- •О.И. Сафроненко, к.С.Петросян, с.Ю. Резникова learning to learn in english
- •Методическая записка
- •Contents
- •Unit 1 Learn How to Learn
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on Language
- •Focus on language
- •What do you think?
- •Keep learning? Keep earning!
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Study Smart, Not Hard
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •What do you think?
- •What are effective study habits?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Making the Choice of Your Life
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on Language
- •First degree courses in the uk
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Your Personal Science Odyssey
- •What do you think?
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Game “Why physics or math, etc.?”
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Secret of Success
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Thinking about what we have found!
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on language
- •“The World Wide Web: the battle for your mind at your fingertips”
- •Unit 2 Hunting for Treasures
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •Technology and Libraries
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Scientific Milestones
- •Metric system telescope compass thermometer microscope
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •Invention /discovery
- •Unexpected Discoveries
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Scientific Revolution
- •Breakthroughs of the 20th century
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Verb Suffixes
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Rules of the Lab
- •Unit 1 Global Issues
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Global Warming: Facts vs. Myths myths:
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Comprehension check
- •Focus on Language
- •Work in teams of 3. Make as many words as possible using the prefixes re-, dis-, over-, sub-, en-, up- . Compare as a class.
- •Practice
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 The 20th Century and Beyond
- •Science for the Twenty-First Century
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •As old as writing
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 2 Into the Future
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on the language
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Unit 1 Job Opportunities for Students
- •Part-time Jobs vs. Holiday Jobs
- •Comprehension check
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Unit 2 On the Job
- •What do you think?
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •What can I do with a Science degree?
- •What do you think?
- •Unit 3 Revise & Practise
- •Progress Test
- •Scripts Module 1 Unit 1 Five New Year's Resolutions for English Learners
- •Module 1 Unit 2
- •Module 2 Unit 1 a Look at Washington University
- •Module 2 Unit 1
- •Module 3 Unit 1
- •Module 3 Unit 2 Website of the Week — Universal Digital Library
- •Module 4 Unit 1
- •Module 4 Unit2 The Discoveries Behind This Year's Nobel Prizes for Science
- •Module 5 Unit 1 Cities Around the World Are 'Going Green'
- •Module 5 Unit 2 Electronic Waste
- •Is it illegal to dispose of computers in the trash?
- •Module 6 Unit 1 Scientists Receive National Medals of Science and Technology
- •Module 6 Unit 2
- •Module 7 Unit 1 Job Centre
- •Module 7 Unit 2
- •Interns Provide Free Labor, But Internships Are Not Always Free
- •Keys Module 1 Unit 1
- •Module 1 Unit 2
- •In the Realm of Science 1
- •Module 1 Unit 3
- •Module 2 Unit 1
- •Module 2 Unit 2
- •Module 2 Unit 3
- •Модуль 3 Unit 1
- •Module 3 Unit 2
- •Module 3 Unit 3
- •Module 4 Unit 1
- •Module 4 Unit 2
- •In the Realm of Science 2
- •In the Realm of Science 3
- •Module 4 Unit 3
- •Module 5 Unit 1
- •Module 5 Unit 2
- •Module 5 Unit 3
- •Module 6 Unit 1
- •In the Realm of Science 1
- •Module 6 Unit 2
- •Module 6 Unit 3
- •Module 7 Unit 1
- •Module 7 Unit 2
- •Module 7 Unit 3
- •List of materials used
- •Part-time Jobs vs. Holiday Jobs// Retrieved from e4s:co uk http://www.E4s.Co.Uk/docs/part-time-jobs.Htm
- •Internet recourses
What do you think?
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How many libraries are there in your city? Are they well equipped?
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What is the most popular library in your city? Why?
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How often do you go to a library?
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What kind of information is available in your university library?
Speaking |
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Look at the abstract of the article and answer the questions below.
“DESINING A KNOWLEDGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ARITHMETIC CONCEPTS”
Abstract – A knowledge-based learning environment, called ENIGMA, has been developed. This system is centered on an arithmetic game and is intended at being used in teaching arithmetic in primary /secondary school level (pupils from 9 to 12). The underlying pedagogical choices of the system are analyzed and the corresponding technical solutions which have been adopted are illustrated.
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What kind of information about the article is presented?
