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PART III. PROJECTING

SELF-WORK 1

Exercise 1. Grammar to notice:

–Articles;

–Passive Voice;

–Modal Verbs ‘could’, ‘might’, ‘should’;

–Types of Questions.

Exercise 2. Which of the following steps about on-line conference participation are true or false?

1.Study the Conference Programme on-line

2.Fill in an on-line registration form

3.Call the Organising Committee to know if they are OK

4.Pay registration fee

5.Pack your bags

6.Submit your abstract for communication

Exercise 3. Study the questions in A and match them with their description in B.

Seven Basic Questions you must answer before to participate in a conference

Exercise 4. Read the passage and translate the underlined words into Russian.

Your abstract should be no more than one A5 page (14.8 × 21 cm.)

In order to assist with the review/editing of your abstract please carefully observe the following formatting and style conventions:

Layout

•Author information should be Times New Roman Italics 12 point single spaced right alignment (1). It should consist of two lines single spaced (2): your name; your department/faculty and your institution/university.

•Titles should be set one line below the title (3) and in Times New Roman Bold 12 point (4).

•The body of the abstract should be set one line below the title.

•Font (5) should be Times New Roman 12 point.

•Line spacing (6) should be 1.0.

•Text should be set justified (7), block paragraph/s (no indent) (8).

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•Margins should be set at 2.0 cm on top, bottom, right and left (9).

Style

•Place all titles of separately published works (10) (print, film, televisual and so on) in italics.

•Use double quotes (11) throughout except for quotes inside quotes (12).

•Avoid abbreviations such as “e.g.,” “i.e.,” “etc.” – that is, spell out the words (13).

•Use the em-dash (14) for dashes. The em-dash looks like this–that is, a solid double hyphen between words with no space before or after.

•Do not include footnotes (15) in your abstract. Instead weave any references (16) to authors/titles into the text of the abstract.

Exercise 5. Fill in the conference registration form.

Exercise 6. Match the visuals with the verbs to describe trends and developments.

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Exercise 7. What is plagiarism? Choose from the definitions below.

Exercise 8. Remember that the best way to avoid plagiarism is paraphrasing or writing the same using different words! Paraphrase (write in a different way) the extract given below.

At the present time logistics is one of the cornerstones of the Russian economy. However, the leading universities of the country have relatively recently begun to introduce educational programmes for future logisticians, and there is no unity in this field of knowledge so far.

(Sotova Anastasia. Problem of education of managers in logistics in Russia. – Siberian Transport University, 2013)

Exercise 9. Study the list of some typical conference questions. What types of questions can you find in the list?

1.How do you know that…?

2.What makes you say that?

3.Can you give me an example of…?

4.Has that ever happened before? How often does that happen?

5.What led up to this?

6.Who conducted the experimental work?

7.How does this system work?

8.What do you think about global mobility of engineers/managers? Is it a positive or negative phenomenon?

9.How will you use the information you obtained?

10.Is the Russian tutorial system different from European one?

11.Are there any advanced internship programs for engineers in Asian countries?

12.Did you take part in the pilot projects you have mentioned in your report?

13.Could you define the main idea of your report?

14.Why is it important to discuss the issue you spoke about?

15.Have you heard about any automated signaling systems have been implemented by Network Rail in the UK?

16.Did you mean that railways in China are more developed than in Russia? Why or why not?

17.According to information presented in your report, is the Russian Federation going to develop high-speed railways actively?

18.Can you name any foreign analogues of this technology?

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19.Could you summarise the main conclusions of your research?

20.Could you explain why it is possible to use the algorithms for automatic dispatcher without a human?

21.Which principle of effective traffic management presented in your report do you consider the most effective?

22.Could you give characteristics of the computer program you have created to estimate the optimum rail route?

23.Please summarise the main results of your research applying to Russia?

24.Could you explain the definitions that you have mentioned in your report?

Exercise 10. Prepare your own project speech. Keep in mind the following tips:

1. Your speech must:

a)be in your area of academic studies;

b)be in absolute maximum length of 4-5 minutes;

c)have a strong, well-organised introduction;

d)be organised logically;

e)include visuals (8–10 slides).

2.Type the text of your speech. Include the clichés from Appendix 8.

3.Print the text of your speech on a piece of paper. Line spacing should be 2.0 to write transcriptions for some difficult words and other necessary notes.

4.Mark the text with special intonation and pauses marks.

5.Use www.imtranslator.net to practice your pronunciation.

6.Record your speech several times to make it better. You may use special computer programmes (for example, Audition) or just the dictaphone in your mobile phone.

7.Be ready to present your report to the audience.

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PART III. PROJECTING

SELF-WORK 2

Exercise 1. Grammar to notice:

–Articles;

–Passive Voice;

–Modal Verbs ‘could’, ‘might’, ‘should’;

–Types of Questions.

Exercise 2. Study the abstract for communication below. Does it confirm to the “house style” of the conference described in exercise 4, Self-work 1? Support your answer.

Kravchenko А.D., Deshevykh А.А.

(Traffic Management Faculty, Siberian Transport University)

“Green” future of the transportation sector

Nowadays, the transportation sector is supposed to become closely related to solutions of environmental problems. Many countries worldwide face the rather conflicting needs of transport policies. Transport infrastructure improves access to job, education, leisure and other markets and obviously plays a key role in the global economy. Other concern is reducing the negative environmental impact by changing current transport policies. The most of transport modes have some economic and environmental disadvantages such as an unalterable route, air and soil pollution, noise emission and others. So, the challenge is to create flexible, environmentally friendly and cost efficient transport alternatives to prevent the negative effects of the transportation system on human health.

