MSC FINANCE

Ready for my Master?

LECTURES:
http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2007/
Topic: international Fiancial Markets
Professor J.Sachs was Economist in columbia university
Summary: J.Sachs was interviewed about Economic growth and the impact on the planet
after defining grow as" an improvement of materiel conditions".I believes that its possible to have a better leaving standard with the economic growth without damanaging our planet resources if we consider conserving, he also acknowledge that the economic groth is not for everyone.
about Africa, problem is not due poverty to the history,ecology and weak infrastructure.

https://http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pdfiles/cfovhds/cfpacket1bpg2.pdf

Topic:CORPORATE FINANCE
Summary: this lecture gives the objective of the corporate on decision making
basically, its to maximise Assets and Equity value,to achieve that there certain measures
to take such as maximise stock prices which is not against the employee needs because in most big firms there are stockholders and also not again the customers because in business keeping the customer happy is the route to price maxi ( because it occure costs but better quality for exemple)

IAM EFFRAYED OF THIS COURSE
Topic: Qantitative Resaerch Methods for Finance ( oh lalala!!!!!)
Content: this course will help analysis of business matters by the use of scientific research as a problem solving tool.

I have chosen this course because i Have got a previuos background
in finance and work in this industry for 6 years.
my aim is to have a recognise master degree which will enable me to
have an international career.

let me introduce you the course stucture

this master as we all now is divided into
Core Module:
Quantitative reasearch methods for finance(C1 )
Corporate Finance (C2 )
Financial Markets and Portfolio Analys( C3)
Managing Finance( C4 )
2 Optional Modules ( i choosed )
Corporate Treasury Management ( O1 )
Risk Hedging and Financial instruments (O2 )

Books
First very important book for international student i guess
the Dictionnary for the Financial vocabulary which has been recommended by my English teacher .
"Fiancial English"
With Mini-dictionary from Ian Mackenzie
Comment: this mini-dictionnary its easy to use and got 1000 financial and economic terms

For C1-handbook of Media and managent&Economies/Edition Alan B.,Albarran;co-editors M.chan-olmsted,Micheal O.Wirth
For C2-Essentials of corporate finance?stephen Ross,Randolph Westerfield,Bradford Jordan.
For C3-Handbook of investment Resaerch:Economics and Financial indicators as market movers
For C4-Managing Finance/a socially respomsible approach from/author:David Crowther
For O1-Corporate management&Cash management/ Author:Robert Cooper
-Introduction to Treasury managenet/ Author:Andrew Foulkes&Richard Raeburn

In order to understand i bit about the course at london met i spoke to Sonia ( former student in Finance at London Met) who answered few questions for me, here the summary.

Sonia says that the course is very well read and she had a lack of facilities compare to the others university such as the bibliotheque which is very resourceful.she also enjoyed the seminars because its helps student to be more interactive. However, she will have prefer to have more one to one tutorials and less group work because it can be difficult to organise yourself for the others modules.

GRAMMARGROOVE

EXERCISES

PREPOSITIONS ( at,in,on,after,before,during,within,by,on ....)
Examples:
-I can only relay on myself to achieve my goals
-After my Pre-sessional course i will be doing a Master degree in Finance
-Before coming to the UK i use to live in France/I use to live in France before
-During my time as a Treasurer asked me to forecast the expenses for the week
-the self-study blog Should be submitted by Friday
-the self-study blog should be submitted within 6 days
-you must have finished your homework by know

Collocations
http://http//www.eslgold.com/grammar/verb_preposition_collocations.html

Example:
This e-mail is an invitation to a special event on the 12/05/05
as a lecturer you will be deciding on the topic and discuss your point of view with
your audience before the press conference at 2pm.

look forward to seeing you.

Tenses
Present simple: she cooks the best cake in the all town
present perfect: she has worked for this firm until now
present continuous: are you doing your homework right now
past simple: it was requested by the director
past continuous: there were begining to look suspicious
past perfect: she bought her cooking book in Tesco's

OR
Present Simple:kiss/kisses
Past Simple:kissed
Future Simple:will kiss
Present Perfect:has/have kissed
Past Perfect:had kissed
Future Perfect:will have kissed
Present Continuous (Progressive):is/am/are kissing
Past Continuous (Progressive):was kissing
Future Continuous (Progressive)will be kissing
Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive):has/have been kissing
Past Perfect Continuous (Progressive):had been kissing
Future Perfect Continuous (Progressive):will have been kissing

PREFIX-AFFIX-SUFFIX
prefix cahnge the meaning and suffix can change the world class
Exemple of prefix: unusual,undevelopp,unacceptable,unbielivable
Exemple of suffix: Economically etc.....

reminder:
" US doesn't use present perfect as much as british"
state verbs: like, hear, think, love don't use "ing"
state verb: express a fact
action verb: express what is happening ......

