abstract the present study was conducted to examine the effect of proficiency on students interaction while carrying out the grammar-based task(s) in collaboration. in particular, the study examines whether the level of proficiency affects the learners’ focus of attention to grammatical and lexical features. the study takes a further step and examines whether there is any difference in the use...

Studies show that private sector organizations in many developed countries utilize Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Management theories indicate that BPR has spilled over to these countries' public organizations as well. While defining BPR and its methodology, this article focuses on characteristic features of state-owned organizations and on how these features impact the implementation o...

after the soviet union dissolution, a chaotic period was begun in the russia. russia lost its glory and felt disgrace. the first group of elites came to power under yeltsin; they tried to re-define russia’s identity as a european country and build a foreign policy on this baseline. therefore russia tried to become closer with the west especially with the u.s. according to their view the sovie...