VOCABULARY
Schools
bys
{ar) primary,
sseryferdche, nursery school/kindergarten
econdary/{in) high (AmE] school
igampar \ vocational \ track \comprehensive ~
tublicprivateffee-paying ~, boarding ~
ower\upper) sixth form college, sixth-formn
tuition fee, languaye school, one-to-one teaching
Sibjects & less
arts & science subjects
optional & compulsory subjects
casriculim, syllabus, timetable. (in a) lesson
requirements, standards), form, class
school year, term, course, lesson, break
school report, mark/grade, straight As
testbook/eoursebook, teaching methods
Teachers & students
~ staf, form \head teacher/master\ mistress
strict, lenient, just, fair, unfair
anative\non-native English teacher
ailtedalenred \weak*hopeless(atfin), bright)
{quick on the uptake, hardworking, lazy
dlscipline problems
to start school, to leave schoo!
to go to school/eo attend a school, to be a
first year student, to he in one’s first year
to play truant, to skip 2 lesson, to be absent
to go to evening classes \private lessons
to takejlo\entol infjoin a course (on Vin...)
todo well at school \in a subject
tobe good\bad at ... \weak in
tw get good/high \low marks in...
to doa test, to answer questions
to dofstudy a subject
to specialise in a subject, specialised elass
to make sy interested in
to fal sj, 0 pass sy
to give a test ina subject
to have a gift for.
to coach sy (in a subject, for an exam)
to keep discipline
2UNIT Etecation
Higher education
to take one's schoo! leaving/final exams to prepare/(to cramjto swot) for an exam
General Certificate of Secondary Education to take/sitfit for an entrance \oral \written\
(GCSE) [Bil], A-levels [BrE], school leaver intermediate \advanced level exam in.
to go on to universityfeallege to pass fail scrape through an exam
to apply (for admission) to ~, to graduate from university
to get a place at/to be acnitted 10 ~ to qualify as.a (doctor)
to be rejected, to get a gran \scholarship to take a degree in (medicine)
to studyhlofread ... [BrE}/to major in ... [AmB] (under\post)graduate (course)
Jecture, seminar, semester, thesis | MA. MSe, PhD
SPEAKING
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‘Use the following guidelines to tell your partner about yourself.
1 started ft primany school in
Twent on to the
Lam in the .., year now.
| In our school, educational standards requirements are...
4 Tgo\wont toa ess specialised in
| Lam\was quite good at ..., Lam\was not particularly good at ...*
| As for languages, 1 do\did ..
! Thave already passed J} Laon preparing for the intermediate\ advanced lewel exam in.
4 Afier my schoe! leaving exams, T would like to apply for admission to... ! Lapplied to ...**
' If Lam not admitted,
| After graduation from college \university, ... ~
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' Sciences, Physis, Chemist” Religious Education/RE
| Broke ‘Hungarian Language and Literature Physical Education/PE
' AnJArs [Ame] Foreign Langues Comparer Science
} History of Art Philasopby Technology ‘
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| Faculky of Humanities\Sciences\Law ~~ Techtoloyy ‘and Catering
| University of Beonamis, Univesity of Horuenttae\Foresry School of Veterinary Sciences
| Mesical SchoolfUniversy University of Agtogonsicy/Agriculnxe Teacher Training College
} of Madicine Academy of Dangle and “Trining College for Kiaergarten
| Acgley of Miuse\Fine Ants ‘Cinematoggaphic Art Teachers
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