GUIDED CONVERSATION. Step II.

Respond to the following using

to express disagreement:

a) I'm afraid you are wrong. It depends

I can't agree with you. It could be true in a sense

You are not quite right. I think it's wrong.

to express agreement:

b) You are quite right. That’s correct.

That's true. I quite agree with you.

to give additional information:

c) Besides, …; Moreover,…;

In addition, …; I would also mention…;

I can also say that ...; Here I would also add that ...

1) Scientists are under the pressure to deliver the right results at the right time, to keep costs down, to win the next grant, or to extend a temporary contract of employment.

2) Scientific performance is low where the chief alone sets the scientist's assignments.

3) The World Web is an infinite source of information, so slight modification of the available data may be all you need. Why work hard?

4) Women who do science or politics are those who failed in family.

Given below are some recommendations to a research director of a lab. Express your opinion and give comments based on your experience.

GOOD MANAGEMENT

How to build the individual’s pride in his work? Here are some ways to do it successfully.

1) Make sure a researcher has a chance two or three times a year to tell a gathering of colleagues what he is up to, where he has come from, and where he plans to. Let him meet face-to-face with higher executives or research users who can point out the mountains to be climbed – and then let him climb.

2) If has no recent report or paper or patent in which he can take pride of authorship, get him to produce one that bears his own name (with not more than one or two co-authors).

3) If output takes the form of designs rather than of papers or reports, let these be signed by the actual designers. Identify the subparts to which each individual has contributed.

4) Base monetary and status awards not just on the opinion of the individual’s immediate supervisor, but give major weight to evaluations by colleague panels of actual work accomplished. Let the individual demonstrate his claim to their respect by reports, papers, or designs he has authored, or by his presentations at colleague seminars.

4.3. Respond to the following using:

Being a researcher, which of the opportunities would you consider most important ones?

to make full use of my present knowledge and skills;

to gain new knowledge and skills;

to earn a good salary and to win awards;

to build my professional reputation and career;

to have a name as a scientist;

to work on challenging problems;

to contribute to broad technical knowledge in my field;

to have a discovery (method, principle, etc.) named after me;

to be an example for my son /daughter to follow;

to make a groundbreaking discovery.

b) I believe/think/feel that ...; As for me ...; I would say ...

Listed below are several sources from which projects can originate. What sources offer you the most stimulus to perform well?

my immediate supervisor; my fellow workers;

higher-up research supervisors;

my own previous work or plans;

problems arising in technical applications;

my own curiosity; ambitions I have.

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