RELATIVE CLAUSE
which, who,whose (pluriel),when,where.

relative clause can be defining or non defining
Example:
_I hate a sandwich which i had brought with me ( defining)
_ I have a friend who liked jazz music
_you can take it away ( non defining )

CONJONCTION

reminder: use to connect phases
it can coordinate or subordinate
Coordinate: and, but,or,for,either,neither,therefore,moreover......
_My house is outside london but i enjoy the counrty side
subordinate: who, which, that.....( like some relative clause)

SEQUENCE

use to put the idea or phraseetc... in order
Exemple: then, fisrtly, secondly,while etc.......

Reminder: in grammar we got 4 types of links
-reference: used to avoid repetition( mostly used for subject)
-substitution/ellipsis: to replace/to disappear,to leave out
-conjunction: connect with........
-lexacal cohesion: vocabulary with definition......( like in books) to help the reader to understand the vocabulary


Tentative expressions

Appear to /Example: My Father appears to be a very strict men.
seems to be/ Example: my english course seems to have improved my english
indicate /Example: The graph indicate an increased of poverty from 1980-1999
on the whole/ Example: on the whole my essay was discussing the impact of globalisation
maybe /Example: Reaseach online may be a good way to start your essay
Generally/ Example: I generally don't take is words as guaranted
suggest /Example: i will suggest to take your umbrella because of the weather forecast
sometimes/ Example: i sometimes need to shut my mouth

ABSTARCT NOUN
no articles,no plural
VERBS PATTERNS(ing or infinitive(to be))
Examples:
Appear+infinitive(to be)
Allow+object+infinitive(i allow them to hand....)
Remember+ing( for memory in the past+to (don't forget))
Dilek gave 10 ways to improve your listening
1-Finding area of interest
2-Maintain eye contact
3-Judge the content
4-don't listen defensively
5-listen for idea ( main, central fact)
6-be fl6exible in note taking
7-work at listening
8-resist distraction
9-exercise your mind
10-keep the mind up

LETS TALK ABOUT IT

http://http//www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/investnews/article.htm?wbc_purpose=basic...?ArticleID=18670642
Vocabulary

-Stagnate: inactive
-"near zero growth": steady state
-cutting levies:stop imposing??????
-to lobby: actions of group to influences viewpoint
http://http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7493410.stm
My opinion:
we usually put the blame on parent but some of them are doing their very best .
Once the kids are out fox don't have control any more.
There are under bad influence or forced to do thinks just to be part of the band or look like others...
I believethat the government should try to understand what are the needs of
these teenagers .
The first accurate point is the crime are commited in london popular boroughs
by people from poor background.
one of the idea to start with will be for the government to understand and analyse they need and try to help them by improving the standing of life.
The most important question will be how could the authority help those youngsters?
lets process our research by following this plan:

1Background
2Listening
3questionnaire
4sample
5data collection
6Findings
7conclusion
In conclusion we should recommend to the government to look around
and get some inspirations from other countries
In France for example when the government was very concerned about the behaviours of theirs.
french authority created in each borough different structures and activities centres to keep them busy on their spare time.
some grown up has been also choosed in the same area as "Mediator" or row model to run the infracstructures;the mission statement of the mediator is to follow , listen and act as an intermediary between the youths and also a third part.
in that case the youth are under control in and out and got some one who have been in the same situation like him and without any pressure he can talk to and get some help to become like these mentors.
and iam sure in other countries certain thigs have been done for the youth to stop their bad behaviours.

http://http//www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/wimbledon/history.html

The English superstar in Wimbledon 2008 is
Andy Murray if you would like to know more about him go to:
http://www.andymurray.com/
and for information he has got a BLOG ( just like you and i......)
i think Andy has really improved his game but in my opinion he is not strong enough to beat Nadal
Comment:
I love sport but i find tennis is a bit to posh and boring for me and i don't understand nothing so here
some Tennis terms :

Advantage: when a player need one more point to win the game
Spin: rotation of the ball
Straight sets: when one player win every set
Set point: when the player need one point
Hold: when the serve wins the game
Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






Which country Flag is this?


Spain Heyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

I am a big fan of football so i thought we should talk about the Spanish victory.

I am very please for them because their players were very combatives, determined and professional .this victory once again highlight the quality of Spanish players but in my opinion the best player was IKER CASSILLAS ( the goalkeeper )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7481216.stm

Summary

This article is about inflation in Europe
and the main reasons are the rising of food and Fuel prices.

