Active Vocabulary

SPEAKING

Field of Science and Research

Active Vocabulary

to 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

latest/recent achievements/developments/advances

a(an) 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 many fundamental discoveries been made in your field of science/research?

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 science/research?

B. Complete the sentences which contain the words from the Active Vocabulary Section.
Speak about your field of science/research.

1.1 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....

С Work in pairs.

Ask for and give information on your field of science and research.

D. Act out the situation.

Two students are discussing the progress made in their fields of science and its influence on life today.

Research Problem

Active Vocabulary

to be due to

to arise from

to increase 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 the problem of

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 the problem

the reason for the interest in the problem is...

Tasks

A. Answer the questions:

1. What is your research problem?

2. What is of special interest in the problem of 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 of the same problem?

8. Is there much literature available on your research problem?

9. Is your research problem described comprehensively/thoroughly/ extensively in
literature?

10. Is the problem only outlined or mentioned in passing?

11. What are the main aspects of the problem that have been considered?

B. Complete the sentences which contain the words from the Active Vocabulary Section.
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 is a lot of/little/no literature on the problem of....

4. The literature available on the problem only outlines/mentions in passing/ thoroughly/extensively/describes such aspects as....

5. We have taken up the problem of... to....

6. In solving our problem we follow the hypothesis that....

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