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Exercise 8. Answer the questions.
| 1. Do you think the questions suggested in paragraph 1 were posed by Albert Einstein? 2. What opinion is expressed in paragraph 1? Why couldn’t Albert Einstein share that opinion? 3. Why do you think the questions posed by Albert Einstein in paragraph 3 burningly interested him? 4. Comment on the idea expressed in the sentence “The road of scientific progress is frequently blocked for long periods by such errors”. 5. “Scientific progress is impossible without being concerned with the theory of knowledge.” Agree or disagree. |
Exercise 9. Translate the recommendations оn writing a research paper [2] without dictionary.
Exercise 10. Make up a written micro text using the following speech patterns:
1. I do research in the field of....
2. It is the science/a comparatively new branch of science that studies...
3. The field of science/research that I’m concerned with gathers knowledge about...
4. Remarkable advances have been made in...
5. It’s difficult/not difficult to foresee/forecast/predict...
$ Give the right variant:
1. We have interviewed all three candidates and …. we think that Joe is the most suitable person for the post.
a) in conclusion
b) all in all
c) by the way
d) at least
2.….discipline is concerned, I think it is a very good school.
a) as far as
b) as long as
c) as for
d) as regards
3. It poured with rain all week and the hotel was awful. … our holiday was a complete disaster.
a) in other words
b) as I was saying
c) anyway
d) although
4. I’ll pay for classes … you promise not to miss any.
a) unless
b) providing
c) supposing
d) after all
GLOSSARY
| ENGLISH | RUSSIAN | KAZAKH | |
| to carry on/out/ research[rɪˈsə:tʃ] | проводить/выполнять исследование | жүргізу / зерттеу өткізу | |
| to contribute to/to make a contribution [kənˈtrɪbju:t]to | вносить вклад | үлес қосу | |
| to put forward an idea | продвигать идею | идеяны алға бастыру | |
| to advance/to develop/to modify a theory[ˈθɪərɪ] | совершенствовать идею | идеяны арттыру | |
| to suggest an idea/a theory/ a hypothesis [haɪˈpɔθɪsɪs] | предлагать идею/теорию/ гипотезу | идея ұсыну/ теория/гипотеза |
| LIW | Read the poem with proper intonation and stress “The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost” [Part III, pp.178], learn it by heart. |
| Office hours | Be ready for its discussion “Computer graphics”; “The elements of a system of radio communication” [Part III, p.208]. Discussing main points of writing the student’s scientific research paper. |
References:
Main literature:
1. New English File. Advanced Student’s Book. Clive Oxenden. Christina Latham-Koenig. – Oxford University Press, 2011
Additional literature:
1. Cафроненко О.И., Макарова Ж.И., Малащенко М.В., Английский язык для магистрантов и аспирантов. М., 2005.
| HAND-OUT № 125 Discipline – English as a foreign languageCredits: 2 Advanced Level Practical lesson Lexical theme: Participation in a Conference Grammatical theme: Adding emphasis - inversion Associate professor L.B. Nagiyatova |
