- •Государственное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Сибирский государственный аэрокосмический университет
- •Preface
- •Credits
- •Table of contents
- •Unit 1 what is science?
- •Part 1: principles of effective reading
- •Skimming: for getting the gist of something
- •Detailed reading: for extracting information accurately
- •Text a the discovery of X-rays
- •Text b call for tolerance towards some 'stem cell tourism'
- •Text c general guidelines
- •Part 2: oral or written?
- •Group 1
- •The academic audience
- •Levels of formality
- •The range of formality Technical → Formal → Informal → Colloquial
- •Part 3: what is science?
- •What is science?
- •Part 4: technology: pros & cons
- •Part 5:listening for academic purposes
- •The Computer Jungle
- •Unit 2 science to life: between the lines
- •Part 1: how effectively can you read?
- •Reading skills for academic study
- •Using the title
- •Part 2: paragraph development and topic sentences
- •Text a Science and Technology
- •Text c Research: Fundamental and Applied, and the Public
- •Part 3: scientists' brain drain Task 16. You are going to read a magazine article (Text a). Choose the most suitable heading from the list (1 – 9) for each part (a – j) of an article
- •Text a highlights of the north
- •Text b bio tech brain drain: are too many talented scientists leaving the southeast?
- •Part 4 reading skills for success
- •Reading skills for success: a guide to academic texts
- •Collocations
- •Part 5: listening for academic purposes
- •Going Digital: The Future of College Textbooks?
- •Part 6: grammar review sentence structure
- •1. Simple sentence:
- •2. Compound sentence:
- •3. Complex sentence:
- •Unit 3 order of importance
- •Part 1 academic vocabulary
- •C a social occasion to which people are invited in order to eat, drink and enjoy themselves
- •A a way of dealing with a problem, an answer
- •Part 2 Coherence
- •The importance of stupidity in scientific research
- •Consumerism is 'eating the future'
- •Now fly me to the asteroids as well
- •Cohesion: Using Repetition and Reference Words to Emphasize Key Ideas in Your Writing
- •Repetition of Key Words
- •Rotation may solve cosmic mystery
- •Part 3 writing & speaking fundamentals
- •Article 1 shapefile technical description
- •Article 2
- •Article 3
- •Article 4 disposable containers for a disposable society
- •Article 5 knowledge, theory, and classification
- •The table of the useful vocabulary
- •Part 4: listening for academic purposes
- •Part 5:grammar review (punctuation)
- •Unit 4 matter of perspectives
- •Part 1 mistakes and negligence
- •Text a mistakes and negligence
- •(1) Changing Knowledge
- •(2) Discovering an Error
- •Part 2 Comparison and Contrast
- •Part 3 listening for academic purposes
- •Recognising lecture structure
- •1. Introducing
- •Unit 5 research misconduct
- •A Breach of Trust
- •Task 4. Study the second case.
- •Treatment of Misconduct by a Journal
- •Part 2 reading skills for academic study: note-taking
- •How to take notes
- •Part 3 preparing an abstract
- •Abstract 1 The hydrodynamics of dolphin drafting
- •Abstract 2 Recomputing Coverage Information to Assist Regression Testing
- •Abstract 3 Methods for determining best multispectral bands using hyper spectral data
- •Abstracts and introductions compared
- •Introduction
- •Introduction
- •Text a The Biosphere: Its Definition, Evolution and Possible Future
- •Introduction
- •Text b The Environment: Problems and Solution
- •Text d The Biosphere: Natural, Man-Disturbed and Man-Initiated Cycles
- •Part 4 listening for academic purposes Giving background information
- •Showing importance/Emphasising
- •Unit 6 finding meaning in literature
- •The Selection of Data
- •Lexical & grammar review
- •Part 2 avoiding plagiarism
- •3. Plagiarism!
- •4. Plagiarism is bad!!
- •5. The importance of recognizing the plagiarism
- •Is It Plagiarism?
