Грамматика для написания научных статей

Теоретической основой пособия является концепция научного дискурса как социально коммуникативного явления и одновременно как типа текста с рядом сравнительно устойчивых композиционных и языковых признаков. Соответственно, в пособии рассмотрены языковые единицы, способствующие когезии и когерентности научного текста в целом, а не только их отдельные грамматические черты, а также объяснено влияние некоторых социокультурных факторов на особенности организации научного текста.

Lesson 1. What is special about academic English?

I.

Task 1. Find and correct the mistakes.

1. This failure was occurred for two reasons.

2. Intensity is a significant in stress production.

3. He indicated me that he had decided to always choose the second syllable.

4. I do not agree that conclusion.

5. This experiment focuses the role of pitch.

6. We would suggest to find a better connector piece.

7. After reviewing customer specifications, five main design concepts generated.

8. We talked Terry Larrow.

9. $1500 cost our prototype.

II. Sentence structure

Task 2. Each sentence in the following passage contains one word order error. Rewrite the passage, making corrections as necessary. More than one answer may be possible.

1. Frederick Douglass, an African-American who was born into slavery, for the abolition of slavery fought all his life.

2. He wrote every month articles in the newspaper he established.

3. He used again and again his editorials to try to get his point across.

4. He gave frequently lectures.

5. However, success he did not find immediately.

6. He had to urge constantly president Abraham Lincoln to allow men of his race to enlist in the army.

7. Was very' significant his work for the antislavery movement.

8. Not only he influenced the president, but he also changed the face of the nation. 9. Why there are no campaigners like him today?

III. Academic vocabulary

Task 3.

1. English language 1. _____ is becoming a priority academic/professional requirement whether international higher education graduates choose to return to their home countries or whether they choose to stay in the United States," notes Joan Morley.

2. "English is today the 2. _____language in science and technology, medicine and health care fields, commerce, business and industry, and much more.

3.