http://global.britannica.com/quiz/167/measurement-mania http://www.batesville.k12.in.us/physics/phynet/aboutscience/hypotheses.html http://allpsych.com/tests/psychology/research.html http://methods.fullerton.edu/practice_quizzes.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/dida/using_ict/questionnaires/q uiz/q84750849/ http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/wishes- and-hypotheses

Module 3

Unit 1

1. Practice pronunciation and memorize basic vocabulary of Unit 1 (p. 169). You may use the following Internet resources:

http://www.lingvo-online.ru/

http://www.multitran.ru/

2.Write a report (50 80 words) to present your publishing activity. Include information about:

-the number/titles of your works;

-subject/data analyzed;

-types of publications/journals;

-literature that you referred to.

3.Practise speaking about scientific writing in the following situation: you

are asked the questions below. To assess your speaking skills you may use criteria on p. 181.http://translate.google.ru/

1.What do you know about different sources of scientific information?

2.How can you use different types of scientific literature?

3.How do you actually use them?

4.Can you describe advantages of peer-reviewed publications?

5.Comment on your own experience of publishing scientific papers.

6.What do you know about scientific journal metrics?

7.What do you think is scientific writing?

8.What requirements should a scientific paper meet?

9.What is plagiarism? Do you know the ways to avoid it?

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4.Find some sites with unreliable/reliable content. Study these web pages and prove your opinion.

5.In your group make a presentation about information search (e.g. Deep Web Search; Useful Search Engines, etc.).

6.Pick out some peer-reviewed journals for your future publication. Take into consideration journal metrics. Find out about all important requirements. You may go to:

http://scholar.google.ru/ http://elibrary.ru

Listening practice

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/be-your-own- investigative-journalist

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k2bw5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twogpmM-SfY

Online activities

http://www4.caes.hku.hk/plagiarism/self_test.asp http://jenniferrussell515.wikispaces.com/StAIR+Plagiarism+Quiz http://grammar.about.com/od/tests/a/Exercise-In-Identifying-Transitional- Expressions.htm

http://a4esl.org/a/g.html http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html http://learningcentre.usyd.edu.au/clearer_writing/index.html http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=Research-Paper-Layout- Quiz-1

http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/quizzes/lrr/nologin/lrr.quiz

Unit 2

1. Practice pronunciation and memorize basic vocabulary of Unit 2 (p. 170). You may use the following Internet resources: http://www.lingvo-online.ru/

http://www.multitran.ru/ http://translate.google.ru/

2. Write a report (50 80 words) on giving a presentation on your research topic. You should cover the following points:

- when and where you made this presentation;

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-details of presentation: its title, structure, visuals, equipment;

-assess the quality of your presentation.

3.Practise speaking about presentation of scientific results in the following situation: you are asked the questions below. To assess your speaking skills you may use criteria on p. 181.

1.Do you know the requirements that an oral scientific presentation should meet?

2.Do you find an oral presentation to be of significant importance for a researcher?

3.How can one make a good presentation on his or her research?

4.Can you share your own experience in giving presentations?

4.Draw some diagrams to represent data from your research. Practise reading these visuals.

5.Prepare and give a presentation on your research topic in your group. With your groupmates discuss strong and weak points in your presentation.

Listening practice

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/professionals-podcasts/trend- analysis http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusine ss/unit3presentations/1opening.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusine ss/unit3presentations/4tips.shtml

Online activities http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/an-introduction-to-venn- diagrams/2936.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/quiz/en38pres-l1-quiz http://adw.hct.ac.ae/site_ilc/sites_ielts/graphsite/index.htm

Unit 3

1. Practice pronunciation and memorize basic vocabulary of Unit 3 (p. 170). You may use the following Internet resources: http://www.lingvo-online.ru/

http://www.multitran.ru/ http://translate.google.ru/

2. Write a report (50 80 words) to present your actual participation in a scientific conference. You should cover the following points:

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-some details about the conference itself;

-your presentation and discussion during the session.

3.Practise speaking about methodological aspects of scientific research in the following situation: you are asked the questions below. To assess your speaking skills you may use criteria on p. 181.

1.Do you think that attending academic conferences is important for researchers?

2.What conference types of do you know?

3.What is a typical structure of an academic conference?

4.Do you know any ways to prepare for discussion at a conference?

5.Can you describe your experience of attending a scientific conference?

4.Study information from different calls for papers and pick out the upcoming conferences that you would like to attend. Pay attention to the terms and requirements. You may find these resources useful: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/ http://academic-conferences.org/conferences.htm

5.Use these resources to prepare for the conference in your group (Activity 3.11, p. 150): http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/chairing-sessions-13908566 http://english.osu.edu/graduate-studies/professionalization- opps/conferences

Listening practice http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mwwgc http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/professionals-podcasts/conference- calls http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/how/how-ask-someone-repeat-something

Online activities http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/learning_english/leap/conferences/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/tendays/intro. shtml

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