- •Южный федеральный университет о. И. Сафроненко
- •Southern Federal University
- •Предисловие
- •Contents
- •Focus on Language
- •Keep learning? Keep earning!
- •What are effective study habits?
- •Focus on Language
- •First degree courses in the uk
- •Focus on Language
- •Starting your haunt of treasures
- •A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.” Shelby Foote
- •Unexpected Discoveries
- •Metric system microscope thermometer telescope
- •Invention /discovery
- •Breakthroughs of the 20th century
- •Verb Suffixes
- •Inventor
- •Double-edged sword
- •Learning Objectives
- •In this module you will learn how:
- •Discuss
- •Environmental Hazards of the Computer Revolution
- •Comprehension check
- •Work in teams of 3. Make as many words as possible using the prefixes re-, dis-, over-, sub-, en-, up- . Compare as a class.
- •The advent of “green” computer design
- •Learning Objectives
- •Science for the Twenty-First Century
- •As old as writing
- •Discuss
- •Learning Objectives
- •Part-time Jobs vs. Holiday Jobs
- •The Experience that is shaping the rest of my life
- •Complete the table to illustrate the basic rules for backshift when transforming direct speech into reported speech.
- •What Can I Do with a Science Degree?
- •Scripts Module 1 Unit 1
- •Module 1 Unit 2
- •Module 2 Unit 1
- •Module 2 Unit 2
- •Module 3 Unit 1
- •Module 3 Unit 2
- •Module 4 Unit 1 Abacus
- •Module 4 Unit 2
- •Module 5 Unit 1
- •Module 5 Unit 2
- •Module 6 unit 1
- •Module 6 Unit 2
- •Module 7 Unit 1
- •Module 7 Unit 2
- •Interviewer
- •Interviewer
- •Interviewer
- •Keys Module 1 Unit 1
- •Module 1 Unit 2
- •Module 1 Unit 3
- •Module 2 Unit 1
- •Module 2 Unit 2
- •Comprehension check 1
- •Comprehension check 2
- •Module 2 Unit 3
- •Module 3 Unit 1
- •In the Realm of Science 2
- •Module 3 Unit 2 Reading
- •Reading Focus on language 2
- •Module 3 Unit 3
- •Module 4 Unit 1
- •Module 4Unit 2
- •Module 4 Unit 3
- •Module 5 Unit 1
- •Module 5 Unit 2
- •Unit 3 Review
- •Module 6 Unit 1
- •In the Realm of Science 1
- •Module 6 Unit 2
- •In the Realm of Science 2
- •Module 6 Unit 3
- •Module 7 Unit 1
- •Module 7 Unit 2
- •Module 7 Unit 3
Starting your haunt of treasures
The word ‘library’ is derived from Latin ‘liber’, which means "book".
A primary function of a library is to be an organized storehouse of information published throughout time. As well as finding very current information, you can also find books that are no longer published and older issues of magazines.
Items are organized so you can find all the sources on a topic. For example, when you search for a book in the library catalogue you will get a call number. The books shelved near the same call number will cover a similar topic. Librarians select books, magazines, journals, databases, and Web sites. The library collects sources considered reliable, historically relevant, and valuable.
Libraries have large collections of information on a variety of carefully
selected and organized topics. The key idea when using the library is that you are
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Magazines publish articles on topics of popular interest and
current events. The articles are written by journalists and are for
the general public. You can find print magazines at newsstands and in libraries.
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Journal articles are written by scholars in an academic or professional field. An editorial board reviews articles to decide whether they should be published. Journal articles may cover very specific topics or narrow fields of research. |
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(Adapted from http://ulibnet.mtsu.edu.html)
Comprehension check
Answer the questions.
What is the main purpose of a library?
How can a call number help you find a book you need?
Why are library sources of information considered credible?
Match the sources of information with the appropriate tips. Discuss which key words helped you to do the task.