Vocabulary and my definitions
inflation:increase of price
Deflation: falling of price ( opposite of inflation)
disinflation: decrease in the inflation rate
hyperinflation: when the inflation become out of control ( worse and worse)
stagflation : when we try to handle deflation by raising prices

My favorite economist for this subject is Keynes





http://http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25455210/


Comment:
in my opinion eBay just lost control because as a professional their
should know better about counterfeit and law.
the definition of counterfeit in the dictionary is "imitating an objects or docs
with the intention to deceive" i believe eBay never intent to deceived anyone
where there responsibility is they are the auctioneer so because something
illegal has been sold true them they should pay for it
when you consider that eBay have no possession of the goods
there are just intermediaries so there should have the benefice of the doubt.

Vocabulary:


Forgery: imitating objects
Auctioneer: responsible for auction
Auction: selling or buying by bid
Fines: penalties
Counterfeit: Fake copy
Appealed: requesting for hang of decision


http://http//www.ft.com/cms/s/0/993b3784-62ce-11dd-9fd0-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

creit crunch effect

HOMEWORK

AWL GAPMAKER
very good for vocabulary
http://http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/AVWLGapChoice.pl
British manufacturers are enduring brutal inflationary pressures as well as a downturn in demand in many of their markets, as the challenges facing the UK's industrial provide a key theme in a relatively quiet week for releases.
Industrial production for July, due output on Tuesday, will show the downturn in gathering pace. The forecast is for the year-on-year decline in manufacturing to fall from -1.3 per cent to -1.1 per cent. new orders are declining and further weakness in appears inevitable.

Dear Steve,

I am very excited about my English course;
i believe, this program will first of all, gives me the panoramic knowledge in English to achieve my master degree and also enable me to analyse, assess, write anything especially reports
and help me to do better speeches and presentations which are crucial for my career as financial consultant.
ten years ago i studied financial management with a previous accountancy background after my study i worked as a treasurer for 5 years in France with this role i realise he importance of English language for someone who want to have an international career;
therefore i decided to move to the UK to do my master degree in finance where my favourite subjects like risk management, financial analysing and corporate treasurer are.
5 questions people usually ask

Where do you come from?
Why did you decided to come to the UK
Do you enjoy living here?
Do you plan to go back to your country?
Do you prefer living in the UK than France?

5 questions people don't usually ask
What do you do for living?
How much do you earn?
How do you cope with the English weather?
Are you married?
Do you miss France?

3 questions that i am happy people don't ask

Have you got children?
Are you married?
How much do you earn?

SPORT HABIT QUESTIONNAIRE
for London metropolitan pre-sessionnal Student
( Authors: Zhang / Thuba / Marie )

1. What is your gender?
Male
Female
2.Which type of sport o you practise?
Individual Other
Collective None of the above
3. How often do you do Sports
Everyday Sometimes
Never
4. What is the main reason for doing sport?
Appearance Health
Socialise with people Look for new sexy partner
5. Would you like to join the London met gym?
( if no, please give your reason)
Yes No.............
6. Have you ever Taken any nutriment?
Yes No...............
7. What do you expect from London Met gym?
Varied facilities Cheap membership
Modern All of the above
8. How many hours a week do you practise sport?
Less than 1 hour 1-3 hours
3-5 hours 5 or more

Lecture N1: STEREOTYPES ON TELEVISION ( draft )
Summary
People in the US takes TV as granted and watched it for 30hrs/weeks ,their favourite programs are drama and comedy, over there the ability of media to expend fictional as really influence the real world and can lead to confusion.
Media literacy define as a power of media has been the root of endless arguments such as stereotype; in the US only 38% of the character on TV are women which is not significant if we bear in mind that there represent 50% of the actual population.
according to the fact that image is crucial in us TV directors tent to make the audience recognise the character by the use of stereotype so, the men character can do more than a women, sold problems without any assistance,however, for women it is always about , relationship, problem with her love life regardless the fact that she is clever and got a good position to stand for in the society another example of stereotype will be that 50% of the ccharacter on TV are wealthy which doesn't reflect the reality as we all know that it's much lower in reality and 1/3 of the character have professional jobs in reality it is only 11% of the population.
we could conclude by saying that TV is a product,people are looking for to escape from the reality to a fantasy world which can lead to confusion.

