dinsdag 14 december 2010

Listening Assignment TV 2

Your name: Talisa Sturing
ID Code: 1530056
Class: JBC-B103

Rado or TV? TV 2
Title of programme: World News
Broadcast by: ?
Date: 14 December 2010
Duration: 30 minutes

Subject: There are two subject. One about Berlusconi, the Prime minister of Italy and one about Wikileaks.

Summary:
Berlusconi
The prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a vote of confidence today in Italy.

He won by a margin of three votes, following a tense session of the house and amid large protests in the capital of Italy, Rome. A lot of people are against him, because they don't trust him.

Wikileaks
The founder of Wikileaks ,Julian Assange, has been granted bail in London on conditions including a cash of £380.000. But he is remain in custody and the prosecoters have two hours to arrange an appeal against the bail.
A large crowd of reporters and a number of Mr Assange's high-profile supporters were also outside the court.

He has been given a curfew at an addres in Suffolk and he have to go the the local police station every evening to give a report of an electroinc lable.

In Sweden Julian Assange is accused of sexually assaulting of two women. Now he is fighting the extadition to Sweden. He denies the sexually assaulting.
On the 11th of January Julian Assange has to turn back to the court.

maandag 6 december 2010

Assignment 22

Explain the following words in English. Give a synonym or a description of the meaning.

1. Comms: Communication
2. To plummet: Registered
3. Nether: Another
4. To aspire to: Inspired
5. Turnaround: Change
6. Staggering: Majority

News article in Dutch
De meeste jonge mensen geven aan te willen werken in de interne communicatie business.

Interne communicatie staat nu in de top van de lijst met meest gewilde banen in de wereld.

De komst van fairtrade en de weersverandering, zorgen ervoor dat het in het hoofd van de jongeren doordringt dat het belangrijke veranderingen zijn. Hierdoor kiezen ze de 'zachtere' kant van de zakenwereld.

69% van de 8-15 jarige die zijn ondervraagd geeft in zijn of haar top 3 aan de interne communicatie te willen begeleiden binnen bedrijven. Ongeveer de helft hiervan geeft wel aan dat ze de politiek verder willen ontdekken.

assignment 21

Assignment text 1

1. What is meant with 'challenging' in this context?
Challenge for the Financial area
2. Explain what is meant by 'brushed under the carpet' here?
The meaning of this is: There are workareas which can't be delayed with every major expense.
3. Explain what is meant by 'brand promises will fall flat'?
That some brands will always be worn and never dissapear from the market.
4. Give another word or explanation for 'lure'?
Pull forward
5. Explain what is meant by 'skimped on'?
There is one area which you can't economize on.
6. What would be the opposite of a 'nice to have'.
The opposite is, need it.
7. 'Successfull and strategic internal communication has proven a correlation between employee attitudes and profits'. Explain in your own words what this means.
There is a relation between the employee and realize profits.
8. Explain what the writer means with the final sentence: 'housekeeping really does begin at home'.
That the sales depends on the working skills of the employee and the boss.

News article in Dutch
2010 gaat een financiƫle uitdaging worden voor verschillende werkgebieden. Er is weinig geld dus de grootste kostenposten zullen worden uitgesteld indien mogelijk. Ondanks dit zijn er werkgebieden die het niet uit kunnen stellen, zoals de interne communicatie.

Bedrijven geven aan dat de interne communicatie 'leuks is om te hebben' maar dat er wel bezuinigd op kan worden. Er is een gebied waar volgens hen niet op bezuinigd kan worden en dat is de betrokkenheid van de werknemers.

Wat bedrijven niet zien is dat de interne communicatie van groot belang is, het gaat om activiteiten rondom de communicatie die erg zinvol zijn voor de betrokkenheid van de medewerkers. Dit is van groot belang voor de zaken binnen het bedrijf.

Hoe klanten een bedrijf zien, hangt met name samen met de uitstraling van het bedrijf.