Commonly confused words

VOCABULARY

Ex. 3. Discuss the questions.

STARTING UP

UNIT 9.

SKILLS

From the list of Professional Associations based in the USA [45] choose one of the associations that matches your professional interests. Using its official website, prepare a short presentation of five to seven minutes following the plan from the exercise above.

International Professional Contacts: Conferences

Ex. 1. Look at these sayings. Which of the ideas do you agree with?

• Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989), Spanish artist

• Professionalism: It's NOT the job you DO. It's HOW you DO the job.
• If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

Scott Adams (b. 1957), American cartoonist

Ex. 2. What are the purposes of professional conferences? Think about the following:

• information
• making contacts
• meeting colleagues
• delivering new ideas
• sharing and discussing ideas
• sightseeing

1. How much does a conference cost? What does a conference budget cover? Who pays for a conference?
2. Should conference committees charge participants for coffee breakes? Why do they do it? What is the role of informal contacts during a formal event?

Ex. 1. Every day we hear similar meaning words such as workshops, summits, symposiums, seminars and conferences and easily get confused as the terminology is rather confusing. Complete the sentences [46] using the correct word in brackets and learn the difference.

Seminars are ………………………(educating, educative, educational) events that feature one or more subject matter experts delivering information primarily via lecture and discussion.

Workshops tend to be smaller and more ……………………. (intensative, intensive, intense) than seminars. This format often involves students practicing their new skills during the event under the watchful eye of the instructor.

Hands-On Workshops typically involve …………………… (participants, participates, participles) doing work on a particular issue during the program. The promise is that when they leave, they will have at least a rough plan or tools in place to address the challenge.

Conferences often features keynote presentations delivered to all ……………….. (attendees, attendants, attended) as well as multiple break-out sessions. …………….. (Attendees, attendants, attended) often expect to receive information about industry trends and developments.

A Symposium is typically a more formal or ………………… (academical, academician, academese, academic) gathering, featuring multiple experts delivering short presentations on a particular topic.

A Summit is a …………….. (gather, gatherer, gathering) of the highest level of leaders and experts.

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