From several sources the advantages of a methodology based on work in groups at university have been pronounced. It is desirable to have a method to assess not only the product but also the group process. Nevertheless, the university professors,…

This paper investigates three dimensions of intellectual capital, i.e. human capital, structural capital and relational capital and their inter-relationships. For that, a model is developed, which evaluates the intellectual capital within organizations located in developing countries areas. It is applied…

This article will first give an overview of multicultural, multilingual Britain and place it within the context of community literacy. It will then discuss education reforms and policies that have aimed to place multicultural and multiple literacy at their centre…

The topic of pacing at the level of the individual class hour has received relatively little coverage in research literature.  In order to provide a research-based take on the issue, the current work surveys the existing literature, develops terminology and…

This article provides a summary of some of the key ideas of Seedhouse (2004). The study applies Conversation Analysis (CA) methodology to an extensive and varied database of language lessons from around the world and attempts to answer the question…

This article will examine the level of sustainability for companies in Continuous Improvement Management and the factors which are supporting sustainability during time, through a survey to 350 companies of Basque Autonomous Community and Navarra in June of 2009. The…

In the last 30 years of research of lean manufacturing many different questionnaires was proposed to check the degree of the use of the concept. The set of the items used changed considerably from one investigation to another one. Until…

In this work, the design, construction, calibration and compliance measurement of a universal testing machine for tension tests of materials in film geometry are presented. A commercial load cell of 220 N and sensitivity of 1.2345 mV/V is used to…

The filling kinetics of liquids in straight nano-channels of arbitrary cross-sections is discussed. We assume that the capillary force induces a fluid flow in channels characterized by their compactness, C = P2=A, where P is the perimeter and A is…

AbstractA detailed analysis is provided here of the concept, perceptions and attitudes towards native and non-native English speaking teachers. The notion that the ideal language educator is a native speaker is explained and questioned, and examples of the unfair treatment…