B. Complete the sentences with the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about the historical background of your research problem.

1. In recent years... has greatly increased.

2. Over the past few years the interest in the problem has been due to the fact that

3. During the last 20 years interest in... has considerably....

4. X was the first to... the problem of....

5. The first studies/observations/experiments....

6. At present, research is concentrated on....

7. Many aspects of the problem still remain....

8. It is difficult to point out... and... of the problem.

C. Work in pairs.

Ask for and give information on the historical background of the research problems under study.

D. Act out the situation.

Two students are talking about their fields of research, their re­search problems. They share information about new approaches, con­tributions, developments in these areas, and also talk about the litera­ture available on the problem.

Current Research. Purpose and Methods

Active Vocabulary

purpose/aim/objective/goal/target

a method/a technique/a procedure

detection/identification/observation

measurement/calculations/computation/approximation

consideration/generalization/deduction/assumption

modelling/simulation

advantages/merits

disadvantages/shortcomings/limitations

accurate/precise

accuracy/precision

reliable/valid/conventional/effective/useful/valuable

data/results/method

to make an experiment/analysis

to reveal/to find /to confirm/to prove evidence

to study/to examine

to collect data

to refine the results

to create

to improve

to work out/to develop/to design

to verify/to check

to approve/to disprove an assumption

to use/to employ/to apply

to allow/to permit/to provide

to have much promise/to be promising to come into use

TASKS

A. Answer the questions:

1. What is the subject of your current research?

2. What is the purpose of your research?

3. What method do you employ? Why?

4. What are the advantages of the method you use over other methods and techniques?

5. Is this method only now coming into use? Is it new?

6. What does the method consist in? What operations does it include?

7. Do you find the method reliable/precise? Why?

8. How long has your current research been under way?

9. How much time will it take you to complete your research successfully?

B. Complete the sentences with the words from the Active Vocabulary Section. Speak about the purpose of your current research and the method used.

1. Currently I....

2. I make this set of experiments/analyses in order to....

3. The experiment/analysis is performed with a view to....

4. The purpose of my experiments/analyses is to....

5. We undertake a set/a series of experiments hoping to....

6. In our current research we... the method of....

7. The method/technique allows/permits... to....

8. The method/technique makes it possible to....

9. This is, without doubt, the most... and... method.

10. The method proves to be....

C. Work in pairs.

Ask for and give information about your current research, namely its purpose and the methods you employ.

D. Act out the situation.

Two students/colleagues meet at a conference. They talk about their current research, expressing interest in its purpose, and describe the methods used.

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