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Some links to start your search for news articles.

General:

• Google news - New Zealand
• Google news - Australia
• Google news - South Africa
• Google news - United Kingdom
• Google news - United States
• Google news - Canada

National news sources:

• New Zealand Herald
• Sydney Morning Herald
• New York Times
• The Guardian
• BBC

Easier stories:

• Ananova

In order to improve your English skills, you need to read the English press on a regular basis.

So, every 5 weeks you must hand in a folio with five articles including the following:

• a copy of each news article - see "reading log resources"
• 15 key and new words and their translation
• a summary of the article (50 words)

Please note that:

• the articles must be published after the 1st of September 2009
• they must be written in English and taken from an English language site/magazine...
• you must include the publishing date and source

French-English dictionary: wordreference.com
Definitions, synonyms, antonyms: dictionary.reference.com/
Bulk translators: Google translation ; Reverso

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Managers and senior executives:

Chairman / Chairwoman / President / Chief Executive / Managing Director

Chief financial officer / Finance director

Marketing director / manager

Human Resources director

IT director

Research director

Middle managers:

Account department manager

Sales manager

Customer services manager

Office manager

Production manager

Logistics manager

Distribution manager

Staff

PA for managing director

Accountant

Sales Representative

Customer services representative

Quality supervisor

Software engineer

Maintenance

Answer the following questions :

1. What skills have you got?
2. Which sector of activity are you interested in?
3. What product or services are you interested in developing?
4. What is their use?
5. Define your potential market (who, where...)
6. How you will you sell your products/services?
7. Where you are going to set up your business and why?
8. Who is going to be in charge? Describe the management team and each person's title and responsibility.
9. How many outlets/branches does your company have?
10. How many employees?

Write a project outline:

• What? Why? Who? Where?