Research students

My studies
I am (1)_____ for an M.A. in (2)_____ in the Department of (3)______ . It is a one-year course which (4)_____ of lectures, seminars, essays, an examination, and a (5)_____. I (6)_____ the course at the (7)_____ of October last year; the examination will be in June this year, and the dissertation must be (8)_____ in September this year.
Generally, I have enjoyed the course and I feel that I (9)________ a lot, especially from the reading that I have (10)________ to do. At (11)________ I had some difficulties in (12)________ some of the (13)________: they spoke quickly and not (14)________ clearly. The main difficulty that I have this term is (15)________ my essays on time. There is so (16)________ reading to do for them and I still read (17)________.
I am not looking (18)________ to the examination as I have difficulty in writing quickly and (19)________ all the necessary facts. (20)________ I do not mind doing this dissertation (21)________ I have already (22)________ a subject that interests me.


My research
I arrived at the university (1)________ the beginning of October last year to (2)________ my studies. I am (3)________ for a Master’s degree in Economics. It will take me (4)________ one or two years to complete.
At the beginning of the last term I discussed my research with my (5)________, Dr. M. Jones, in the Department of Economics. He (6)________ me to draw up a research outline in the area I had (7)________ for my research – ‘A case study in foreign aid to developing countries’. After further (8)________ with Dr. Jones my outline was approved and accepted by the Faculty of Economics.
My next (9)________ was to begin reading appropriate books, journals and reports (10)________ the background section of the research ‘A Study of the Literature’. My supervisor’s (11)________ was to keep a set of index cards and write the details of each (12)________ I read on a card. Thus I have started making a (13)________ which will be very useful for future reference. It will also (14)_______ me a lot of time when I need to provide one at the (15)________ of my thesis.
This term I have (16)_______ reading and have also made a draft of the first section of the (17)________, summarizing views on foreign aid to developing countries. I have also started to read (18)________ on the country I have chosen for my case study – Utopia. I have (19)________ that many of the World Bank and UN publications are (20)_______ to my research.
I am quite pleased with the (21)_______ I have made so far, although the reading is taking me longer than I (22)________. My supervisor asked me to present a paper on my research findings up to the present, to a small (23)________ of research students in economics. He was (24)________ with the paper and said that it was a good seminar as it had (25)________ a number of questions and a lot of discussion.