This problem can be solved by implementation of high technologies. European designers and engineers are now studying new public transportation concepts to offer more competitive – highspeed and an individual-oriented – vehicles as compared with present ones. Speaking about the Russian Federation, this country is just going to break ground upon implementation of new high technologies for the transportation sector. It should be noticed that new environmentally friendly vehicles are manufactured only in small quantities.

The above-named reasons prove that the best solution of the so-called “green” problem is the mass production of eco-friendly transport units: electric and hybrid vehicles, high-speed commuter trains etc. Mass eco-vehicles use could further reduce both the cost of transportation and negative environmental impact in the transportation sector.

Supervisor: Ivanova L.M., Associate Professor of Foreign Languages Department, Cand. Sc. (Education)

Exercise 3. Find synonyms to the word combinations in the box. Translate them into Russian:

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Exercise 4. Put these adjectives in the correct space in the table according to what kind of changes they describe.

Exercise 5. It is often better to use approximate numbers in presentations. Put the following words in the correct column in the table.

Exercise 6. The best way to avoid plagiarism is paraphrasing or writing the same using different words. Paraphrase (write in a different way) the extract given below.

Every business relies on the continuous and safe operation of information technology (IT) to maximize effective achievement of organizational goals. Today’s organizations face a number of challenges in managing information security. Unauthorized intrusions, infection of systems and data by viruses, denial of service (DoS) attacks, non-compliance and other threats to information security are just a few of many challenges for organizations.

It is very important to note that to protect valuable IT assets such as computers, servers, networks and to detect security threats; companies should conduct regular information security audits. However, many companies ignore this important fact and do not perform their own basic information security audits for various reasons.

(S.M. Petrov. IT internal audit: a company security risks protection. – Siberian Transport University, 2013)

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Exercise 7. What verbal stratagem (A or B) do you use 1) when you are a speaker who is responding to a question, 2) when you are a listener who is asking a question?

Exercise 8. Study the list of English clichés below. Divide them into four groups to fill in the table.

1.That's certainly true.

2.May be, but I still think that it makes sense to…

3.Yes, I do because…

4.That’s a good idea, but…

5.Well, I think…

6.Of course.

7.I think we should…

8.I disagree because

9.Excuse me, if you don't mind me saying. I think you'll find there are very good reasons for restricting the channels for some other beers.

10.No, I don’t because...

11.What do you think?

12.I’m afraid, but I disagree with you.

13.Great.

14.That's interesting you should say so and I look forward to hearing more about that in our discussions.

15.Do you think…?

16.Have you got any views on this?

17.Could you remind us some of the…

18.Thank you very much for your answer / you gave us a very clear idea about…

19.Would you agree?

20.I agree because

21.How do you feel about this?

22.That’s a good idea.

23.Yes, that’s right

24.Supposing …

25.I’m not sure about that…

26.So, it makes sense…

27.Yes, but…

28.I’m afraid…

29.That’s true, but…

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Exercise 9. Prepare your own project speech. Keep in mind the following tips:

1. Your speech must:

a)be in your area of academic studies;

b)be in absolute maximum length of 4–5 minutes;

c)have a strong, well-organised introduction;

d)be organised logically;

e)include visuals (8–10 slides).

2.Type the text of your speech. Include the clichés from Appendix 8.

3.Print the text of your speech on a piece of paper. Line spacing should be 2.0 to write transcriptions for some difficult words and other necessary notes.

4.Mark the text with special intonation and pauses marks.

5.Use www.imtranslator.net to practice your pronunciation.

6.Record your speech several times to make it better. You may use special computer programmes (for example, Audition) or just the dictaphone in your mobile phone.

7.Be ready to present your report to the audience.

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PART III. PROJECTING

SELF-WORK 3

Exercise 1. Grammar to notice:

–Articles;

–Passive Voice;

–Modal Verbs ‘could’, ‘might’, ‘should’;

–Types of Questions.

Exercise 2. Cross out the word which does not fit in the following sentences.

1.The conference will be done / be held / be organised at the Clarion Hotel, Makassar, Province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

2.We are glad to inform you that BMW is the second colleague / business partner / sponsor of MT-ITS 2013.

3.The full paper sending / submission / publishing has been postponed to 31 July 2013.

4.Welcome to the online registration / application / telephoning system for the Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference.

5.Standard registration money / fee / currency is US $ 200.

6.The conference offers a variety of networking opportunities for people / business parties / participants to establish new business contacts.

7.The conference fees include proceedings / writings / reports in electronic format.

English will be the official communication / tongue / language of the conference.

Exercise 3. Think about your project presentation and write the answers to the Seven Basic Questions given in exercise 3, Self-work 1.

Exercise 4. Read the passage about visual and answer the questions:

1.Why is using visuals in your presentation very important?

2.What clichés does the speaker use in order to present visuals?

3.Is it always enough to talk about increases and decreases while presenting graphs and diagrams?

Visuals are important in any professional presentation. But when you give a presentation in a foreign language, they are even more important. Visual information is highly memorable and reduces the amount of talking you have to do.

Visuals help you to give a lot of information in a short space of time. They snapshot situations, developments, events and processes, which would take a long time to explain in words. Good visuals speak for themselves and require little or no description, but you often need to draw your audience's attention to one or more key points before you discuss them in more detail.

You don't need to know all the names of the different types of visual in order to present them. Simply say: Have a look at this. / Take a look at this. / As you can see, here... and here.... Note, that American English prefers take (take a look, take a shower, take a break). British English prefers have (have a look, have a shower, have a break).

Sometimes it is not enough to talk about increases and decreases. You need also to draw attention to the scale and speed of the change and comment on its significance.

Exercise 5. Look at the chart. Study the words and word combinations below it. Read the passage and find the clichés used to describe the visual.

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