VOCABULARY STUDY: RESEARCH
TASK ONE A: Study the concordance lines.
1.
Although
research
on the effects of smoking is not always …
2.
…what I will describe will be
research
on the cognitive side.
3
…looks at the latest scientific
research
on male sexuality.
4.
Laura Thomas, who's carrying out
research
on a report for the …
What preposition often follows the noun research?
What kind of information follows the preposition?
TASK ONE B:Study the verbs used with the noun research.
1.
Our
research
shows that one third of claims are
2.
Thomas, who's carrying out
Some
Cross-sectional and longitudinal
He believes new
research
on a report for the Panos
shows that if a woman has been
shows that the stages occur
being conducted by the company
and
findings have consistently shown
that
has also shown that .
by reporting that there is no
3
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The
Indeed, Fuchs summarizes the
How exactly do you carry out
The most recent
research
research
research
research
research
research
research?
research
has focused on areas where it is…
List the verbs which collocate with research as subject of the verb.
List the verbs which collocate with research as object of the verb.
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TASK ONE C: Research is a noun, but it is frequently used like an adjective, in front
of other nouns, to give more specific information about something.
Study the concordance lines and notice the way this is done.
1.
…the Greenpeace
research
base in Antarctica.
2.
Durham University's environmental
research
centre …
3
EA Technology, the private
research
company …
4.
The Academic Affairs Unit employs a
Research
Officer, who …
5.
This aspect of the school's
research
programme …
6.
7.
…in the
…in collaboration with IBM's Almaden
Research
Research
Department at Hammersmith Hospital.
Center.
8.
Students become familiar with the
research
laboratories.
TASK TWO: Practise
Have you done any research? Do you know someone who is doing research now?
Write a few sentences about it.
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Concordance data selected from http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk and adapted.
© Sandra Haywood, University of Nottingham