Learner-centered and self-exploratory in its approach, this task-based oral skills text examines cross-cultural business practices and values. Its highly successful business case approach and methodology ask students to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to explain their own cultural values. Each of its units includes language-expansion exercises. Cases (some authentic) present business situations where cross-cultural conflict interferes with the business at hand. Students then explore ways to repair these communication breakdowns.

Each case analysis includes:
-Exercises in comprehension and problem solving, discussion/critical thinking, and written reflection

-Worldwide business practices

-Key business vocabulary and language exercises that introduce idioms and expressions related to the topic

REDUCED VERSION by Pumukl

Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography.

Over the past decade, computer-enhanced learning has increased in demand due to developments in technological aids such as multimedia presentation and the internet, so it is imperative for teachers to consider the importance of technological integration in the classroom. This book presents international practices in the development and use of applied e-Learning and e-Teaching in the classroom in order to enhance student experience, add value to teaching practices, illuminate best practices in the area of e-Assessment and provides fresh insight into e-Learning and e-Teaching practices.