- •1.1 Study the text below and answer the following questions:
- •1.2 Make up English-Russian pairs of words equivalent in meaning:
- •1.3 Form nouns by adding suffixes. Read and translate them:
- •1.4 Find synonyms in the list below, arrange them in pairs:
- •1.5. Find antonyms in the list below, arrange them in pairs:
- •1.6 Read the text to find the answers to the following questions:
- •Read passage 3 and speak about your research adviser according to the following plan:
- •Skim the text about the nature of research. Find an appropriate heading for each paragraph.
- •Scan the text and write the number of the paragraph where you can find the following information. Do it as quickly as possible.
- •Find Russian equivalents of the English words used in the text.
- •Look through the text again and find the words which mean the same. The paragraph numbers are given in brackets.
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the use of the word ′research′.
- •2.1 Read the text to find out the information about a scientific conference and its participants Overview of Steps
- •Tips for applying for conference bursaries/sponsored places
- •2.2 Match English words and word-combinations with the corresponding Russian ones:
- •2.3 Arrange in pairs the words which are close in meaning:
- •2.4 Arrange the following words in pairs of antonyms:
- •2.5 Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the Subjunctive Mood:
- •2.6 Translate the sentences below using the given word-combinations
- •2.7 Answer the following questions so that the answers would make a comprehensive account of your participation in the work of some scientific gathering:
- •2.8 Read the text and give Russian equivalents to the underlined words and word -combinations. Find the answers to the following questions:
- •2.9 Study the text below. Give Russian equivalents of the underlined words and word-combinations.
- •2.10 Read the text again and find the answers to the following questions:
- •2.11 Match the English word-combinations with their Russian equivalents:
- •Comprehension check. Answer the following questions:
- •Find Russian equivalents of the English words used in the text.
- •3. Make up English-Russian pairs of the word groups equivalent in meaning.
- •4. In the sentences below recognize the words that are semantically similar and give their Russian equivalents.
- •5. Translate the following free word groups into Russian.
- •Unit 3. Dissertation research and writing
- •3.1 Study the text below and answer the following questions: t hesis
- •Structure
- •Thesis committee
- •3.1 Study the text below and answer the following questions:
- •3.2 Make up English-Russian pairs of words equivalent in meaning:
- •3.3 Match terms in column a with their definitions in column b.
- •3.4 Translate in italics.The following sentences into Russian paying attention to the word
- •3.5 Substitute the words in bold with the synonyms from the text.
- •3.6 Agree or disagree to the following statements:
- •3.7 Work in pairs. Give a detailed account of your University, research and activity. The questions below may guide you in your talk.
- •Dissertation research and writing--- not an easy task
- •The stage of “thinking about” what and how to write in your dissertation
- •Dissertation writing and research proposal guidelines.
- •Use the words in bold type in the sentences of your own.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Unit 4. Choosing a topic for a dissertation
- •4.1 Read different points of view of some scholars on the problem of choosing a dissertation topic h ow does one choose a dissertation topic?
- •4.1 What adjectives would you use in characterizing the position occupied by:
- •4.2 Match a word in column a with its meaning in Column b
- •4.3 Choose the appropriate ending to the beginning of the phrases from the text
- •4. 5 Make up singular-plural pairs
- •4.6 Make up English-Russian pairs of word groups equivalent in meaning
- •4.7 Find three words meaning “в настоящее время”
- •4.8 You will find some quotes by famous people about dissertations. Agree or disagree with them. If these ideas don't mean anything to you now, revisit them after you finish writing a dissertation.
