Active Vocabularyto do/to carry on/to carry out/to conduct research to contribute to/to make a contribution to to influence/to affect/ to have an effect on/ upon to study/to make studies/to investigate/to explore to put forward an idea to suggest an idea/a theory/a hypothesis to advance/to develop/to modify a theory to predict/to forecast/to foresee to accumulate knowledge field of science/research a new area of research current branch/field of research the latest/ recent achievements/developments/advances an (a) outstanding/prominent/world-known scientist/researcher
TaskS: A. Answer the questions: 1. What is your field of science/research? 2. What are the current issues in your field of science/research? 3. Have new areas of research appeared in recent years? 4. What is your particular area of research? 5. What are the latest achievements in your field of science/research? 6. Have any fundamental discoveries been made in your field of science/research in recent years? 7. Can you name some outstanding researchers in your field of science? What contribution have they made? 8. Do achievements in your branch of science/research influence everyday life? In what way? 9. What further developments can you predict in your field of research?
B. Complete the sentences below. Speak about your field of science/ research. 1. I do research in the field of …. 2. It is the science/a comparatively new branch of science that studies…. 3. The field of science/research that I’m concerned with gathers knowledge about … 4. Major developments include advances in …. 5. Remarkable advances have been made in …. 6. The branches of science contributing a lot to progress in my field of research are …. 7. My current field of science/research is …. 8. It’s difficult/not difficult to foresee/forecast/predict ….
C. Work in pairs. Ask for and give information on your field of science and research. Unit 2. Research Problem Active Vocabulary the reason for the interest in the problem due to/ owing to/ thanks to/ because of to arise from to increase/ decrease considerably to be the subject of special/ particular interest to be studied comprehensively/thoroughly/extensively to be only outlined to be mentioned in passing to be concerned with/ to be engaged in / to deal with/ to consider the problem of to be interested in to be of great/ little/ no interest/ importance/ significance/ value/ use to take up the problem to work on the problem to follow/ to stick to the theory/ hypothesis/ concept to postulate to differ/ to be different from a lot of/ little/ no literature is available on research problem a lot of/ few publications are available on research problem Tasks: A. Answer the questions: 1. What is your research problem? 2. What problem is of particular interest in your research? 3. What is the subject of your research? 4. Why has the interest in this problem increased considerably in recent years? 5. Do you follow/stick to any theory/hypothesis/concept? What is it? 6. What concept is your research based on? 7. How does your research differ from other studies on the same problem? 8. Are there many publications available on the problem of your research? 9. Is your research problem described comprehensively/ thoroughly/ extensively in literature? 10. Is the problem of your research only outlined/ mentioned in passing? 11. What are the main aspects of your research problem that have already been considered?
B. Complete the sentences below. Speak about your research problem. 1. At present/ now/ currently I am studying the problem of …. 2. The problem I am studying is concerned with …. 3. There are a lot of/ few/ no publications on the problem of …. 4. The literature available on the problem of my research only outlines/ mentions in passing/ thoroughly/ extensively describes such aspects as …. 5. We have taken up the problem of … to prove/investigate … 6. In solving our problem we follow the hypothesis that ….
C. Work in pairs. Ask for and give information on your research problem.
Unit 3. Historical Background of Research Problem
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