Working on the topic: my scientific (research) work

Task 10 Useful tips

Plan your topic as follows:

My major interest is in the field of....

The title of my future thesis is....

My tutor is....

The research I am doing now is a part of a bigger work../ within the framework of the academic research conducted by professor.../a group of scientists...

This work is devoted to an important problem into which too few scientists have researched until now.

Earlier studies of this subject show that the problem has not been yet properly explored.

The main aims of your research work and the tasks to complete:

My study deals in the problems of.../is devoted to the investigation of...

It touches upon the problems of...

The main purpose/goal/aim of it is...to find out/to define/to characterize/explore/to investigate/to analyse/to gain/.....

It is aimed at.....

I set myself a task to/of...

the tasks that face us /that we are faced with/are as follows....

Useful words and words combination

analysis n (pl -ses) анализ, исследование, подробное рассмотрение critical analysis - критический анализ

advanced research - перспективные исследования

basic research - фундаментальные исследования

to be engaged in research - заниматься научно-исследовательской работой

This researches cover a wide field - исследования охватывают широкую область

pilot study - предварительное, экспериментальное исследование

desk study - чисто теоретическое исследование

thorough examination - а) всестороннее исследование; б) тщательное изучение (материала)

to carry on an investigation - проводить исследовательскую работу

the scientific method of inquiry - научный метод исследования

comparative [experimental] method of investigation - сравнительный [экспериментальный] метод исследования

convenient method - подходящий метод

data for study - материал исследования

laboratory data - данные лабораторных исследований

adequacy of data - достоверность данных

the backbone of a theory - основа теории

to back up a theory with facts - подкрепить теорию фактами

to approximate to a solution of the problem - подходить к решению задачи

interdisciplinary approach - подход с точки зрения различных наук

Task 11 Translate the sentences.

1. His method is to compare different versions. 2. There are several methods of doing this. 3. This method is attended by some risk. 4. We must apply.... to finding a solution. 5. His method is to compare different versions. 6. There are several methods of doing this. 7. We began the work by collecting material. 8. application of a theory in actual practice. 9. the results of the experiment contradicted this theory./agreed with the theory.