Face to face on-line

ACTIVITY 4

ANSWERS

The lines below are similar but not the same with the interview. Listen again and identify the differences.

1. National scientific society is organizing a congress.
2. Minimize the bulk of the conclusion part.
3. It is not good to be prepared for the possible discussions beforehand.
4. Ask your teachers to criticise your presentation and list the most difficult questions.
5. It is an active environment where speakers can walk around and discuss different displays and share the ideas.
6. Sometimes authors of some selected paper submissions give 10-20 minutes presentation about their papers.
7. If you become a grant holder your travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by the organisers.
8. Usually you can find other students from your organization or country who are also taking part in the conference.
9. This kind of conferences bring together the participants of the conference and it’s a great chance to be close with the scholars of this sphere.
10. Take some time at the beginning of the day to think what you might be able to apply to your own work.


ACTIVITY 5

Answer the following questions.

1. What are the ways of preparing effective presentation?
2. What are poster and paper presentations?
3. What are benefits of being a scholarship holder?
4. What can you say about social events of the conferences?

ANSWERS

1) the more conference presentations you observe/attend, the easier it

will be to deliver your own workshop one day;

2) you will be updated with some important issues in your field;

3) you can get various creative ideas for furthermore projects, papers,

and presentations;

4) conferences create learning communities that bring together scholars

working in the same field

ACTIVITY 6

Match the verbs and the words they collocate.

1. to submit a. by reputation
2. to stay b. one’s ability
3. to gather; c. a paper
4. to deliver d. in touch
5. to recognize e. people’s contact information
6. to get f. the theory component
7. to improve g. value

ANSWERS

1) c; 2) d; 3) e ;4 ) f ;5 ) a; 6) g; 7) b;