Sources:
1 a magazine |
5 a journal |
2.a book D |
6 a newspaper |
3 an encyclopedia |
7 the Web |
4 a catalogue |
8 an article index |
Tips:
(A)
to find current information about international, national and local events
to find editorials, commentaries, expert or popular opinions
(B)
to find information or opinions about popular culture
to find up-to-date information about current events
to find general articles written for people who are not necessarily specialists in the topic area
(C)
when doing scholarly research
to find out what has been studied on your topic
to find bibliographies that point to other relevant research
(D)
when looking for a lot of information on a topic
to put your topic in context with other important issues
to find historical information
to find summaries of research to support an argument
(E)
to find current information
to link to information provided by the library over the Internet
to find information about companies
to find information from all levels of government - federal to local
to find both expert and popular opinions
(F)
when looking for background information on a topic
when trying to find key ideas, important dates or concepts
(G)
when you want to find articles on your topic in magazines, journals or newspapers
(H)
to find out sources of information the library owns on your topic
to find where a specific item is located in the library
Writing |
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Get Real |
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Go online. Subscribe to any free magazine or journal. Report back the results of the subscription. Give reasons for your choice of the periodical.
Listening |
You are going to listen to a librarian explaining students the difference between various types of periodicals. Listen to the lecture and complete the chart.
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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?
Focus on language
Read these sentences. Do they have active or passive verbs?
Magazines and journals are called periodicals because they are published on a regular or "periodic" basis.
Libraries are able to purchase one copy which can be shared by many people.
The articles in this type of periodicals may be written by a member of the editorial staff, a scholar or a freelance writer, not a subject expert.
Passive Structures Passive verbs are common when we are thinking about what is done to the person or thing that we are interested in, not about what he/she/it does.
e.g.: English is widely-spoken all over the world.
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Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
Librarians select books, magazines, journals, databases, and Web sites.
The library collects sources considered reliable, historically relevant, and
valuable.
Magazines publish articles on topics of popular interest and current events.
They are studying chemical and biochemical phenomena that occur in natural processes.
Who are they going to invite for the ceremony?
Scientists have studied a great number of harmful effects of modern civilization on the environment.
You can find a lot of useful information about our university and the degree
courses in this prospectus.
My tutor advised me to read this book from cover to cover.
Speaking |
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 centred 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 analysed and the corresponding technical solutions which have been adopted are illustrated.
What kind of information about the article is presented?
How long is it?
Does it follow any pattern?
What grammar tenses and voice are used?
What is the purpose of an abstract?
Study help
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.
How often do you read abstracts? Do you find them helpful?
In what other cases are abstracts often used?
How can readers benefit from reading an abstract?
Writing |
Search the Internet or popular science magazines to find an interesting article. Write an abstract to the article using the clichés from the Functional language box.
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Functional language: 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 …
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 … .
With a partner exchange and check each other’s abstracts.
In the Realm of Science |
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?
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, chronic, chronicle, synchronize, chronometer |
-dem- |
people |
democracy, demography, demagogue, endemic, pandemic |
-morph- |
form |
amorphous, metamorphic, morphology |
-path- |
feeling, suffering |
empathy, sympathy, apathy, apathetic, psychopathic |
-pedo-, -ped- |
child, children |
pediatrician, pedagogue |
-philo-, -phil- |
having a strong affinity or love for |
philanthropy, philharmonic, philosophy |
-phon- |
sound |
polyphonic, cacophony, phonetics |
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. |
Unit 3 Review
1. Put these instructions for truncating back a URL in the correct sequence.
a) Stop when you reach the first single / which is preceded by the domain name
portion.
b) This is the page's server or "publisher."
c) In the top Location Box, delete the end characters of the URL stopping just
before each /.
d) Press enter to see if you can see more about the author or the origins/nature
of the site providing the page.
e) Continue this process, one slash (/) at a time.
2. Rewrite the sentences passive.
a) Wilhelm Schickard made the first known adding machine.
b) MIT’s laboratories carry out a great deal of research.
c) The fact that biological sciences are more popular with school leavers than
computer science surprised me.
d) You should know the procedure of the experiment before you start doing it.
e) The NASA specialists are planning to launch a space platform to Jupiter.
f) The BBC Company has released a new documentary series about space
research.
Spot the odd one out.
library internet www database
journal magazine periodicals newspaper
Explain the difference between these pairs.
journal - magazine
biography - autobiography
author - publisher
paper - article
Divide into 5 teams. Each team completes word webs for the words information (adjectives), information (verbs), book (adjectives), knowledge (adjectives), knowledge (verbs) using its own colour marker. Mind maps are rotated every 1 minute, then the results are checked in class. The team that works out the more phrases is the winner.
Read these sayings. Comment on the one you like most.