Professional English —— for students in college of mathematics and statistics

1. Professional English —— for students in college of mathematics and statistics Lecture 1: Introduction

2. Table of Content An introduction How to survive What will be covered Concluding remarks 2

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4. Whether will you pass the exam? • It depends! • But tell you the way to survive • One long presentation (40%, team work) • The organization; Team-work spirit; Achievement …… • One short presentation (30%, personal) • Clearance; The organization …… • One project report (30%, individual effort) • My observation (1. actively involved in every course; 2. come to this module on time; 3. creativity; 4. do not just listen, try your first time academic writing; 5.good relationship with me ……) • Your ways of putting what you have done in English 4

5. About the long presentation • Form 3 groups, each choose “introduction”, “methods”, “results” as your topic • Write your own topic academically, and submit report which will be evaluated by students from other group • Summarize the topic from other group, and write your idealized topic which will be finally presented in class Week 13rd Week 15th 5

6. About the short presentation • Choose any topic you like • Make your presentation in the way of “introduction”, “methods” and “results” • I will give suggestions to each presentation Week 7th, 11st, 13rd, 15th 6

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8. Topics covered Lecture 1: Introduction (week 2nd) • An introduction • How to survive • What will be covered • Warn up: some popular expression in math Lecture 2:Professional writing: Introduction (week 3rd) • Most popular math journals and their papers • The basic characteristics of Professional English in math • The popular vocabulary and characters in math • Something about the paper submission and revision 8

9. Topics covered • Lecture 3: Professional writing: Methods (week 4th) • How to describe methodology in a clear way • Popular methods used in journal papers • Analyze several methods examples • Words popular in methods • Lecture 4: Short presentation (week 7th) • Opening remarks • Student presentation (5 min) • Teacher’s comments (1 min) • Concluding remarks 9

10. Topics covered • Lecture 5: Professional writing: Results (week 10th) • How to summarize your results • Analyze several results examples • Phrase and word popular in results • The discussion of the results • Lecture 6: Short presentation (week 11st) • Opening remarks • Student presentation (5 min) • Teacher’s comments (1 min) • Concluding remarks 10

11. Topics covered • Lecture 7: Topics other than mathematics (week 12nd) • Physics • Biology • Pharmacy • Computer science • Lecture 8: Short presentation (week 13rd) • Opening remarks • Student presentation (5 min) • Teacher’s comments (1 min) • Concluding remarks 11

12. Topics covered • Lecture 9: GRE mathematics (week 14th) • Ask questions • Answer questions • Is there better way to solve GRE questions • Concluding remarks • Lecture 10: Cross evaluation of reports submitted (week 15th) • Opening remarks • G1: Introduction (25 min) • G2: Methods (25 min) • G3: Results (25 min) • Concluding remarks 12

13. Warm up: translate 罗尔定理 如果实函数 f 在闭区间[a, b]上连续, 在开区间 (a, b)内可导, 并且 f (a) = f (b), 那么在开区间 (a, b) 至少有一点 x 使得 f ' (x) = 0. Roll’s Theorem If a real-valued function f is continuous on a closed interval [a, b], differentiable in the open interval (a, b), and f (a) = f (b), then there exists a x in the open interval (a, b) such that the derivative of f (x) = 0.

14. Some popular expressions in math 1．+: and, plus , added to • 2 ＋ 4 ＝ 6： Two and four is six . Two plus four is equal to six . Two added to four equals six . Two and four makes six . Two plus four will be six . If you add two to four , you get six .

15. 2．—：minus, taken from, subtracted from • 8－3=5 ： Eight minus three is five . Eight minus three is equal to five . Three taken from eight leaves five . Three subtracted from eight leaves five . Take three from eight and the remainder is five .

16. 3．X：multiply···by···/ multiplied by / times • 3 × 5 = 15： Multiply three by five is (gives) fifteen . Three multiplied by five is fifteen . Multiply three by five , you get fifteen . Three times five is (makes, will be , equals, is equal to ) fifteen .

17. 4． ÷ ：divide···by···/divided by / divide···into···/ into • 24 ÷ 8 = 3 ： Twenty-four divided by eight makes (is , equals ) three . Twenty-four divided by eight is equal to three . Eight into twenty-four goes three times . Divide eight into twenty-four, and you get three . Divide twenty-four by eight, and you get three .

18. Any questions? Thank you!