- •How To Write a Dissertation or Bedtime Reading For People Who Do Not Have Time To Sleep
- •What One Should Learn From The Exercise:
- •A Rule Of Thumb:
- •Definitions and Terminology:
- •Terms and Phrases to Avoid:
- •Focus On Results and Not The People/Circumstances
- •In Which They Were Obtained:
- •Avoid Self-Assessment (both praise and criticism):
- •References to Extant Work:
- •Concept vs. Instance:
- •Terminology for Concepts and Abstractions
- •Knowledge vs. Data
- •Cause and Effect:
- •Drawing Only Warranted Conclusions:
- •Politics and Science:
- •Canonical Organization:
- •Key To Success:
- •Insert the words:
- •Turn Interests into Questions
- •Unit 5 computer technologies
- •In doing research
- •5.1 Read the text to find out the information about the role of computers in a scientific research and answer the questions below: role of computers in research
- •The Role of Computer in Conceptual Phase
- •Role of Computers in Design and Planning Phase
- •Role of Computers in Empirical Phase
- •Role of Computers in Data Analysis
- •Pole of Computers in Research Dissemination.
- •5.2 Read the following international words and try to guess their meaning
- •Find pairs of words with the opposite meaning
- •Make the following words negative adding the appropriate prefix: im – ir – un – il – dis – mis – de – re
- •5.9 Read and translate the following words and word combinations
- •5.10 Read and translate the text
- •Internet
- •Look through the text and do the tasks to it
- •2. Translate the following combinations into English and use them in the sentences of your own
- •3. Translate into English
- •4. Speak about:
- •5. Skim through the text and say what it is about
- •Read the text about the international collaboration. Translate the phrases in bold type.
- •Unit 6. Academic article
- •6.1 Study the text below and answer the following questions: abstracts
- •Keywords
- •6.2 Match the following words and word-combinations used for retelling of the article and its summarizing.
- •6.3 Finish up the sentences with the words true to one of your article.
- •6.4 Make a summary of any article you are interested in using the summarizing algorithm
- •6.5 Correspond the Latin/Greek root with its meaning and the appropriate derivative.
- •6.6 Study the following abstracts in Russian and English and compare them.
- •6.7 Translate the phrases recommended for writing abstract.
- •6.8 Translate the following sentences paying attention to the context in which the words in bold used
- •6.9 Read and translate the sentences with numbers
- •6.10 Translate the following phrases
- •Why undertake postgraduate study?
- •I Really Enjoy My Subject
- •I Need It to Pursue My Chosen Career
- •I Don’t Know What to Do – This Will Give Me More Time to Decide
- •Apart from the above reasons you may have some others worth mentioning. Put them down in the order of preference in writing.
- •7.1 Study the examples below for ideas on what to include in a book review. Give the reasons why you think the books might be useful for readers
- •Economic Concepts for the Social Sciences
- •7.2 Read the following sentences and translate them into Russian paying special attention to the underlined parts. Discuss with your fellow-student the books described above.
- •7.3 Speak about the book you are reading (or have recently read). Use the words and word-combinations in your description.
- •7.4 Ask your fellow student the following questions. Work in pairs.
- •7.5 Translate into English
- •7.6 Use the following expressions in your own sentences
- •7.7 Ask your fellow-student the following questions. Work in pairs
- •7.13 Read the book review and be ready to answer the questions that follow
- •7.14 Answer the following questions about the book and review given above
- •7.15 Write a review of a book you would like to recommend to your fellow-students. Bring the book to class for the students to browse through while you talk about it. The points to be covered:
- •7.16 Speak about your own publications. Use the following questions as a guide for your talk.
- •1. Skim the text about critical literature review. Find an appropriate heading for each paragraph.
- •Find Russian equivalents of the English words used in the text.
- •Fill in the blanks in the text using the phrases from the box.
- •Give adequate Russian equivalents of the italicized words:
- •Unit 8 plagiarism
- •Лингвистический аспект
- •8.1 Read the text to find out the information about a very serious and widespread problem of plagiarism. Plagiarism
- •Common forms of student plagiarism
- •Match English words and word-combinations with the corresponding Russian ones:
- •Understand what doesn't need to be cited.
- •8.7 Translate into English.
- •8.8 Choose the right words:
- •8.9 What do the underlined words from the text refer to?
- •8.10 Study the following list of prefixes and then match the terms at the left below with their meanings at the right. You will not use all the meanings listed.
- •Plagiarism Is Not a Big Moral Deal
- •Match the words with their definitions
- •Find the following word-combinations in the text and say I what contexts they were used. Use them in your own sentences.
