- •Федеральное агентство по образованию
- •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
- •Model of a presentation
- •Part 2: oral or written?
- •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
- •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
- •The Computer Jungle
- •Vocabulary sheet (to be filled with useful words and expressions of the Unit)
- •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:
- •Vocabulary sheet (to be filled with useful words and expressions of the Unit)
- •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)
- •Vocabulary sheet (to be filled with useful words and expressions of the Unit)
- •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
- •Vocabulary sheet (to be filled with useful words and expressions of the Unit)
- •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
- •Vocabulary sheet (to be filled with useful words and expressions of the Unit)
- •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?
- •Literal
- •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
- •Vocabulary sheet (to be filled with useful words and expressions of the Unit)
- •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
- •Vocabulary sheet (to be filled with useful words and expressions of the Unit)
Credits
UNIT 1
http://www.studyskills.soton.ac.uk/studytips/reading_skills.htm
Magazine issue 2715. (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327153.700-call-for-tolerance-towards-some-stem-cell-tourism.html)
http://www.scientificjournals.org/submission.htm
The Young Scientist's Companion, Souvenir Press, London, 1961
Lebauer, Roni S. (2000) Learn to listen; listen to learn: academic listening and note-taking. 2-nd ed.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl
Шахова, Н.И. и др. Learn to read science: учеб. пособие. М. «Флинта» и «Наука». 2005.
UNIT 2
http://www.uefap.com/reading/readfram.htm
Hoyle, Fred. The Nature of the Universe. The New Scientist, 18th June, 1964.
Wootton, Barbara. Testament for Social Science. The New Scientist, 18th June, 1964.
Mumford, Enid. The New Scientist, 18th June, 1964.
http://www1.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/paragraphs.htm
Smith, Louise. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NORTH. 04 June 2008 New Scientist Magazine issue 2659
Upton, Thomas A. The University of Michigan READING SKILLS FOR SUCCESS: A GUIDE TO ACADEMIC TEXTS. Ann Arbor, Michigan. http://www.press.umich.edu/ Reviewed by: Averil Coxhead Massey University, New Zealand
http://193.133.140.102/JustTheWord/
UNIT 3
http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/comp1/coherent.htm
Schwartz, Martin A. THE IMPORTANCE OF STUPIDITY IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. Journal of Cell Science 121, 1771 Published by The Company of Biologists 2008
Coghlan, Andy. Consumerism is 'eating the future'. New Scientist, August 2009.
Shiga, David. NOW FLY ME TO THE ASTEROIDS AS WELL. New Scientist, 22 March 2007.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45877/title/Rotation_may_solve_cosmic_mystery by Ron Cowen
http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf
http://www.aritechnologies.com/tech_and_services/tecdescrip.htm
”Disposable Containers for a Disposable Environment.” 123HelpMe.com. 13 Aug 2009 http://www.123HelpMe.com/view.asp?id=20600
Kwasnik, Barbara H. THE ROLE OF CLASSIFICATION IN KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND DISCOVERY – 1 Library Trends, Summer, 1999
http://www.silverdisc.co.uk/articles/spam-classification/#top
Lebauer, Roni S. (2000) Learn to listen; listen to learn: academic listening and note-taking. 2-nd ed. P.23, 25
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX1.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX2.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX3.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX4.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX5.html
UNIT 4
Eddington A., "The Expanding Universe," Penguin: Harmondsworth, Middlesex UK, 1940, p.25
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist, Manhatten Project, Life Magazine 10/10/1949
Eiseley, Loren C., [Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania], "The Firmament of Time," The Scientific Book Club: London, 1960, p.5
Dembski, W. A., "Introduction: Mere Creation", Mere Creation Science Faith & Intelligent Design, edited by William Dembski (InterVarsity Press, 1998) pg. 16
On Being a Scientist: Third Edition http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12192.html.
http://www.uefap.com/listen/exercise/astron/astrfrmp.htm
http://www.uefap.com/listen/exercise/enviro/envifrmp.htm
http://www.uefap.com/listen/exercise/education/edufrmp.htm
http://www.uefap.com/listen/exercise/whatlan/whlaframp.htm
UNIT 5
On Being a Scientist: Third Edition http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12192.html
Kennedy, D. “Editorial Retraction” Science 31 (2006):335
Lebauer, Roni S. (2000) Learn to listen; listen to learn: academic listening and note-taking. 2-nd ed.
Thornley, G.C. Power and Progress. Longman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract (summary)
Bonanza Creek LTER [Long Term Ecological Research] 1997 Annual Progress Report http://www.lter.alaska.edu/pubs/1997pr.html
Palmquist, M., & Young, R. (1992). The Notion of Giftedness and Student Expectations About Writing. Written Communication, 9(1), 137-168.
Harris, L.D., & Wambeam, C.A. (1996). The Internet-Based Composition Classroom: A Study in Pedagogy. Computers and Composition, 13(3), 353-372.
Journal of Biology, Volume 3, Issue 2
Haralambopoulos, D., Paparsenost, G. F., and Kovras, H. (1997) Assessing the Economic Aspects of Solar Hot Water Production in Greece. Renewable Energy, 11, 153-167.
http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/el21abst.ht
Helwa, N. H. and Abdel Rehim, Z. S. (1997). Experimental Study of the Performance of Solar Dryers with Pebble Beds. Energy Sources, 19, 579-591.
http://www2.computer.org/portal/c/document_library/get_file
Community Right-to-Know Notice. Federal Register: January 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 15). "Phosphoric Acid; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting." Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
(http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WASTE/1998/January/Day-23/f1644.htm)
http://www.uefap.com/listen/exercise/makmoden/makmodfrmp.htm
UNIT 6
On Being a Scientist: Third Edition http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12192.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/usingpara.html
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/jmkilborn/webvalidation.html
UNIT 7
On Being a Scientist: Third Edition http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12192.html
William G. Schulz, “Giving Proper Credit: Ethics violations by a Chemist in Sweden highlight Science’s Unpreparedness to Deal with Misconduct” Chemical and Engineering News 85 (12):35-38
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/47036/title
http://www.csic.cornell.edu/201/paperguidelines.htm
http://www.uefap.com/listen/exercise/sony/sonyfrmp.htm