- •Section I post-graduate education. Academic and research degrees topic related vocabulary
- •Grammar Review: Tenses in the Active Voice
- •Grammar Review: Emphatic Means
- •Section II
- •Career Prospects for Postgraduates
- •Progress Questions
- •Grammar Review: Tenses in the Passive Voice
- •Grammar Review: Types of Questions
- •Section III research supervision topic related vocabulary
- •Golden rules on how to approach your supervisor
- •Progress Questions
- •Grammar Review: Modal Verbs and Their Equivalents
- •Section IV attending a conference
- •Academic Conference
- •Progress Questions
- •Grammar Review: Connectives
- •Grammar Review: Sequence of Tenses. Reported Speech
- •Section V
- •International cooperation. Exchange programmes. Study and research visits
- •Topic related vocabulary
- •Exchange Programs
- •A report on my studies
- •Report on my research
- •Progress Questions
- •Grammar Review: If clauses
- •Grammar Review: Types of Clauses
- •Section VI summary making. Essay and abstract writing
- •List of Expressions Used for Summary Writing
- •Optimal Minimum Wage Policy in Competitive Labor Markets
- •Abstract
- •Right to education – a challenge for the world?
- •Abstract
- •List of Expressions for Writing Abstracts
- •Grammar Review: Participle I and Participle Constructions
- •Grammar Review: Participle II and Participle Constructions
- •Grammar Review: Infinitive and Infinitive Constructions
- •Section VIII research paper
- •In the present section the lexical means to help you speak on the topic of your research are introduced.
- •The aim of the investigation is to present systematic description of …
- •The findings are in agreement with …
- •Grammar Review: Gerund and Gerundial Constructions
- •Grammar Review: Non-Finite Forms of the Verb.
- •List of Academic Vocabulary Used for Writing Abstracts, Making Summaries and Preparing Reports.
- •Linking Words and Phrases Used in Written and Spoken Academic English
- •Functional Phrase List Used for Conducting Discussions, Debates, Giving Presentations
- •5. Expressing agreement, approval
Progress Questions
What opportunities can a research visit provide?
Where is it possible to find information about research visits, exchange programs?
What papers are necessary to prepare to apply for a program?
What supplementary documents should be included with the application form?
What paper is usually presented before a research visit?
What is the final document which every visiting researcher should provide?
Are you sure that any scholar benefits from a research visit? What qualities can a person acquire?
Have you ever participated in an exchange program/ research visit? Do you have an intention to apply for?
Grammar Review: If clauses
Step 1. Translation tips.
If I were you, I would not use these data.
Если быя был на вашем месте, ябыне использовал эти данные.
Should you see Robert, ask him to call his supervisor.
Если вы увидите Роберта (что маловероятно), попросите его позвонить своему научному руководителю.
In case I had this journal, I should give it to the students.
Если быу меня был этот журнал, ябыотдал его студентам.
Had Professor Brown had time yesterday, he would have commented on the experiment.
Если быу профессора Брауна вчера было время, онбыпрокомментировал этот эксперимент.
If the postgraduate had been given opportunity, the work might have been finished.
Если быаспиранту дали возможность, работа, вероятно, былабызакончена.
If the results are to be discussed at the seminar, they should be obtained in time.
Если результаты должны быть обсуждены на семинаре, их нужно вовремя получить.
Supposethe article is written, what are the further steps?
Предположим, что статья написана, каковы следующие шаги?
But for the mistakes, your paper would have been included in the conference proceedings.
Если быне ошибки, ваш доклад был бы включен в сборник материалов конференции.
Providedthe theme of the research is interesting, one can work at it with great enthusiasm and finish it quickly.
При условии,чтотема исследования интересная, можно работать над ней с большим энтузиазмом и завершить ее быстро.
Step 2. Translate into Russian.
If you are not interested in the topic, you will find it hard to fulfil the work required.
It would have been better if he had performed the experiment himself.
If the advice is not what you expect, it is better to discuss it rather than ignore it.
Should you be truly creative, look at what other scientists are doing, and then do something different.
If Poisson had done the experiment, he would have changed his view about the problem in question.
If you are a PhD student who is dissatisfied with your supervision, you should seek as a first priority for this to be resolved.
Provided you can make correct predictions, you will not only read with more understanding but you will be able to avoid rereading the sentences.
The postgraduate would have known he was wrong if the lecturer had told him about it.
The supervisor can make a powerful contribution to the success of the project if this emotional relationship can be made constructive and supportive.
If you can afford it, speak to a lawyer who specializes in academic appeals.
If you feel like starting your postgraduate studies, you should understand that you will have no time to waste and you need to concentrate on your studies.
In case some part of work is taking much longer than originally estimated, then something needs to be scaled down.
Provided the technology and social structure of a culture is relatively simple, education is simple.
If Professor Malton had been asked for help, he would have helped.
Step 3. Translate into English.
На вашем месте я бы никогда не ввязался в этот спор.
Если бы компьютерные технологии не были так разработаны, то исследование космоса не достигло бы такого прогресса.
Следует обратиться к многочисленным литературным источникам, если интересуют дальнейшие подробности.
Автор будет удовлетворен, если содержание книги окажется полезным студентам.
Если бы аспирант работал усерднее, диссертация была бы защищена в срок.
Если диссертация готова и одобрена научным руководителем, она проходит предзащиту.
Если западная компания придерживается принципа «продвижение изнутри», то попасть в такую фирму на приличную должность со стороны невозможно.
Если карьеру нельзя построить в рамках одной компании, делайте ее в другом месте.
Что бы ты делал, если бы не поступил в аспирантуру?
Кто бы в это поверил, если бы не экспериментальные данные?
Если бы аспирант рассказал о своих трудностях раньше, многие проблемы можно было бы избежать.
В случае отрицательного результата, не следует отчаиваться.
Будь конференция в Беларуси, многие аспиранты смогли бы принять в ней участие.
Так много времени не было бы потеряно, если бы тема была утверждена сразу.
На вашем месте я бы не поднимал этот вопрос.