Part V supplement Opening phrases

1) I’ll start by describing….

2) To begin with, one can say...

3) It should be noted (mentioned, observed, emphasized, pointed out) that ...

4) It is evident (obvious, unlikely, doubtful) that...

5) I think (believe, suggest) that ...

6) What I mean (want) to say (to show, to express, to prove) is that…

7) What I (we) find in fact is that ...

8) The problem is the following…

9) As far as I can judge ...

10) As far as I know ...

11) As far as I remember…

12) In my opinion ...

13) From my point of view…

14) If I am not mistaken…

15) To tell the truth…

16) I am interested to know why...

17) I'd like to know ...

18) I have no idea…

19) It seems clear (possible, obvious, surprising, unexpected, doubtful) that ...

List of words and expressions

1) to get interested in something

2) to graduate from the University

3) to take a postgraduate course of studies

4) to take entrance examinations

5) to be a first /second year postgraduate student

6) to start the research on

7) to attend lectures / seminars in

8) to combine work with studies

9) to begin working at

10) to be a success

11) to get an appointment /a position of as an engineer, junior research worker, laboratory assistant, etc.

12) to work alone / in a team / in collaboration with / jointly with…

13) to collect and arrange the data

14) to make / carry on experiments

15) to do theoretical / experimental work

16) to consult one’s supervisor (on)

17) to do / carry on / undertake research

18) to make calculations

19) to come to the conclusion that…

20) to be through with the experimental part of the work .

21) to succeed in obtaining reliable results /data/.

22) to find it interesting /important, useful, necessary/ to investigate ...

23) to make conclusions

24) to encounter many difficulties in one’s work.

25) to overcome difficulties by using another approach

26) to justify the hypothesis

27) On the basis of my calculation …

28) I am particularly interested in …

29) The subject of my main interest is …

30) After a series of experiments on …

List of questions

1) What is your educational background? What university did you graduate from?

2) When did you graduate from the University?

3) What is your specialty / major?

4) Did you do any further studies after the graduation?

5) What activities are you engaged in at present?

6) Are you a research student or a postgraduate student/ a full-time or part-time

postgraduate student?

7) When did you take a postgraduate course? What year are you in?

8) What entrance examinations did you pass?

9) Do you attend classes in English and Philosophy?

10) Do you combine studies with your work?

11) What field of science do you carry on your research in?

12) Do you work at your thesis?

13) Who is your scientific adviser / supervisor?

14) How does your supervisor follow your work?

15) What is the subject of your thesis?

16) When and why did you get interested in the problem?

17) What is the purpose of your paper?

18) What is of particular interest in your work?

19) What are you going to prove in the course of your research?

20) What part of your dissertation have you already completed?

21) Is there much or little material published on the subject of your investigation?

22) Have you already published any articles? Where and when did you publish them? Are you going to publish any more?

23) Have you ever attended a scientific symposium (congress, conference)? What problem was it devoted to? When and where was it held?

24 Are you a theoretician or an experimenter? (Are you doing theoretical or experimental work?)

25) What do you investigate?

26) Do you work in a team or have you an individual topic?

27) What methods of investigation do you use in your work?

28) How do you collect the necessary data?

29) What do you usually do when the experiment is over?

30) What do you do with the data obtained?

31) Is it difficult to analyze the results of your experiment?

32) Do the data obtained enable you to come to important conclusions?

33) When are you supposed to defend your thesis?

34) What scientific degree will you get?

35) Where can the results of your research be used in the future?