B2 · 21 words
Lotte writes her thesis
Lotte's last semester has begun, and with it her thesis about the trees in Berlin's parks. Learn to talk about academic work - the topic, sources, the outline and the deadline - and about the supervisor who reads every draft.
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Supervisor
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Translation
I'm very happy with the content: an exciting topic and careful research.
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Supervisor
Gut. Ein Kollege meinte übrigens, Ihre Abschlussarbeit sei die beste des Semesters. Ich betreue Sie gern bis zum Ende.
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Translation
Good. By the way, a colleague said your thesis was the best of the semester. I'm glad to supervise you right to the end.
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Words and Phrases
- die Abschlussarbeit thesis
- die Betreuerin supervisor
- der Betreuer supervisor
- die Gliederung outline
- der Entwurf draft
- die Abgabe submission
- die Literatur literature
- das Zitat quotation
- die Forschung research
- zitieren to quote
- recherchieren to research
- gliedern to structure
- betreuen to supervise
- wissenschaftlich academic
- inhaltlich in terms of content
- unter Druck stehen to be under pressure
- das Semester semester
- die Quelle source
- abgeben to hand in
- gründlich thorough
- das Thema topic
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