VII. Answer the following questions.

1.  What higher educational institution did you graduate from? When?

2.  What faculty did you study at?

3.  What is your qualification?

4.  Did you carry out any research at the university when a student?

5.  Where do you work? How long have you been working there?

6.  What are your professional duties?

7.  What branch of science are you interested in?

8.  What field of medicine are you carrying out your research in?

9.  Are there many unsolved problems in your field of knowledge?

10.  Is your work of theoretical or practical importance?

11.  What is the topic of your dissertation?

12.  What is the subject of your research? Why have you chosen this subject for your research?

13.  Are you familiar with current scientific literature on this subject?

14.  Have you read in English scientific papers related to your research?

15.  What methods do you use in your research?

16.  Have you already collected and arranged the necessary data?

17.  Do you have any difficulties in your work?

18.  Do you carry out any experiments?

19.  What instruments and devices do you use?

20.  Do you collaborate with anybody in your work?

21.  Do you consult anybody on the problem you are interested in?

22.  Who is your supervisor? Are you satisfied with his assistance?

23.  What results do you expect to get when you complete your work?

24.  What progress have you made in your work?

25.  Have you obtained any results yet?

26.  Are these findings of great importance?

27.  Are there any practical results?

28.  What conclusions have you come to in your research?

29.  When will you finish your work on the problem?

30.  Have you got any scientific publications?

31.  Have you ever participated in the work of scientific conferences, symposia?

32.  When do you plan to defend your dissertation?

33.  What are your plans for scientific career?

VIII. Agree or disagree with the following statements using the following phrases: Yes, I agree that.../ It is true that... / Yes, I think that … Or: I don't think that is correct... / I can't agree with the fact that... / No, I don't think you are right...

1. Getting an academic degree takes a lot of time and effort. 2. Grodno State Medical University provides postgraduate education. 3. You can apply for a Doctor’s Degree without getting a Candidate’s Degree. 4. The theme of your dissertation should be topical. 5. Only those who were members of students’ scientific societies can apply for postgraduate courses. 6. A supervisor must have a Doctor’s Degree. 7. All the obtained results should be published in scientific journals. 8. Participating in conferences is not necessary for researchers.

IX. Using the following extended plan speak about

1)  Personal information

a) name

b) education

to graduate from …(with honors) in 2013, to study at the faculty of;

c)professional/

research interests

to be good at, to be interested in, to participate in;

d)work experience

to be appointed as, to work as, to have experience in;

e)present academic status

to be a postgraduate / Master’s Degree student, to take up a post graduate doctoral course / Master’s Degree programme;

2) 

Professional activities

a) present occupation

to work as … at/in, to be employed with… at;

b) place of employment

to provide instruction in, to teach students, to be taught at the department;

c) work responsibilities

to run classes for, to teach smth for students, to have … groups of students, to be responsible for, to participate in, to be in charge of;

3)  Research

a) involvement in research

to combine teaching and research, to carry out research in/on, to investigate smth, to do research;

b) supervision

to work under supervision of, to advise in research, to be supervised by;

c) topic of dissertation

to be titled, to have a title;

d) topicality of research

to be topical, to be of importance, to benefit from, to be useful for, to account for topicality and urgency;

e) purpose of research

to investigate, to compare, to find out/reveal, to assess/evaluate, to test, to confirm, to establish, to elaborate, to describe, to outline, to invent, to obtain, to develop, to determine, to examine/explore, to substantiate;

f) methods

to investigate smth by, to utilize/employ the methods;

g) stages of study

to have several stages, to study scientific literature, to collect data on, to obtain data, to compare results, to interpret results, to come to a conclusion, to draw a conclusion;

h) area of application

to be used in, to be applied/employed in/for, to have practical significance, to benefit from, to bring benefit to, to give the opportunity to/for;

i) publications and conferences

to have several publications in, to publish the results of smth in, to participate in conferences, to present the results at, to give a paper at the conference;

j) research career plans

to defend the dissertation, to obtain a Master’s degree …, to be awarded a Master’s degree, to continue research, to make further research in …, to employ the obtained results in, to be admitted to a Postgraduate Doctoral course, to take up a Postgraduate Doctoral course, to apply for a Doctoral degree.

X. This is a sample dialogue between an examiner and an examinee – a post-graduate student who is taking his/her Ph. D. exam in plete the dialogue and act it out.

Postgraduate student: - Hello.

Examiner: - Hello. Will you sit here, please? … So, tell us about yourself a little.

Postgraduate student: - My name is... I graduated from... Now I'm a post-graduate student of … .

Examiner: - Well, and who is your research supervisor?

Postgraduate student: - My supervisor is … .

Examiner: - And what sort of problem are you studying?

Postgraduate student: - Well, my topic is … .

Examiner: - Aha. Are you familiar with current scientific literature on this subject?

Postgraduate student: - Well, I have made a literature review of … .

Examiner: - And what is the practical importance of your research work?

Postgraduate student: - You see, at present … .

Examiner: - Well, that’s interesting. Have you obtained any results yet?

Postgraduate student: - Yes, the results have been already discussed in … .

Examiner: - Do you plan to continue your research career after the completion of your postgraduate course?

Postgraduate student: - Yes, after … .

XI. Speak about Your Professional Activities and Research using the following plan.

1.  Personal information.

2.  Educational background.

3.  Present employment.

4.  Postgraduate education.

5.  Research.

6.  Career plans.

Self check

XII. Translate into English using words from Active Vocabulary.

1.  Меня зовут … . Я аспирант / магистрант дневной формы обучения.

2.  Я окончила Гродненский государственный медицинский университет в 2013 и поступила в аспирантуру/ магистратуру.

3.  Я являюсь аспирантом/ магистрантом кафедры … .

4.  Наша кафедра обеспечивает преподавание следующих дисциплин: … .

5.  Я веду практические занятия по … в группах … курса … факультета.

6.  Моя работа включает преподавание и научное исследование.

7.  Я выполняю работу под руководством профессора Иванова И. И.

8.  Темой моего исследования является … .

9.  Данное исследование является актуальным и важным.

10.  Целью исследование является оценка роли … в развитии … .

11.  Материал исследования включает … .

12.  При проведении исследования использовались следующие методы … .

13.  Работа включает две части: теоретическую и экспериментальную.

14.  Основные результаты исследования обсуждались на многочисленных конференциях.

15.  У меня есть ряд публикаций в научных журналах и материалах конференций.

16.  Исследование имеет большую практическую значимость.

17.  Полученные результаты могут быть использованы в практической медицине.

18.  Я планирую защиту своей диссертации в июне.

19.  После окончания магистратуры я собираюсь продолжить обучение в аспирантуре.

20.  В дальнейшем я планирую продолжать свою научную карьеру.

PART II

Text 2

I. Read and memorize the following word combinations. Translate the sentences.

1. literature review – обзор литературы

The purpose of a literature review is not to present all possible references, but to concentrate on those that are relevant for the focus of your article.

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