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Give words corresponding to the following definitions.

1) a body of persons employed in an institute, laboratory, etc.

2) an ability to do something expertly and well

3) a method of doing something expertly

4) the regular order of doing things

5) a careful examination of a subject in order to find out new facts about it, or a new way of describing, understanding, using it

6) an account or description of events, experiences, achievements

7) a scientific contribution to be read to a learned society

8) a complete piece of a scientific writing published in a periodical

 

Complete each of the following sentences with what you remember from the text.

1) Postgraduates and researchers undertake ...

2) A higher degree thesis must show ...

3) While pursuing your program, you will ...

4) Your research may be ...

5) The supervisor will help you to ...

6) He will also make...

7) With his assistance you prepare ...

8) Your thesis should meet ...

9) You will meet your supervisor to ...

10) You submit your thesis to ...

 

Rephrase the following.

1) You will do your research under the supervision of a staff member who holds a senior doctorate.

2) Your thesis should show that you have employed the most suitable techniques and the procedures are of a high academic standard.

3) You will take qualifying exams in the core subjects of your field.

4) He will help you to select a promising topic likely to produce significant results in the appointed period of time.

5) You prepare articles and papers on matters relevant to your investigation.

Answer the following questions.

1) What is a research student supposed to do during his post-graduate course?

2) What requirements should a higher degree thesis meet?

3) What does supervision involve?

4) How do postgraduates report the progress of their work?

5) What should the examinations taken by postgraduates prove?

6) What body has the authority to award an academic degree in this country?

 

GUIDED CONVERSATION. Step I.

 

3.1. How do you express your OPINION about something? Here are some ways to do it.

I think /believe /suppose /feel that ...

In my opinion ... /in my view…

My understanding is that ...

As to (for) me, …

Answer the following questions giving your opinion. Use the words and word combinations below.

1) What do you think about the problem of air pollution?

2) What is your attitude to the theories of the origin of life?

3) What in your view is the importance of great theories in world science?

4) What do you think about the problem of the origin of the Moon?

5) What in your opinion may be the significance of the research you’re conducting?

6) What are the most pressing problems in your field at present?

7) What can you say about the experimental facilities in your branch of science?

8) What is your opinion about the future of the research being conducted by you and your colleagues?



(important, challenging, stimulating, fundamental, out-of-date, to be of little /great interest to me, to be of great significance, to have (great) impact on sth., to affect sth., to stimulate, hard to say, to need improvement, to pave the way to further progress, not an easy question to answer)

 

3.2. If during a talk or a discussion you want to ILLUSTRATE what you say you may use:


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