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BK

1st pub.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011

128 s. : il. ; 25 cm + 2 CD

ISBN 978-0-521-15409-3 (brož.)

Cambridge professional English

Obsahuje slovník

Obsahuje bibliografii na s. 126-128

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Skills // Language focus // Texts // UNIT 1 Planning a career in science Applying for research funding Writing up a résumé or CV Preparing for an interview Talking about your career path Summarising a research proposal Organising and adding detail to a résumé or CV Preparing and practising the presentation of a proposal Answering interview questions Listening A researcher discusses her career options A supervisor gives advice on writing a CV A researcher practises presenting a research proposal Reading A notice for a scholarship A project summary An extract from a CV An extract from an email Advice on conference call interviews // // UNIT 2 Communicating with scientific communities Writing a critical review Completing a Material Transfer Agreement Recognising different styles of writing Asking for help using an online forum Reading and note-taking for a critical review Completing an MTA (Material Transfer Agreement) Listening A student asks for advice on writing a critical review A student discusses published research with his supervisor A researcher completes an MTA with help from his supervisor Reading Extracts from different styles of writing Questions from an online science forum An extract from a critical review An email // // UNIT 3 Doing a literature review Using evidence in arguing a point Taking part in a meeting Linking sentences in writing (1) Arguing for and against an idea appropriately Supporting ideas with evidence Following a discussion in a team meeting

Interrupting a meeting appropriately Listening A student explains a new idea to her supervisor Four scientists describe their problems with team meetings in English A monthly research meeting Reading Extracts from a literature review An extract from an email How geckos walk on walls // // |UNIT4 Describing approaches to data collection Designing an experimental set-up Describing material phenomena and forces Making predictions of experimental results Making suggestions and plans for an experiment Civing advice to a colleague Prefixes and suffixes (1) Predicting the results of an experiment Listening A researcher discusses procedure with her supervisor A researcher describes her experimental set-up to a colleague A researcher makes predictions about her experiment Reading The scientific method // // JuNIT 5 Describing a process Evaluating the results of an experiment Describing problems with an experiment Keeping a lab notebook Describing experimental procedure Revising a paper (1) Describing expectations and outcomes of an experiment Describing and reporting problems in an experiment Linking sentences in writing (2) Using symbols and abbreviations in lab notebooks Describing lab protocols Listening A researcher asks a colleague to comment on his paper A researcher discusses the progress of his research with a colleague A researcher reports a problem with his research A researcher explains why she prefers using an electronic lab notebook Reading A summary of a scientific procedure

A summary of a researcher’s results // // Skills // Language focus // Texts // UNIT 6 Describing states and processes Describing data: numbers / numerical values Writing up from lab notes Describing procedure in the materials and method section Revising a paper (2) Expressing numbers and describing data Prefixes and suffixes (2) Rewriting lab notes for a paper Listening A student gets advice on the first draft of a paper Researchers discuss experimental data A student describes changes to her method Reading Extracts from an early draft of a paper Extracts from a researcher’s lab notebook // // UNIT 7 Analysing data (statistical analysis) Summarising data in visual form Writing captions for figures Describing visual data Prefixes and suffixes (3) Describing data for statistical analysis Comparing and contrasting experimental results (1) Writing a caption for a figure or graph Describing a figure or graph in a paper Listening A student describes his research A supervisor asks a student to make corrections to a figure A student asks her supervisor for help with her paper Reading Extracts from a researcher’s lab notebook A table of experimental data // // UNIT 8 Organising the results and discussion sections Preparing and writing the results section Preparing and writing the discussion section Organising writing in paragraphs Referring to visual data in a paper Comparing and contrasting experimental results (2) Summarising information efficiently (1) Describing the limitations

of research Making suggestions for future research Listening A student explains his research to a colleague A student gets advice on the first draft of a paper Reading Extracts from a student’s paper // // UNIT 9 Writing the introduction Writing the abstract Giving a title to your paper Contacting journals Reporting the work of other researchers in a paper Organising an abstract Summarising information efficiently (2) Writing a cover letter to a scientific journal Listening A supervisor comments on the first draft of his student’s abstract A student discusses the title of a paper with his supervisor Reading Extracts from a student’s paper Advice on how to get your research published A cover letter to a scientific journal // // |UNIT 10 Giving a paper at a conference Socialising at a conference Presenting a poster Helping an audience understand the organisation of a presentation Socialising at a conference Organising a poster Summarising the content of a poster Listening A researcher gives a paper at a conference Eight conversations of people socialising at a conference A student answers questions about his poster presentation Reading How the adaptive immune system responds to a viral vaccine Advice on preparing a good poster // //