You want to know:

• if he/she has chosen a theme for his/her undergraduate essay or graduation paper

• what scientific problem he/she deals with in his/her essay

• what he/she should do to write his/her undergraduate /graduation paper

• if he/she tries to express his/her own opinion on the problem

• if he/she is going to try his/her hand at writing an article

• why your fellow-student tries to take part at student scientific conferences

• if he/she is engrossed in his/her research work or not

• what he/she usually does in the laboratory

• how his/her practical work helps him/her in doing his/her research work

• if he/she is going to take post-graduate courses in the future

• what field he is going to major in

• how many articles a post-graduate student must publish before presenting his/her thesis

• what exams the minimum requirements for the Candidate’s degree include

• if he/she has good command of English

• why he/she must go on mastering English after graduating from the Academy

Exercise 9. Make up the plan of the text.

Exercise 10. Retell the text using your plan.

Exercise 11. Compare your group-mate’s research work with that of yours. Do it in pairs using

the models. Ask as many questions as you can.

Model 1: (Ask general questions).

• Student 1: The theme of my undergraduate essay is dealing with the problem of

veterinary surgery. Have you chosen the theme for your undergraduate essay

already?

• Student 2: Yes, I have. I have been given an interesting problem to solve. This problem to

my mind is of great importance.

Model 2: (Ask special questions).

• Student 1: I am working at the undergraduate essay dealing with accounting. What

scientific problem are you dealing with?

• Student 2: As for me, I’m going to do research dealing with management.

Model 3: (Ask alternative questions).

• Student 1: I have to work hard to achieve necessary scientific results. That is why I spend

a lot of time in the reading rooms and libraries. Do you spend a lot of time in

the libraries or in the Internet?

• Student 2: As for me, I have to follow the latest information in the specialized field. That

Is why I devote more time to working in the Internet.

Model 4: (Ask disjunctive questions).

• Student 1: I’ve heard you collected additional materials for your research during your

practical work, didn’t you?

• Student 2: I did. Interesting results achieved in the process of this research will be

described in the article I am going to write.

Учебно-методическое издание

Составители: Вера Борисовна Санданова

Наталья Валерьевна Индосова

Виктория Дугаровна Надмидон

Маргарита Алексеевна Моксоева

Валентина Афанасьевна Кульга

Марина Михайловна Тапхарова

Сэсэгма Ильинична Гармаева

Устные разговорные темы

по английскому языку для студентов 1-2 курсов

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