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Managing your learning
Abstract is a brief summary of a journal article or other library resource that classifies, evaluates, or describes the important points of the content Abstracts can save you time by helping you identify the best articles on your topic.
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Does it follow any pattern?
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What grammar tenses and voice are used?
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What is the purpose of an abstract?
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Who would be interested in this article?
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Work with a partner and discuss.
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How often do you read abstracts? Do you find them helpful?
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In what other cases are abstracts often used?
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How can readers benefit from reading an abstract?
Get real |
Go online. Find the guidelines on how to write an abstract. Discuss as a class and work out the ‘Golden rules’ for abstract writing.
Writing |
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Search the Internet or popular science magazines to find an interesting article. Write an abstract to the article using the clichés from the Tool box.
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Tool box: Abstract writing
The article
was written by …
was presented at …
was published in …
comes from …
reports on …
discusses …
The author
describes …
The article
informs on/about …
deals with …
considers the problem of …
The information presented in the …
is very interesting because …
The problem
is widely-discussed in the press because …
is the most up-to-date/urgent as it …
is/can be recommended
to a wide range of readers.
The article
to specialists in … .
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With a partner exchange and check each other’s abstracts.
In the Realm of Science |
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Some letters of the Greek alphabet are widely used in many natural sciences especially in mathematics. Learn how to read some of them.
Capital and small |
Name |
English equivalent |
Russian |
A α |
a [′ælfə] |
a |
альфа |
B β |
beta [′bi:tə]/[′beitə] |
b |
бета |
Γ γ |
gamma [′gæmə] |
g |
гамма |
Δ δ |
delta [′deltə] |
d |
дельта |
Λ λ |
lambda [′læmbdə] |
l |
лямбда |
Μ μ |
mu [′mju] |
m |
ми/мю |
Ξ ξ |
xi [′ksai] |
n |
кси |
Π π |
pi [′pai] |
p |
пи |
Σ σ |
sigma [′sigmə] |
s |
сигма |
Ώ ω |
omega [′oυmigə] |
o |
омега |
What other letters from the Greek alphabet are used in your subject area?
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Many English words and word parts can be traced back to the Greek language. The table below lists some common Greek roots.
Greek root |
Basic meaning |
Example words |
-anthrop- |
human |
misanthrope, philanthropy, anthropomorphic |
-chron- |
time |
anachronism, chronicle, synchronize, |
-dem- |
people |
democracy, demography, pandemic |
-morph- |
form |
amorphous, metamorphic, morphology |
-path- |
feeling, suffering |
empathy, sympathy, apathy |
-pedo-, -ped- |
child, children |
pediatrician, pedagogue |
-philo-, -phil- |
having a strong affinity or love for |
philanthropy, philharmonic, philosophy |
-phon- |
sound |
polyphonic, cacophony, phonetics |
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Read and remember some of library terms.
Article |
a contribution written by one or more persons and published in a periodical or as part of a book. |
Autobiography |
a written account of a person’s life written by that person |
Archives |
a special collection or collections that house the records of organizations, governments, universities, etc. considered worthy to be kept permanently and as nearly as possible in their original form. |
Bibliography |
a list of books and/or other materials written by one author or on one subject and having something in common with each other. |
Biography |
a written account of a person’s life. |
Call Number |
the unique numbers and letters given to each item in a library used to identify and locate the item |
Citation |
an identifying reference to a text. Usually includes the title, author, and publishing information |
Edition |
the whole number of copies of a work issued from one setting of type |
Glossary |
an alphabetical list of terms within a subject field together with definitions. |
Paper |
a piece of writing on a particular subject written by an expert in that subject and usually published in a book or journal. |
Plagiarism |
"to copy the writings of another person and publish the same as original work." |
Record |
the complete collection of related data found in an electronic catalog or index which describes a single book or article in that database |
References |
a list of publications referred to by the author of a paper or book. Also called "Works Cited" or "Bibliography." |
Subject |
the word or phrase which describes a theme of a literary work |
Truncation |
using the root word in a online search to find all items containing that root and different endings |
(Adapted from the site http://library.mtsu.edu/help/terms.php)
Unit 2 Progress Monitoring In this unit you have worked on the following vocabulary related to the topic “Information Search”
Tick (V) the points you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise. |