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1. Answer the following questions.
a) Does the author sound optimistic or pessimistic about the future of libraries?
b) What should libraries be like not to disappear?
c) What is an E-book?
d) Why are E-books not widely available for the public?
e) What fact about modern libraries upsets the author? Why?
| Listening |
Recording 3.2
1. Which of the following adjectives can be used with the noun goal? Use a dictionary if necessary.
| ambitious available accessible ultimate unabashed achievable innovative |
2. Match the verbs in A with the nouns they often go with in B.
| 1) to equalize | a) books |
| 2) to digitize | b) access |
| 3) to scan | c) opportunities |
| 4) to have | d) information |
| 5) to disseminate | e) published works |
| 6) to lend | f) materials |
3. Listen to the programme about the Universal Digital Library and answer the questions.
a) When and where was the Universal Digital Library started?
b) What is the purpose behind this project?
c) What kinds of published works does the library include?
d) How many works are planned to digitize?
e) How many of them have already been added to the library collection?
f) How are works selected to be digitized?
What do you think?
Ø How many libraries are there in your city? Are they well equipped?
Ø What is the most popular library in your city? Why?
Ø How often do you go to a library?
Ø What kind of information is available in your university library?
| Speaking |
1. Look at the abstract of the article and answer the questions below.
“DESINING A KNOWLEDGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ARITHMETIC CONCEPTS”
Abstract – A knowledge-based learning environment, called ENIGMA, has been developed. This system is centered on an arithmetic game and is intended at being used in teaching arithmetic in primary /secondary school level (pupils from 9 to 12). The underlying pedagogical choices of the system are analyzed and the corresponding technical solutions which have been adopted are illustrated.
a) What kind of information about the article is presented?
| Managing your learning Abstract is a brief summary of a journal article or other library resource that classifies, evaluates, or describes the important points of the content Abstracts can save you time by helping you identify the best articles on your topic. |
b) How long is it?
c) Does it follow any pattern?
d) What grammar tenses and voice are used?
e) What is the purpose of an abstract?
f) Who would be interested in this article?
2. Work with a partner and discuss.
· How often do you read abstracts? Do you find them helpful?
· In what other cases are abstracts often used?
· How can readers benefit from reading an abstract?
| Get real |
Go online. Find the guidelines on how to write an abstract. Discuss as a class and work out the ‘Golden rules’ for abstract writing.
| Writing |
1. Search the Internet or popular science magazines to find an interesting article. Write an abstract to the article using the clichés from the Tool box.
| Tool box: Abstract writing | ||
| The article | was written by … | |
| was presented at … | ||
| was published in … | ||
| comes from … | ||
| reports on … | ||
| discusses … | ||
| The author | describes … | |
| The article | informs on/about … | |
| deals with … | ||
| considers the problem of … | ||
| The information presented in the … | is very interesting because … | |
| The problem | is widely-discussed in the press because … | |
| is the most up-to-date/urgent as it … | ||
| is/can be recommended | to a wide range of readers. | |
| The article | ||
| to specialists in …. | ||
2. With a partner exchange and check each other’s abstracts.
| In the Realm of Science |
1. Some letters of the Greek alphabet are widely used in many natural sciences especially in mathematics. Learn how to read some of them.
| Capital and small | Name | English equivalent | Russian |
| A α | a [′ælfə] | a | альфа |
| B β | beta [′bi:tə]/[′beitə] | b | бета |
| Γ γ | gamma [′gæmə] | g | гамма |
| Δ δ | delta [′deltə] | d | дельта |
| Λ λ | lambda [′læmbdə] | l | лямбда |
| Μ μ | mu [′mju] | m | ми/мю |
| Ξ ξ | xi [′ksai] | n | кси |
| Π π | pi [′pai] | p | пи |
| Σ σ | sigma [′sigmə] | s | сигма |
| Ώ ω | omega [′oυmigə] | o | омега |
What other letters from the Greek alphabet are used in your subject area?
2. Many English words and word parts can be traced back to the Greek language. The table below lists some common Greek roots.
| Greek root | Basic meaning | Example words |
| -anthrop- | human | misanthrope, philanthropy, anthropomorphic |
| -chron- | time | anachronism, chronicle, synchronize, |
| -dem- | people | democracy, demography, pandemic |
| -morph- | form | amorphous, metamorphic, morphology |
| -path- | feeling, suffering | empathy, sympathy, apathy |
| -pedo-, -ped- | child, children | pediatrician, pedagogue |
| -philo-, -phil- | having a strong affinity or love for | philanthropy, philharmonic, philosophy |
| -phon- | sound | polyphonic, cacophony, phonetics |
3. Read and remember some of library terms.
| Article | a contribution written by one or more persons and published in a periodical or as part of a book. |
| Autobiography | a written account of a person’s life written by that person |
| Archives | a special collection or collections that house the records of organizations, governments, universities, etc. considered worthy to be kept permanently and as nearly as possible in their original form. |
| Bibliography | a list of books and/or other materials written by one author or on one subject and having something in common with each other. |
| Biography | a written account of a person’s life. |
| Call Number | the unique numbers and letters given to each item in a library used to identify and locate the item |
| Citation | an identifying reference to a text. Usually includes the title, author, and publishing information |
| Edition | the whole number of copies of a work issued from one setting of type |
| Glossary | an alphabetical list of terms within a subject field together with definitions. |
| Paper | a piece of writing on a particular subject written by an expert in that subject and usually published in a book or journal. |
| Plagiarism | "to copy the writings of another person and publish the same as original work." |
| Record | the complete collection of related data found in an electronic catalog or index which describes a single book or article in that database |
| References | a list of publications referred to by the author of a paper or book. Also called "Works Cited" or "Bibliography." |
| Subject | the word or phrase which describes a theme of a literary work |
| Truncation | using the root word in a online search to find all items containing that root and different endings |
(Adapted from the site http://library.mtsu.edu/help/terms.php)
Unit 2 Progress Monitoring
In this unit you have worked on the following vocabulary related to the topic “Information Search”
Tick (V) the points you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise. |
Unit 3 Revise & Practise
1. Explain the difference between these pairs.
journal - magazine
encyclopedia - WWW
biography - autobiography
author - publisher
contents page - index
paper - article
abstract blurb
2. Divide into 5 teams. Each team completes word webs for the words information (adjectives), information (verbs), book (adjectives), knowledge (adjectives), knowledge (verbs) using its own colour marker. Mind maps are rotated every 1 minute, then the results are checked in class. The team that works out the more phrases is the winner.
3. Read these sayings. Comment on the one you like most.
Ø “Know where to find the information and how to use it – That’s the secret of success.” Albert Einstain
Ø “The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.” Northrup Frye
Ø “We are drowning in information and starved for knowledge.” Kofy Annan
Ø A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.” Shelby Foote
4. Complete this questionnaire for yourself. Then divide into groups and take turns to explain how to perform each of these actions.
| Do you know … | yes | no |
| how to use Brainboost search engine? | ||
| how to conduct field search? | ||
| how to find sites that have phrase ‘information literacy’ in the title? | ||
| what can save you time when you are searching for necessary sources? | ||
| where to look for information on popular science topics? | ||
| how to quickly check the authority of the site? | ||
| how to check the reliability/accuracy of the page? | ||
| what kind of information you need to find a particular book in a library catalogue? | ||
| how to differentiate information Web page from an advocacy one? | ||
| how to understand the purpose of the Web site? |
5. Work with a partner. Hold a competition and brainstorm about 10 terms to do with the library search. Compare the lists. Cross out the terms that are on the both lists. Explain the meaning of the rest of the terms.
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