- •Part 3 evaluating sources
- •Sample mla Annotation
- •Sample apa Annotation
- •Task 22. Analyse an extract of the following annotated bibliography. Define its format.
- •Ethics in the physical sciences course outline and reference books
- •Philosophy
- •The life of a scientist
- •Ethics for scientists
- •A few cautionary notes on saving Web materials
- •Unit 7 writing & publishing Objectives
- •Part 1 sharing of research results
- •The Race to Publish
- •Part 2 how to read an academic article
- •Article 1
- •50 Million chemicals and counting
- •Article 2 sun is setting on incandescent era
- •How to read a scientific article
- •Part 3 how to write an academic article
- •Publication Practices
- •Restrictions on Peer Review and the Flow of Scientific Information
- •Guidelines for Writing a Scientific Article
- •Part 4 listening for academic purposes
Part 5:listening for academic purposes
Task 36. Listen to the first part of the lecture. It focuses on the differences between listening to the lectures and listening in everyday situations. Take notes of the lecture. When you have finished listening and taking notes, use your notes to complete the chart.
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Task 37. Listen to the second part of the lecture and take the notes to answer the comprehension questions.
1. What are the four things that a listener needs to do in order to comprehend a lecture efficiently?
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2. In addition to words, what other features of language carry meaning?
a. ______________________________ c. _________________________________
b. ______________________________ d. _________________________________
3. Give two reasons why listeners must predict while listening to lectures.
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4. There are two types of predictions that people make when listening to a lecture. What are they?
a. ______________________________ b._________________________________
5. To add information to the lecturer’s words, what kind of knowledge do listeners use?
a. ______________________________ b._________________________________
6. Give two reasons why listeners must evaluate while listening to lectures.
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Task 38. Listen to the statements containing numbers. Write the numbers that you hear.
1. Michelangelo: born in ____________.
2. Georgia O’Keeffe: born in _____; died in _______.
3. 1 cup raisins: ________ calories.
4. One slice of white bread: ________ calories.
5. Zipper: invented in _____________.
6. Piano: invented in _____________.
7. Microscope: invented in _____________.
8. Missouri River: _______ miles long.
9. Diameter of Earth: _____ miles.
10. Mount Everest: ______ feet high.
11. Sahara Desert: ________ square miles.
12. Earth distance from sun: _________ miles.
13. Pluto’s distance from sun: _________ miles.
14. Tokyo’s projected population in 2015: ____________.
15. One pound: ________ grams.
16. An earthquake occurred in Iran on ______.
17. This earthquake measured ____ on the Richter scale an caused ____ deaths and ____ injures.
18. Length of board: ____ feet; width: ____ inches; depth: _____ inch.
Task 39. Discuss the following questions in small groups.
1. According to the information given, why might nonnative speakers of English have a hard time listening to lectures and taking notes?
2. In your opinion, what do you need to change or improve in order to be a better listener and note-taker?
(The materials of this part adapted from Lebauer, Roni S. (2000) Learn to listen; listen to learn: academic listening and note-taking. 2-nd ed.)
PART 6: GRAMMAR REVIEW
PARTS of SPEECH
Task 40. Fill in the blank with the form of the noun in parentheses that is appropriate to the grammatical context of the sentence and the meaning of the passage as a whole.
Diabetes: Beyond the Basics
Because diabetes can cause devastating _________ (damage, damages) to virtually all body ________ (system, systems), people with diabetes should not underrate the seriousness of their disease. Learning to live with a chronic ________ (illness, illnesses) such as diabetes must be an ongoing process.
The Hospital's Center for Family Life Education is sponsoring a five-part educational series on diabetes. The series will begin on April 30 and continue through May 29. The _________ (program, programs) will be held in the second floor classroom of the Education Center from 7-9 p.m.
The diabetes series is free and open to the public and will be of specific _________ (interest, interests) to people who have diabetes and their families and friends.
Task 41. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article if one is needed.