Higher education is becoming an extremely 1__element in the organization of modern society. New dimensions of economic and technological competition at the regional and global levels have 2__ to new 3__ on education in the area of research. In order to become a top-level specialist one must 4__ to be a researcher. In fact many people are 5__ about research. They have fantastic ideas and crazy notions about what research is and who 6__ it. When many of us think of research, 7__ of scientists or chemists in labs or of physicists with gigantic particle accelerators, probably pop into our minds. Is that really so? Research is a process that includes thinking up 8__ projects to work on and 9__ ways of finding answers to questions. Research is 10__ work but interesting, creative and sometimes 11__. The results of any research work can be presented in different forms but still there are some general 12__ there which a researcher must know.
| A | expressive | B | important | C | urgent | D | vitality | |
| A | led | B | caused | C | pursued | D | bring | |
| A | objections | B | offers | C | promises | D | demands | |
| A | learn | B | teach | C | instruct | D | to study | |
| A | confusing | B | mixed | C | confused | D | embarrassing | |
| A | attends | B | conducts | C | accompanies | D | carries | |
| A | paintings | B | imagination | C | images | D | models | |
| A | interesting | B | interested | C | absorbed | D | obsessed | |
| A | opening | B | inventing | C | designing | D | discovering | |
| A | hard | B | heavy | C | weighty | D | hardly | |
| A | disappointed | B | disillusioned | C | frustrating | D | sadly | |
| A | exceptions | B | codes | C | status | D | rules |
7. Give all possible derivatives of the following words:
to invent, to publish, to use, to investigate, to compute, to collect, to advise, to supervise, to report, to collaborate, science, significance, to create, to interpret, to observe, to require, to involve, success, to guide, purpose.
SECTION II
Speaking
Agree with the statements of your partner.
Example:
- Nick Maximov is a post-graduate student at the radioengineering devices department of the University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
-You are quite right. He is a post-graduate student.
| You work under Dr.Petrov, don’t you? | |
| You have graduated from the University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, haven’t you? | |
| You take part in the research carried on in your laboratory. Am I right? | |
| You have published several scientific papers in journals, haven’t you? | |
| You collaborate with your colleagues. Is it true? | |
| You have obtained valuable information, haven’t you? | |
| You want to explore your particular engineering interests further, don’t you? | |
| Publications are actually indispensable for every post-graduate student. Are you of the same opinion? | |
| Research is hard work but challenging, interesting and sometimes frustrating. What do you think of this? | |
| A scientific supervisor should be aware of the range of options available and will be able to advise on what is and is not possible. |
Disagree with the statements of your partner.
Example:
- This research student has already passed his candidate examinations, hasn’t he?
- I am afraid you are mistaken. He has only passed his exam in philosophy.
| His friend has finished the experimental part of his dissertation, hasn’t he? | |
| Your colleagues don’t assist you in your research. Am I right? | |
| The article doesn’t contain any valuable information, does it? | |
| He has already taken part in many international scientific conferences, hasn’t he? | |
| My coworker is rather an experimentator than a theoretician. Do you agree with that? | |
| He didn’t use any new method in his research. Are you of the same opinion? | |
| The supervisor’s major purpose is to teach you to write about all the problems and phenomena you are interested in. Do you agree with that? | |
| There isn’t any standard format for research papers. Is it true? | |
| A research report should be written in an informal style. Am I right? |
