Look through passage 4 and speak about your scientific supervisor according to the following plan

	Doctor’s degree.
	Scientific publications.
	Participation in the work of scientific conferences.
	The way your scientific supervisor helps you with your research.

13. Exchange your ideas with your colleagues on your future career prospects and the way of their realization. Use the following word combinations in your discussion:

post-graduate courses, a period of research, an intended area of study, an appropriate qualification, to prepare for more advanced study, expected results, something new to be found and achieved, to realize smb’s research potential to full extent, to demand a high level of intellectual ability, to require a high degree of organizational ability.

14. Read the text below to find the answers to the following questions:

a	Is your work of practical or theoretical importance?
b	How long have you been working at the problem?
c	What does your research involve?
d	How many scientific papers have you published?

My Research Work

1. I am an engineer of the nano- and microelectronics department of the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. My special subject is the technology of radio, nano- and microelectronic devices. I combine practical work with scientific research. So I am a doctoral candidate.

2. I am doing research in hybrid circuit technology which is now widely accepted for all types of electronic products. This branch of knowledge has been rapidly developing in the last two decades. The obtained results have already found wide application in most varied spheres of the country’s national economy.

3. I am particularly interested in that part of hybrid circuit technology which includes the production of passive elements of circuits by electrochemical oxidation of metals. I have been working at the problem for two years. I got interested in it when a student. My work is primarily of practical importance. It is based on the theory developed by the collaborators of our department. So I can say that I work in close cooperation with my colleagues. We also closely collaborate with several enterprises of our republic and other countries. There are several research teams at our department. The team I work in is headed by Doctor of technical sciences professor S.V.Petrov. He is my scientific supervisor. I always consult him when I encounter difficulties in my research. We often discuss the obtained data.

4. I am rather an experimentator than a theoretician. My research involves mathematical and statistical analysis, simulations and practical measurements using expensive equipment which is only available in very few universities. The methods used in my work are: anodizing in a galvanostatic regime, oxidation in a cathode regime and some others. The obtained data enabled me to define more precisely the theoretical model of anodic oxide films growth.

5. I have not yet completed the experimental part of my thesis, but I am through with the theoretical part. I have published 10 scientific papers so far, some of which were written when I was a student. Two of them were published in the journals of Japan and Austria. I take part in various scientific conferences where I make reports on my subject. I willingly participate in scientific discussions and debates.

6. I am planning to finish writing the thesis by the end of the next year and defend it in the scientific council of the University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. I hope to get the scientific degree of a candidate of technical sciences.

Go back to passage 1 and name the special subject of your research.

Scan passage 2 and explain why you have chosen this particular branch of study.