Ex. 2. Fill in the correct preposition, then choose any item and make up a sentence.

Carry out, specific, follow, build, exchange, background, factual and statistical, review, well-rounded, original, reference, contain.

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Ex. 2. Which of the two types of scientific articles

Ex. 1. Answer the questions.

1. What is a standard format of a scientific article?
2. What information does an abstract contain? What is its purpose?
3. In your opinion, which of the sections in a research paper is the most informative?
4. What is a peer review?
5. Can you agree that the morequestions researchers answer, the more new questions they receive?

• gives an overview of the data in the field?
• gives a review of the original data?
• summarizes the data and conclusions from many studies?
• is a better starting place for a summary of what has been happening in the field?
• contains more background information?
• contains the original data and conclusions about experiments?

Ex. 1. Fill in the correct word from the list:

To be involved ….. smth; to be interested ….. smth; to be exposed …. smth; to be useful …. doing smth; to be helpful …. doing smth; to be extracted ….. smth; to comment …. smth; to refer …. smth; to be listed ….; to be suitable ….; to be prone …. smth.

Ex. 3. Look up the word bias in an English-English dictionary. Translate the sentences below and learn some meanings of the word .

1. The statistics have a bias due to inaccuracy in data.
2. Abraham Lincoln freed America from slavery but he didn’t free it from racial biases.
3. Any form of discrimination based on gender can be identified as a gender bias.
4. Avoiding or at least eliminating personal bias in research is very important.
5. As Robert J. MacCoun states, in 1990-s the psychological research literature in America was criticized for being biased toward a Western individualist world view[4].

 

Ex. 4. Study the examples of some book reviews [5]. Give the reasons why you think the books might be worth reading.

What aspects of book reviewing does each of examples cover? Make up appropriate questions. Complete the chart.

1,3,4	the intended audience	e.g. Who is the intended audience?
	the author's style, whether it is formal or informal
	the quality of the writing style by using some of the following standards: coherence, clarity, originality, forcefulness, conciseness, correct use of technical words, fluidity, fullness of development, etc.
	illustrations, charts, etc. used and how these are to be evaluated
	the thesis of the author or some general points which emerge from the book
	how useful the book might be to a specialist in the field, a student or a common reader

 

Ex. 5. How do you read scientific books? What factors are important to you to enjoy reading? Read some students’ opinions [6]. Discuss yours with your partner.

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