SEMINAR1: TELEVISION VIEWING HABITS AROUND THE WORLD



Since is first appearance in the 1900 no one could have guess that Television will become one of the most popular leisure in the world.
wherever you are in Iran, Japan,China,Vietnam, Thailand or France ( country of the participants) the news program is one of the most demanded.
In Iran as well as the news football is one the favourite.
TV program can affect certain people eating habits such as french who synchronise their diner time with the 8 o'clock news usually share in the living room with family or friend ; the others places in the house where this people prefer to have there TV is the children room or the kitchen where there watch in average for 3h/day same as Thailand's
in Tahiland teenagers devoted their TV time to Sitcom,Soap opera and music and Japanese cartoons are their favourite.
In Japan after lunch time cooking program get a big audience due to the tremendous number of housewife, US television have also a big influence on the Japanese people viewing habits; Reality TV shows, and soap opera are very famous.
There is no watershed in Japan and China because TV is under a strict control of the government and no indecent or violent movies is allowed; by opposition to Vietnam where you can have sex film on TV any time of the day.
in Vietnam Games shows got a very big audience for teenager music and cartoon are very demanded.

Prononciation

English prononciation if quiet hard as english poeple use stress went they speak and
schwa
http://http//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/schwa/

The bold represent the schwas in this article

BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
By Richard Fairman

On the way home from Saturday’s late-night Prom a distant clap of thunder rumbled around the sky. Somewhere up there, I thought, Karlheinz Stockhausen is still at work, conjuring awesome sounds to put in his next cosmic musical creation.
There could not have been a better occasion than the BBC Proms for a memorial concert to Stockhausen, who died at the end of last year. The audience is generally open to experimental ideas such as his and the vast Royal Albert Hall is well suited to the work of a composer afflicted with a serious case of megalomania.

http://http//corpus.byu.edu/bnc/x.asp




Expanded context:
On May 30 Honduras protested officially to El Salvador over an attack on a Honduran patrol in Honduran waters on May 23 and the violation of airspace on May 29 when, it said, a Salvadorean aircraft had dropped propaganda leaflets on refugee camps in the border area. Relations with Nicaragua were tense over the presence in Honduras of United States-financed Nicaraguan

http://http//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
To improve english prononciation you should know the phonemic symbols and learn
the sounds; the number of sound is 40

before coming to the uk people often say to me that if you want to have a good pronounciation in english you have to pronounce your T's,R's and S's for poeple who have the same understanding of prononciation like me there is exception when a /T/or /D/ are between 2 consonants they DISAPPEAR

Example: I am going nex(t) week

Lecture2: FIGHTING CRIME WITH SCIENCE

my opinion: this lecture was quiet a new approach because it was combine with a case
it was enjoyeable like a movie......

Seminar2: FIGHTING CRIME WITH SCIENCE

I REALLY LIKE SEMINAR BECAUSE IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY to everyone to express
there opinion about a topic and also push them to do some research in order to be efficient during the discussionand it also a good way to broaden our mind......

Dilek Homework
Summary of text by qoting
Rajagopalan believe that english language doesn't contribuate to the death of others "Rajagopalan K.(2005)....Then, he has gave an example of Latin America where the native languages are disappearing or replace by new onesis uch as America;in order to support his view point.

MELI - MELO ( Bits and pieces )

Interpretation of........
never say: "the minority of student feel guilty.........."
always say: " the Number of student who feel guilty about illegaly downloading music are
in minority"

For people like me with prononciation difficulties and Grammar also
Helen recommend

" English prononciation in use " ( online or book )
" English grammar in Use " ( online or Book )

The resarch report on 6 parts:
Background / Known or none known informations
Aims / aswer to the bacground,reason why doing this reseach
Method / how are going to process ( sample, data collection etc......)
Findings / result of your research
Conclusion/ the answer of the aims and the other informations you found

Passive= Auxi verb ( to be)+verb+ED/ no subject
Active= Subjective+verb+object

some expressions to help you writting your report
interestingly
however (contrast)
instead (opposed)
By far ( superlatif)
Closely (adverb)
Clearly (adverb)

to introduce new opinion
Majority, underhalf, significant, roughly etc.........
with regard to, in terms of, as for their choice,
variety to write about poeple you interview
respondent/interviewee
adverb for comment
interstingly, encouragingly,surprisingly etc......

-all of the students ( noun )
-all of us ( pronoum )
a large amount of rice ( uncountable noum )
a large number of students ( countable noun)

on line writing website
http://http//owl.english.purdue.edu/

Grammar for my finding's
-Quantifiers
Almost a.......of.......
-Qualifier
About three quaters......
as always follows by adjective

Colocation
Almost exactly+ quatifier ( exple: half.....)
never use an adjective ( exple: almost eaxctly of...)
A quater of
half of
twice/ three times as long as
as likely as
as heavy as
idetical to
the same as

it is useful to have some citation of example when you have a ot of writting to do
it help you you fill up he gap........ ( secret...........)