The Structure of a Technical Report

TASKS

A. Read about the structure of a technical report and complete the table with the relevant information.

Acknowledgements

TASKS

A. Read how the author describes the importance of acknowledgements for a scientific report and answer the following questions:

1. Why is the list of acknowledgements important for a scientific pa­per?

2. What is the common mistake that people make when preparing a list of acknowledgements?

B. Now read again and fill in the gaps in the following:

I think I've tried to point out to you 1)____________that peo­ple have and 2)____________is don't go round and say to your­self: "Did this guy help me or not? If so, I'll acknowledge him." The 3)____________is: "Does he think he helped me?" If he does; 4)___________it in the word of acknowledgement for him. It's so easy. It's a 5)_____________thing. It 6)_____________about five lines in a text and it's 7)_____________to make this list of acknowledgements 8)_____________than you think it really 9) ____________have been.

References

TASKS

A. Read the part of the lecture on references and answer the following questions:

1. How long can a list of references be?

2. Why does the author think that the references are the most con­centrated part of the paper?

3. What is the author's attitude to a paper without references?

4. How many methods of producing references are generally accepted?

B. Now read again and write down a list of recommendations about title citation.

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