Step 3: Discuss your ideas with another student.
| Exercise 17. Which of these pieces of information do you think you need for a bibliography or reference? |
| 1. author's surname and initial | 7. page of direct quotes only |
| 2. chapter title of all books used | 8. place of publication |
| 3. full address of the publisher | 9. title of the book |
| 4. full name of the author | 10. year of publication |
| 5. name of the publisher | 11. year of reprint |
| 6. page of all references |
| Exercise 18. Look at the bibliographical entry in the box below. Match the labels 1–10 with the elements of the bibliographical entry a–j. |
| Adams, W. M. (1999). Sustainability. In P. Cloke, P. Crang & M. Goodwin (Eds.), Introducing human geographies (pp. 125–129). London: Arnold. |
| 1.title of article | 6. editor's surname |
| 2.name of publisher | 7. place of publication |
| 3.date of publication | 8. author's initials |
| 4.author's surname | 9. other editors |
| 5.title of book | 10. shows book is a collection of articles |
| Exercise 19. Study the bibliography and check that it has been set out appropriately. |
Anderson, J. A. (2002, February 5). Going where the big guys don't. BusinessWeek. Retrieved from www.businessweek.com.
Cottrell, S. (2008). The study skills handbook. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Leki, I. & Carson J. (1997). Completely different worlds: EAP and
the writing experiences of ESL students in university courses. TESOL Quarterly, 31(1), 39–69.
| Exercise 20. There are some problems with the bibliography below. Identify the problems with each entry. Check your answers in small groups. |
Alan Bilham-Boult et al. 1999. People, Places and Themes. Heinemann,
pp. 17–22.
"Africa Recovery" E. Harch (2003). [online]. Available from: www.africarecovery.org Accessed 18 May 2004.
P. Newman, Transport: reducing automobile dependence. In D. Satterwaite (ed.) The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities. Earthscan Publications
pp 67–92 (1999).
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| Exercise 21. Correct the mistakes in the following exercise. Make the smallest number of changes necessary to make a correct in-text citation. |
1. According to Wong (2015, p.16), he states that the Internet is a useful research tool.
2. Wong (2015, p.16), he states that the Internet is a useful research tool.
3. Wong (2015, p.16) says that the Internet is a useful research tool.
4. Wong (2015, p.16) state that the Internet is a useful research tool.
5. Wong, D. (2015, p.16), states that the Internet is a useful research tool.
6. "The Internet is a useful research tool", Wong (2015, p.16).
7. Wong (2015, p.16) claims that the Internet is a useful research tool.
8. Wong (January 1, 2015, p.16) claims that the Internet is a useful research tool.
PART 4. ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Unit 1. Organizing scientific information
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TEXT 1
| Exercise 1. Look at the scheme below, think over and discuss the stages of any research work with your group mates. Does your investigation involve the same stages? |
Figure 6. Stages of investigation
| Exercise 2. Explain the following words and word combinations in English in your own words: |
a method, a scientific measurement, a hypothesis, an experiment, a sample, intensity, observational research, analyzable data, a unique insight.
| Exercise 3. Skan the words and memorize them. |
| arbitrary, adj | произвольный, случайный |
| refute, v | опровергать, доказывать ложность, несостоятельность |
| unambiguous, adj | недвусмысленный, точно выраженный |
| rigorous, adj | строгий; неумолимый; безжалостный |
| falsifiability, n | опровергаемость |
| ordinal, adj | порядковый |
| robust, adj | крепкий, здоровый; сильный |
| replicate, v | повторять, делать реплику, копировать, тиражировать |
| interfere, v | пересекаться, скрещиваться; служить препятствием, мешать, быть помехой; сталкиваться, противоречить друг другу |
| definable, adj | поддающийся определению, определимый |
| drain, n | расход, утечка; истощение. |
| precursor, n | предшественник; предтеча, предвестник |
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| Exercise 4. Skim the text to identify the ways of organizing the information. |