Active Vocabulary. purpose/ aim/ objective/ goal/ target

purpose/ aim/ objective/ goal/ target

a method/ a technique/ a procedure

detection /identification/ observation

measurement/calculation/ computation/ approximation

consideration/ generalization/ deduction/ assumption

modelling/ simulation

advantages/ merits/ strong points

disadvantages/ shortcomings/ limitations/ weak points

accurate/ precise

accuracy/ precision

reliable/ valid/ conventional/ effective/ useful/ valuable

results/ information/ data/method …

to make an experiment/ analysis

to reveal/ to find/ to provide evidence

to confirm/ to prove findings/ the data obtained …

to study/ to examine

to collect data

to refine the results

to create

to improve

to work out /to develop/ to design

to verify/ to check

to approve/ to disprove an assumption

to use/ to employ/ to apply results/ data …

to allow/ to permit/ to provide

to have much promise/ to be promising

to come into use

 

Tasks:

A. Answer the questions:

1. What is the subject of your current research?

2. What is the purpose of your research?

3. What methods do you employ? Why?

4. What are the advantages of the method(s) you use over other methods and techniques?

5. Is this method only now coming into use? Is it new?

6. What does the method consist in? What operations does it include?

7. Do you find the method reliable/ precise? Why?

8. How long has your current research been under way?

9. How much time will it take you to complete your research successfully?

 

B. Complete the sentences below. Speak about the purpose of your current research and the methods used.

1. Currently I am ….

2. I am making a set of experiments/ analyses in order to ….

3. The experiment/ analysis is performed with a view to ….

4. The purpose of my experiments/ analyses is to ….

5. We undertake a set/a series of experiments hoping to ….

6. In our current research we … the method of ….

7. The method/ technique allows/ permits … to ….

8. The method /technique makes it possible to ….

9. This is, without any doubt, the most … and … method.

10. The method proves to be ….

 

C. Work in pairs.

Ask for and give information about your current research, namely its purpose and the methods you employ.

 

Unit 5. Current Research: Results and Conclusion

Active Vocabulary:

to collect/ to get/ to receive/ to obtain

data/ results/ findings/ observations/evidence

comprehensive/extensive/ detailed/ remarkable/encouraging/convincing

preliminary

sufficient/insufficient/ superficial

to treat the problem

to succeed in/ to make progress in/ to be a success

to fail in

to be similar to/ to be the same as

to be consistent with/ to coincide

to agree with/ to fit the assumption

to support/ to provide support/ in support of

to reach an understanding/ to come to an understanding

to conclude/ to come to/ to bring to/ to make a conclusion

 

Tasks:

A. Answer the questions:

1. Have you already obtained any research results?

2. What are the main results of your current research?

3. Has your research been a success?

4. Have you succeeded in receiving extensive data?

5. Do your research data agree with the theory you follow?

6. Do your results coincide with those obtained by other researchers?

7. Are the results you have obtained of purely theoretical or practical interest?

8. Do your research results appear to be of both theoretical and practical importance?

9. Are the data/observations you have obtained sufficient to formulate your final conclusions?

10. What part of your research remains still unfinished?

11. Do the data/ results/ observations/ findings allow you to come to any definite conclusion(s)?

12. What conclusion(s) have you come to?

13. How long will it take you to complete your research?

 

B. Complete the sentences below. Speak about the results and conclusions of your research.

1. The research has been under way for a year and I’ve got ….

2. At present a lot of work is being done to ….

3. The results we have … so far cannot be used to ….

4. Unfortunately, we have failed to … but succeeded in ….

5. The findings prove to ….

6. The evidence appears to ….

7. As a result of numerous experiments performed we have obtained sufficient data to ….

8. Most of our research findings are consistent with ….

9. We have come to the conclusion that ….

 

C. Work in pairs.

Ask for and give information about your research results and conclusions.