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Finance Compare Japan with U.S.A.

FinanceComparing Japan with the U.S.A.Mika SakamotoComputer Assisted Language LearningSummer 2010Saint Michael's CollegeMika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu1

Getting StartedMika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu2How do you think about the future situation of markets in both Japan and the US?Are they going to be similar or different?How do you think they are going in coming years?

Pre Listening ExerciseVocabularycapitalismresilient guaranteemortgagebankrupt

Mika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu3demandprofitcrisisaccelerationpeek

Look up the words belowListen to InterviewsU.S.A.Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway America Bouncing Back

JapanMasahiko Mori, CEO of Mori Seiki Japan firms eye strong yen

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QuestionsAre both CEOs optimistic, pessimistic or neutral?

How do they view the future situation of the US and Japanese markets?

List the reasons these CEOs give for their views.

Listen to them again!!Mika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu5

Questions(Cont.)4. Do you agree with their perspectives toward the future markets? If not, how do you think how they are going to be? Which point or points of these CEOs perspectives are you against?

Share your perspective in your group!! Mika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu6

Language Mastery Reviews (numbers)1. 1,000,0002. 10,000,0003. 100,000,000 4. 1,000,000,000 5. 10,000,000,000 6. 100,000,000,000

Mika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu7How do you say those numbers?

Useful ResourcesMika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu

CNN MONEY. comThe New York Times8ReferencesComfort, J. , & Brieger, N. (1992). Finance. UK: Prentice Hall International Ltd.CNN.Money.com.(2010, May 1). America Bouncing Back, Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/05/01/n_buffett_full_intv.cnnmoney/You Tube. (2010, May 3). Japan Firms Eye Strong Yen, Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDffTsphpzc&feature=related

Mika Sakamoto, msakamoto@smcvt.edu9ReferencesNew York Times, Business Day, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1276538541-Xq4YcbznUzYDxQxotx8kfw CNN MONEY. com, Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/

Thank You!!

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