- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •Keep learning? Keep earning!
- •What are effective study habits?
- •Focus on Language
- •Practice
- •First degree courses in the uk
- •Focus on Language
- •Combined Science
- •Roleplay
- •Game “Why physics or math, etc.?”
- •“Starting your haunt of treasures”
- •1. How is a book organized? Put the words below in the correct order. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
- •Focus on language
- •Focus on language
- •Discuss
- •Technology and Libraries
- •A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.” Shelby Foote
- •Reading Report
- •Practice
- •It made it possible to …
- •It became possible/easy to …
- •It was a breakthrough in…
- •It found widespread application in…
- •Discuss
- •Focus on Language
- •Invention /discovery
- •1. Work with a partner. Name any accidental discoveries or inventions you have ever heard about. How did people benefit from them? Did they cause any problems?
- •Breakthroughs of the 20th century
- •Discuss
- •Do you think that scientific and technological achievements have really made the world a better place to live? Give reasons for your opinion. Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Practice
- •Double-edged sword
- •Comprehension check
- •Unit 3 Review
- •Rules of the Lab
- •Learning Objectives
- •In this module you will learn how to:
- •Comprehension check
- •3. Go back to the text and pay attention to the words in bold. Put them in the correct column that shows their function in the text.
- •Focus on language
- •Practice
- •Discuss
- •Global Warming: Facts vs. Myths myths:
- •Environmental Hazards of the Computer Revolution
- •Comprehension check
- •Make as many words as possible using the prefixes re-, dis-, over-, sub-,
- •Practice
- •The Advent of “Green” Computer Design
- •Is anything possible?
- •Into the 21st century
- •Into the Future
- •Learning Objectives
- •Science for the Twenty-First Century
- •As old as writing
- •Discuss
- •1. Read the text and give a title to it.// give it a title
- •Discuss
- •“The New Breed”
- •Introduction
- •Discuss
- •Go online. Find and read a short sci-fi story. Write a reading report. Make use of the Reading Report Form given in Module 3 Unit 2.
- •Learning Objectives
- •In this module you will learn how to:
- •Careers guidance questionnaire
- •Part-time Jobs vs. Holiday Jobs
- •The experience that is shaping the rest of my life
- •What can I do with a Science degree?
- •Interests:
1. How is a book organized? Put the words below in the correct order. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
Front cover, back cover, title, blurb, biographical details, contents page, index, bibliography, reviews, chapters.
2. You want the information below. In what part of a book would you look to
find:
the author’s name
information about the writer’s life
a brief summary of the contents to interest possible readers
suggestions for further reading on the same subject
a paragraph on a very specific point
the topic of each chapter
3. Prepare a short talk and tell your class about the first popular science book or magazine you have read. Follow these questions to guide you:
What was its title?
Who wrote it?
Where and when was it published?
How did you get it? Do you still have it or use it?
What scientific subjects were discussed? Are they still up-to-date?
What was/were the most interesting thing(s) you learnt form the book or magazine?
Did it influence your choice of the field of science?
Would you recommend this book/magazine?
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Subscribe to any free on-line magazine or journal. In class report back the results of the subscription. Give reasons for your choice of the periodical.
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1. You are going to listen to a librarian explaining students the difference between different types of periodicals. Listen to the lecture and complete the chart below.
Popular and Scholarly Sources
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Discuss
What new information have you got from the lecture on periodicals?
How can you apply this new information to your studies and life in general?
Do you think you need any additional information about library sources?