EDUCATION VOCABULARY
Compulsory, obligatory, mandatory Vs. optional
Attend school/classes
Skill – language/communication/leadership/computer skills, to acquire skills
Qualifications, to qualify as a …
To assess, assessment criterion (criteria)
Curriculum (curricula, curriculums)
Aim (to aim at/to do), goal, purpose (purposeful)
Schools: primary, secondary, high
Distance learning, blended education
Academic achievement
Finish/leave school, school-leaver, alumnus (alumni)
GCSE – General Certificate of Secondary Education
GCE A-level exams– General Certificate of Education
Enroll for/in/on a course, enroll at college
Tuition (fee), tutor, tutorial
Get/win a scholarship, student/research grant
Bachelor’s degree: freshman, sophomore, undergraduate
Master’s degree: post-graduate
Ph.D. – Doctor of Philosophy
To graduate from college/university
Exams
Verbs: take, do, sit for; fail/ flunk; pass, sail through, scrape through (with difficulty)
Exam - to examine, examiner (invigilator), examinee, examination
Exam: written, oral
Cheat, use a crib, copy from other students, revise for exams
Phrasal verbs
Brush up – to practice in order to get back skills or knowledge
go through – to examine in detail
look through – read quickly
get on/along with smth – make progress
get down to smth – start work on smth that requires time and efforts
fall behind smb. (with smth.) – fail to keep the level with others
catch up with smb – to do everything that hasn’t been done, to reach the same standard as others
hand in – to give
hand out – to distribute
drop out – to leave a course
give up – to stop trying to do smth. you haven’t finished
