理工科留学生学业英语技能

出版时间：2011-6  出版社：中国石化出版社有限公司  作者：祁大晟  页数：178  

内容概要

《理工科留学生学业英语技能》是中国石油大学海归博士祁大晟教授结合自己在国外六年多的学习工作经历以及回国后多年的教学实践，历时六年编写完成的。哪些人适合出国留学？留学的核心价值何在？留学学什么？怎么学？也可在该书中获得解答。

作者简介

　  祁大晟，男，生于1951年，山西夏县人，博士，教授。是老三届中学生，当过农民，民办中学教师，油田井下作业修井工。为大学普通班学历。1975-1998年在新疆油田工作，任高级工程师，研究室主任。1998年出国留学。2004年，53岁时在澳大利亚新南威尔士大学获石油工程哲学博士学位。2004年9月应聘回国来中国石油大学（北京）石油工程学院任教。主要从事油气田开发理论与油藏工程教学与研究。所主讲《油层物理》，2009年被评为北京市精品课，2010年被评为国家级（网络）精品课。曾为中国石油多个国际培训班授课（伊朗、苏丹、古巴、厄瓜多尔、尼日利亚、尼日尔、乍得、哈萨克斯坦、伊拉克），用英文讲授《油层物理》、《油藏工程》。

书籍目录

CHAPTER 1 UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM 
  1.1 The Degree System
  1.2 Tutors.Lecturers and Professors
  1.3 Courses,Units of Credit and Programs
  1.4 Essays and Assignments
  1.5 Assessment
  1.6 What Happens If You Fail？
  1.7 Study Problems
  1.8 Thesis Writing
CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED ON YOUR LITERATURE REVIEW
  2.1 What is a Uterature Review？
  2.2 What is the Purpose of a Uterature Review？
  2.3 What do I need to be able to do
  in order to write a literature review？
  2.4 How Could I Write My Uterature Review？
  2.5 Discussing and Evaluating the Uterature
CHAPTER 3 TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFICWRITING IN GENERAL
  3.1 Language and Style
  3.2 Jargon
  3.3 Abbreviations and Acronyms
  3.4 First Person or Third Person？
  3.5 Non - Discrimination Language
  3.6 Transition Signals in Technical Writing
  3.7 Punctuations
CHAPTER 4 USEFUL TIPS FOR SPEAKING
  TO AN AUDIENCE
  4.1 Methods to Try
  4.2 Speaking Well
CHAPTER 5 SPEED-READING IN BUSINESS
  5.1 What Is Speed -Reading？
  5.2 The Basic Theory and Methods of Speed - Reading
  5.3 Useful Suggestions
  5.4 Use the Multiple Reading Technique to Read Technical Material
  5.5 Tips for Reading a Newspaper More Effectively
CHAPTER 6 STUDYING FOR EXAMS
  6.1 Some Basic Guidelines
  6.2 The SQ3R Method of Study
  6.3 Open Book & Take Home Exams
CHAPTER 7 FUNDAMENTALS OF TECHNICAL/
  SCIENTIFIC WRITING——REPORT WRITING
  7.1 The Basic Structure of a Report
  7.2 Analyse and Plan Your Task
  7.3 Preparation
  7.4 Length of Text
  7.5 Economy of Words
  7.6 Choice of Words
  7.7 Choice of Verbs
  7.8 Choice of Pronouns
CHAPTER 8 TECHNICAL/SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
CHAPTER 9 RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES ANDTHESIS WRITING FOR
POSTGRADUATES
CHAPTER 10 ACADEMIC PAPER WRITING
CHAPTER 11 JOB APPLICATION
REFERENCES
APPENDIX