- •Education-oriented languages
- •Seismic Shift
- •Mathematicians Solve 140-Year-Old Boltzmann Equation
- •Earth sciences
- •Pedagogy: art, science or craft?
- •Have Political Parties Lost Their Power? Yes.
- •Applied psychology
- •Contemporary economic sociology
- •Physical education is key to improving a child's confidence, brainpower and long-term health
- •What does it mean to say somebody is bilingual?
- •The conservation of matter
- •Keynesian analysis. The problem of coordination
- •Methodological considerations in contemporary comparative law
- •Оглавление
- •Введение в экотуризм: успехи первых 25 лет
- •Словарь
- •My research work
5.9 Read and translate the following words and word combinations
to supersede, acquisition, unlimited access, capability, such as, access to networks, significant factor, primarily, by means of.
5.10 Read and translate the text
Internet
In the last years the classical function of libraries has been more and more superseded by various electronic information systems which enable exchange, acquisition and transmission of information, searching, processing and storage of data and reviewing and lending of library material. As to their resources and unlimited access, no classical library at present can be compared with their capabilities of providing information.
Generally speaking Internet is a global library. However, it is well known that it enables several different services, such as e-mail and access to distant computers and networks. So far, e-mail has been a significant factor in all areas of the Internet. Users of Internet may search for various data, exchange information and communicate with other users of Internet primarily by means of search engines such as Excite, Magellan, Point, Inktoml, Alta Vista, InfoSeek, Lycos, Open Text Index, Webcrawler, Yahoo, etc.
5.11 Find in the text and translate the following combinations
заменяется различными электронно-информационными системами;
накопление и передача информации;
поиск, обработка и хранение данных;
неограниченный доступ;
способность обеспечивать информацией;
вообще говоря;
до сих пор, пока это.
5.12 Choose the sentences in which it is said about
1 Как изменяется классическая функция библиотек.
2 Какие услуги предоставляет Internet.
3 Как могут обмениваться информацией и общаться друг с другом пользователи Internet.
5.13 Answer the following questions
How has the classical function of libraries been changed?
What services does Internet enable?
What may users of Internet search?
5.14 Translate and solve the following mathematical problems
If 9 is subtracted from five times a certain number, the result is 21. Find the number.
Twice a number plus 4 is the same as three times the number minus 2. Find the number.
The number of non-smokers has gone up 60 % in the last six months. If the number of non-smokers at our institute today is 1920, what was the number six months ago?
Profits for the Hammer Company fell 14 % from the first Quarter to the Second Quarter of the year. If the Second Quarter profits were $ 129,000, what were the First Quarter profits.
Candidates A, B and C were in an election in which 1000 votes were cast. Candidate A received 35% of the votes. Candidate D received 52 more votes than candidate C. Who won the election?
Additional reading
Look through the text and do the tasks to it
The Internet is the latest jewel in the crown of information technology. Also known as the information super-highway, it is an international infrastructure used for data communication which is becoming as popular and relied upon as the telephone.
The important characteristic of the Internet is its speed of information flow. Hence e-mail (electronic mail) travels much faster and is thus much preferred than traditional paper mail (also known as snail-mail). E- mail is also beginning to replace many phone calls. This is because e-mail allows the senders the ability to edit information before they post it. Also, e-mail allows the receiver to answer at their own leisure.
Another beneficial feature of the Internet is that being supported mostly by academic and nonprofit organizations, the information is free (after an initial connection fee). This means that this technology is not greatly restricted to or dominated by any particular economic class. In fact, the huge amount of competition between Internet service providers means that the costs related to net-usage are even beginning to decline. The fact that the information is free to the end-user has also sparked a great deal of commercial interest. Many companies are investing time and money into net-advertisements. They hope that their free promotional material can tap into the new consumer market of the computer-user.
The Internet is also beginning to replace libraries as sources of research information. This is because it is current, very generalized for public consumption. The net is also better than libraries for educational reasons. Its interactive nature encourages and motivates students more into learning. The only draw-back is that the information is not as reliable and there are often difficulties in accessing and collecting electronic information, e.g. the crashing of computer servers.