SECTION I
Language focus
Make up English-Russian pairs of the words and word-combinations equivalent in meaning.
| approach | a | научный руководитель | |
| branch | b | подход | |
| department | c | исследовательская группа | |
| doctoral candidate | d | обучаться в аспирантуре | |
| research | e | заканчивать | |
| research team | f | защищать диссертацию | |
| scientific supervisor (advisor) | g | быть прикрепленным к | |
| survey | h | получать | |
| to be attached to | i | опубликовать | |
| to be engaged in | j | заниматься ч-л | |
| to be through with | k | заканчивать учебное заведение | |
| to collaborate | l | встречать(ся) | |
| to conduct | m | участвовать | |
| to cope with | n | иметь дело | |
| to deal with | o | поддерживать | |
| to defend a thesis (dissertation) | p | получать практический опыт | |
| to encounter | q | (научное) исследование | |
| to encourage | r | сотрудничать | |
| to gain practical experience | s | кафедра | |
| to graduate from | t | соискатель | |
| to involve | u | отрасль | |
| to obtain | v | проводить | |
| to participate | w | вовлекать | |
| to provide with | x | обзор | |
| to publish | y | справляться | |
| to take post-graduate courses | z | обеспечивать |
Match the definitions below with the words in the list.
| hypothesis | a | idea; opinion | |
| investigation | b | something to be talked or written about or studied | |
| notion | c | investigation undertaken in order to discover new facts, get additional information, etc. | |
| object | d | idea, suggestions, put forward as a starting point for reasoning or explanation | |
| proof | e | topic, subject of a table or a piece of writing | |
| purpose | f | evidence that is sufficient to show that smth. is a fact, etc. | |
| reference | g | note, direction, etc. telling where certain information may be found | |
| research | h | a careful study of something | |
| subject | i | that which one means to do, get, be, etc. | |
| theme | j | person or thing to which action or feeling or thought is directed | |
| thesis | k | statement or theory (to be) put forward and supported by arguments, submitted (as part of the requirements) for a university degree |
Complete the collocates below by matching a word from A with a word from B. Some can combine with more than one word.
Example: scientific research, supervisor, degree
| A | valuable | creative | B | approaches | application |
| doctoral | fundamental | cooperation | ability | ||
| obtained | modern | prospects | survey | ||
| wide | professional | data | experience | ||
| practical | intellectual | information | candidate | ||
| close | subject-matter oriented | activity | importance | ||
| innovative | career | research | |||
| extensive | results |






