.org/fifthgrade/webquest/t-index.htm

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Mar 01 2008

Listening Links for Business English

Published by Dot MacKenzie under Business

Introduction

There are many links for listening on the Internet. http://www.esl-lab.com/ has links and quizzes for all levels of difficulty. It is suggested that you start with the easy ones, and work up to the toefl exercises. Write down any words that you do not know, and ask your friends or teacher for their meanings. You will find some links for business listening as you explore the sites.

1 Advanced

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Many exercises - all levels

http://www.eviews.net/library.shtml

Audio blogs

http://www.audioblog.com/

Business

http://eleaston.com/listen.html

2 Easy

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Many exercises - all levels

History

http://www.historychannel.com/broadband/

Video and radio clips

3 Intermediate

http://towerofenglish.com/eslistening.html

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Many exercises - all levels

http://www.eviews.net/library.shtml

Many links

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/

http://eleaston.com/listen.html

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/listening.html

4 All Levels

Note-taking

http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/ELSC/material/Listening/note-taking.html

http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/ss_notetaking.html

Outlining

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/outlining.htm

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/businessecon.html

CNN reading passages and outlines

Pod casts

http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/link_3.htm

Pronunciation

http://towerofenglish.com/eslistening.html

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Many exercises - all levels

Speeches

http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/speeches.html

TOEFL

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toefl.html

4 Upper Intermediate

http://towerofenglish.com/eslistening.html

Video clips

http://towerofenglish.com/eslistening.html

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Vlogs

http://www.vlogmap.org/

http://vlogdir.com/

Voice of America

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/

http://www.manythings.org/voa/voa.htm

Quizzes based on Voice of America broadcasts

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Mar 01 2008

Business Plan

Published by Dot MacKenzie under Business

Activity 1 – Warm Up

1 What business would you like to own? Why?

2 Would you like to work for the government or the private sector? Why?

3 Which business makes the most money, apart from oil?

4 What is the income for oil and gas in an average year?

5 How do you think the oil money should be spent?

Activity 2 - Word Search

What do these words mean? Your classmates and teacher will help you find the answers. You can also use an online dictionary to find the meanings.

1 Income

2 Manage

3 Franchise

4 Mismanage

5 Overheads

6 Customer

7 Staff

8 Global

9 Employees

10 Business

11 Employer

12 Private

13 Salary

14 Public

15 Tax

16 Sector

17 Profit

18 Insurance

19 Loss

20 Building

Activity 3 - Business Plan

Introduction

You cannot find work and have decided to set up your own business. You must prepare a business plan to present to the bank in order to borrow money to start up the business. You want to make as much money as possible, but also want to be a good employer for your staff. Work with 2 other students to work out your plan.

A Task

Complete the following table with information about your business.

1 Type of business

2 Name of business

3 Description of business

4 Main objectives of my business

5 Customers will choose my business over my competitors because

6 Location

B Financial Plan

7 Raising start-up capital?

8 Expected rent

9 Expected start-up expenses (be specific)

10 Insurance

11 Vehicles

12 Projected income per year/per month

13 Payment per hour/month for employees

Staff

14 # of staff needed and positions

15 Paternity/maternity leave for employees

16 Working hours for employees

Publicity

17 How you will advertise

18 Advert for Arab newspaper

19 Business logo

20 Slogan for answering telephone

21 Name of homepage

22 Headings for information in homepage

23 Email address

Process

You must go to http://www.sba.gov/starting/wideindexbusplan.hml

and down load appendix 1 – Business plan. You must then complete it, and make a PowerPoint presentation of the information to present to the rest of the class.

You must have:

I introduction

II body

III conclusion