Unit 2. Becoming a member of an academic community

1. When you get feedback,

1. an activity of meeting and talking to people to exchange information and advice about work or interests.

2. If you unaware of something,

2. an activity of being with and talking to other people, and the way that people react to each other.

3. Fully-fledged means

3. a group of people who have the same interests.

4. A sounding board is

4. someone who listens to your ideas/opinions and tells you whether they are good or not.

5. A conduit is

5. having completely developed.

6. An interaction is

6. a means of transmitting or distributing.

7. Networking is

7. the advantages that it brings to people.

8. A forum is

8. an important problem or subject that people are discussing or arguing about.

9. A community is

9. you get comments about something that you have done or made.

10. An issue is

10. you do not know about it.

11. The benefits of something are

11. a place or event in which people exchange ideas and discuss things.

1. to get connected with

1. to consider, to reflect on

2. to mull over

2. to concern

3. to incorporate into

3. to explain

4. to grow into

4. to make profit of

5. to benefit from

5. to go deep into

6. to immerse

6. to include

7. to be engaged in

7. to become

8. to hold

8. to be the same as

9. to clarify

9. to conduct

10. to align with

10. to network

a) Local chapters and SIGs

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b) Conferences

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c) Creating a support group

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d) Networking on the internet

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e) Research seminars

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f) Networking in person

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