- •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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What other devices/tools have changed over the centuries (over the last 50 years)?
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What do you think such changes were caused by?
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What improvements did they lead to?
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Get real |
Search the Internet and/or any popular science magazines to find information on the transformations of any device or tool in your field of study. Create a timeline to demonstrate its evolution.
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Writing |
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Managing your learning: Narrating and reporting Past tense is common. Chronological order is also common, but when we are writing about past events, it is necessary to be explicit about the order in which things happened. To show the sequence of events use dates and time as well as time/sequence expressions. |
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In the Realm of Science |
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Read the abbreviations and think of their equivalents in your native language. Use a dictionary if necessary.
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AI |
VR |
IT |
GM |
GPS |
HDTV |
HTML |
DNA |
R&D |
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Here are some of the widely-used terms in science you should know.
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Biodiversity |
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the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment. |
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Bot |
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a computer program that performs a particular task again and again many times; shortened from robot. |
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Breed |
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to make animals or plants produce young ones in a controlled way, in order to develop new and better types. |
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Cell |
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the smallest unit of living matter that can exist on its own. |
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Cellular |
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1) connected with or consisting of the cells 2) connected with a telephone system that works by radio instead of wires, e.g. a cellular network |
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Cyber |
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a prefix for things related to computers, especially the Internet, e.g. cybercafe |
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Eco-friendly |
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not harmful to the environment |
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Emission |
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the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc. |
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Food additives |
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a substance that is added in small amounts to food, in order to improve it, give it colour, make it last longer |
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Gene therapy |
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a type of medical treatment that changes someone’s genes to help them get rid of a disease or cure a medical condition. |
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Genetic engineering |
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when scientists change the genes of a person, plant or animal in order to make it stronger, healthier, bigger, more attractive, etc. |
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Genome |
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the complete set of genes in a cell or living thing |
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Gizmo |
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a general word for a small piece of equipment, often one that does sth in a new and clever way |
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Hi-definition |
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a system which provides very high quality images in more detail than ordinary images |
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Nanotech |
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short for nanotechnology - an area of science that deals with creating extremely small tools and machines |
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Placebo |
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a drug which has no physical effects, used in pharmaceutical tests to distinguish the physical effects of taking a real drug from its psychological effects. |
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Side effect |
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an extra, usually bad, occurrence caused by taking a drug. It is also used in non-medical English in a more neutral way. |
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Sci-fi |
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science-fiction |
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Wi-Fi |
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short for wireless fidelity - a system for sending data over computer networks using radio waves instead of wires |
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Unit 1. Progress Monitoring
In this unit you have worked on the following vocabulary related to the topic “Latest achievements and future developments in science”
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challenging situation
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to be instrumental to
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technological innovations
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to supply sb with sth
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to witness sth
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a key/vital factor/role
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origins of sth
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to search for ways
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evolution of sth
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crucial/critical
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to make progress
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to be indispensible for
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a momentous change
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main/major reasons
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to provide the basis for
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to survive the test of time
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to become visible
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to face sth (challenges)
Tick (V) the points you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise.
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