1. Read the text and do translation exercises.
a) Translate from English into Russian:
criticality and reflection,required skills, independent research, current and previous Masters students, increased awareness, assignment submission, extensive background reading, valid and fit for purpose, to meet the expectations, online databases, to complement journal articles and textbooks, to reference correctly,paraphrase and summarise, online tutorial, to produce written work in word processed form, to analyse quantitative data, training and guidance.
b) Translate from Russian into English:
научиться использовать компьютерные приложения, анализ количественных данных, избегать плагиата, снабжать текст ссылками, включать в текст цитаты, библиография и список ссылок, поиск информации, проводить всестороннее исследование, стандарты и требования, демонстрировать понимание чего-либо.
2. Translate the text in writing.
Study Skills for Masters
Studying for a Masters requires the ability to apply a range of academic study skills at a higher level in order to produce outcomes that demonstrate criticality and reflectionapplied to a sound understanding of your field of study.
Many of the skills required may have been developed during your undergrad studies but you will be expected to demonstrate these at a more advanced level through independent research. For others, studying at a UK university may require learning new procedures, skills and processes.
The following areas have been identified by current and previous Masters students as challenging and deserving of preparatory work to understand their meaning and application in order to be able to apply them in their studies. Lecturers also agree, that students who demonstrate an increased awareness of many of the study areas mentioned consistently produce work of a higher standard.
The Basic Principles of Academic Work
Studying for your Masters means that there are certain expectations placed upon you as a student in terms of how you go about producing your assignments and assessed work. Some of these may be formal written rules such as the rules regarding assignment submission or plagiarism. Each academic institution, even Faculties and Schools have their own standards and requirements, which you will be expected to follow throughout your assessed work.
There are other, less formal, but equally important expectations and they concern the processes you have go through in order to produce your work. For example, at Masters level you will be expected to provide discussion and analysis that is supported by extensive background reading. Therefore research taken from a range of sources that are both valid and fit for purpose is an expectation placed upon you.
Meeting these expectations does not guarantee a higher grade, however, it is extremely important that you know the basics on which to build upon.
RESEARCHING
Some of you will be unfamiliar with independent research to support your studies. For a Masters you will be expected to carry out comprehensive research from a range of sources including textbooks and journals. Others may be used to library research but will still have to get used to the information systems.
Online databases: There are a number of databases available when searching for online journals. At first it will take time to familiarise yourselves with the various methods of searching for information but eventually you will find your preferred database and develop your own styles and techniques of researching. The library provides guidance by subject. Each subject page provides links to databases relevant to your subject area as well as a whole range of other useful information.
A USEFUL TIP: Spending time at the beginning of your course learning how to use the online databases will save you a lot of time and effort later on in your studies.
Using the internet: The amount of information available on the internet can sometimes be overwhelming and its value as a source of information is unquestionable. However, there are dangers associated with researching on the internet and it is important that whilst browsing you remain aware of these.
BE AWARE: Using the internet as your sole source of information is likely to result in a disappointing grade so make sure you are using valid, accurate and current sources to complement journal articles and textbooks.