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A. Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings and then translate them
| Phrasal verbs | Meaning | Translation |
| 1. to turn down | a) reject | |
| 2. to turninto | b) switch off | |
| 3. to turnoff | c) start up | |
| 4. to turnon | d) result | |
| 5. toturn out | e) transform | |
| 6.toturnup | f) attend, increase the volume |
B. Fill the gaps using phrasal verbs in the correct form
1. George was offered a new job but he turned it ___.
2. I often forget to turn ___the alarm clock on a Sunday.
3. So it turns out, the inertia, which governs angular motion, scales as a fifth power of R.
4. I cant hear that news. Can you turn the radio ___, please?
5. They turned me ___ for the new position.
6. Turning ___ a computer involves three different steps.
7. Turn ___ the new version of Google presentations.
8. You should see a doctor about that cough in case it turns ___ something more serious.
C. Now make up some examples of your own.
Part V Communicating at on-line international scientific conferences
The best conferences for beginning researchers are small intimate workshops with informal contact where they canstart talking to others. Such sessions can be more effective than crowded meetings with the most famous speakers and hundreds of participants. Participating in scientific conferences and presenting research reports will develop verbal and written communicating. Starting with an elevator speech in English, answer the most common questions you will get at a conference What is your research about? What do you do? Y ou will look much more professional if you do not stumble explaining your research and answering these questions in a 30-second speech ( 8 - 10 sentences ). Speaking publically will develop your confidence.
Typical Conference Organization and Participation
Conferences are a great place to get feedback on your research from prominent experts and leaders in your field and to learn some recently emerging methods, tools and technologies. Y ou should attend scientific conferences and present your research reports. The task may be challenging but your experience will reinforce your skills. Read the text and master the appropriate vocabulary from the table below.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man
is worth a month's study of books.
The Conference procedure
Each scientific conference invites scientists worldwide to submit papers for possible presentation. Typically it starts with a First announcement and Call for Papers (CFP). The conference's website stores the text that circulates via electronic mailing lists, and announces the general objectives of the planned conference. CFP lists basic information about time, place, organizers and scientific committee. It also contains general requirements for submissions including length (from a half page abstract to a 20 page full paper), address and deadline for submission.
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A typical international conference may last 3-5 days. They may be rather exhausting in spite of this seemingly short duration, because participants are engaged in giving presentations, listening to a large number of reports with new ideas and participate in highly intellectual conversation from morning until evening.
The conference committee is responsible for producing a detailed conference program. Once all contributions have been selected, the conference committee is able to do it. Organizational arrangements will typically include registration, plenary sessions, parallel sessions and social events. Theorganizers have an obligation to announce where the participants of the conference can pay or confirm payment of the registration fee. In return, the registered receive badges identifying them as participants, the latest program, invitations to social events, and sometimes even souvenirs, etc.All the participants are expected to attend the general opening, plenary session and closing of the conference. They also may participate in any panel discussions, and talks and communicating with "invited" speakers, who are renowned experts in the domain.
Independently of the main Conference committee, chairpersons of more specialized sessions can organize parallel events with "contributing" speakers, where particular subjects are discussed. A chairperson is responsible for the focus and the selection of contributors. Parallel sessions take place simultaneously in different rooms, and can be organized only within rather meaningful conferences. Workshops or smaller conferences are held without parallel sessions.
Social eventstypically include coffee breaks, lunches, receptions, conference dinner, touristic excursions, etc.
Researchers participate in scientific conferences because they wish to be informed about the state-of-the-art. Meeting their colleagues working in the same domain researches can get reactions from peers, can present their own research and have their papers published in the conference proceedings. Moreover, face-to-face conversations convey complex, technical and novel ideas, effectively exchange a variety of experiences, establish personal relationships. In an informal setting, such as a coffee break, researchers can lay the foundation for future collaboration.
Table 13 Word List
| Words and word combinations | Translation | |
| 1. | adopt/approve a proposal | / |
| 2. | agenda item | |
| 3. | abstain | ( ); |
| 4. | ask for the floor | |
| 5. | closing/concluding remarks | |
| 6. | give smb the floor | -. , |
| 7. | charge/entrust a committee with | |
| 8. | come to the substance of the matter | |
| 9. | debate | , , ; |
| 10. | declare the discussion open | |
| 11. | draft (resolution, report) | , , |
| 12. | drafting/editorial committee | |
| 13. | draw up the program of work | ( ) |
| 14. | final/closing meeting | |
| 15. | the floor language (The main language of the conference used by a chairman or principal speakers) | |
| 16. | formal opening/ceremony/session | , , |
| 17. | found/set up a committee | |
| 18. | get, have the floor | , |
| 19. | host country | |
| 20. | include on the agenda | |
| 21. | insertion | , |
| 22. | invoke/refer to an article, document | , |
| 23. | keynote speech | |
| 24. | list of speakers | |
| 25. | Madam Chairman/Chairwoman | |
| 26. | make a proposal/submit a motion | |
| 27. | make a remark/comment | (-.) |
| 28. | make/deliver a speech | |
| 29. | meeting | |
| 30. | the meeting is called to order | |
| 31. | object | |
| 32. | opening address | |
| 33. | Panel chairmanin
his capacity as a chairman
chairman of committee
chairman of meeting 
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| 34. | plenary meeting | |
| 35. | post/job/position | ; |
| 36. | produce, prepare, draw up, draft a | |
| 37. | a report has been presented /submitted to the Committee | |
| 38. | required majority | |
| 39. | round table | |
| 40. | rules of procedure | |
| 41. | speak for/against a proposal | / |
| 42. | survey, review | |
| 43. | take into consideration | |
| 44. | take the floor/speak | |
| 45. | take the minutes | |
| 46. | timetable/schedule | , |
| 47. | verbatim record | |
| 48. | vice-chairman, vice-president | |
| 49. | withdraw a proposal | |
| Would anyone else like to take the floor?/ Are there any other speakers? Are there any further contributions? | ? ? |
Exercise 5.1.1
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To get ready for communicating at any conference a postgraduate student should prepare the so-called 30 Second Elevator Speech introducing him to the audience. This clear message will communicate who he is, what he is investigating, how he can be interesting to others. To get comfortable with what you have to say look through the following key questions and prepare your speech. To sound natural and breeze through it when the time comes memorize your speech and practice it aloud with your group mate. Do not rush, your elevator speech has to flow natural and smoothly.
1. Who are you? Tell personal information relevant to your research. Describe you, your major skills, your department (laboratory, company, etc.)
2. What is your background? Tell rather briefly; mention your education and occupation.
3. What are you investigating? Describe your research and career goals.
4. What problems have you solved? What contributions have you made?
5. Do you have any special patents or technology?
6. Could you offer any vivid example or tell a short story to show the uniqueness of your work.
7. What makes you different from other colleagues?
8. Are you in a job-hunting situation to use your research skills?
Exercise 5.1.2
All the papers submitted for publication have to meet some established requirements. Papers should be submitted both in hard and soft copy and contain a certain number of pages that should be typed using size 12 font and single-space lines. The optimal volume of the paper may be up to 20 000 characters including spaces. The author must sign his paper with the clarification of his signature and indication of the signature date. The paper must be followed by the Scientific Committees recommendation. The Head of the establishment should sign it and certify by the seal. The author is responsible for the completeness and adequacy of citation in his papers, as well as for the publication of materials borrowed without referencing their source. Read the text and discuss with your group mates the procedure of paper selection.
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To participate in the conference, you should address the organizers and submit a paper to them usually 3-4 months before the start of the conference. The members of the scientific committee will get your paper for refereeing. Looking through referee report and considering the number of available slots in the program, the conference chair will decide whether your paper can be accepted or not. When you get an acceptance message before a fixed deadline, you can ask for conference registration. Keep in mind, that travel and accommodation can be rather expensive. Effective conference participation implies presenting a paper; otherwise, a participant cannot get any travel allowances or publication.
Your paper can be rejected for oral presentation, but it can be accepted as a poster. In this case, you will produce a large format text with illustrations, nice for visual inspection. Your poster will be hung on walls or panels, and you, standing near it at a designated time, will answer eventual questions about your work. Posters are used to present your research, without taking time in the conference schedule. Moreover, the typical time slot in a conference for presenting a paper (about 20 minutes) is too short to effectively convey complex, technical and novel ideas. A poster presentation may create sufficient interest so that listeners get motivated to investigate the work further, to contact the speakers, or to read their papers.
To be published in the conference proceedings you may be asked to prepare a final document version of your paper or poster. Proceedings can be published either as stand-alone volumes or electronically on the web. Final versions, which are corrected, extended and more polished, compared to initial submissions, may be turned into special issues of journals. Typically, they may need to fulfill detailed formatting requirements. Papers, admitted for examination, must not be published elsewhere earlier and are not intended for publication in other journals.
There are other methods to present your research, For instance using preprints on the web, that demand less time and money than travelling to conferences. On the other hand, publication typically happens more quickly and easily via proceedings, where there is a tight deadline, than via journals. Research impact in publication can be measured quantitatively by citation counting, journal impact factors and a personal H-index as well as other metrics.
