Advanced Vocabulary (18) : education

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uneducated (adj)

illiterate (adj)

~ refers to a person that lacks formal education.

An ~ person is unable to read or write.

àeducate sb(v)

àcomputer ~ (adj)

arithmetic (n, adj)

The three Rs, i.e. reading, writing and  ~ are the most

important parts of primary education.

Arithmetic  comprises  adding,  subtracting,

multiplying and dividing numbers.

a curriculum (n)

A ~ comprises all the courses offered by an educational institution.

= a syllabus (AmE)

àa CV

job training (n)

Nowadays people without any ~ face great difficulties

in finding well-paid work.

àa skilled worker

teach sb sth

(v: taught / ~)

You can't ~ an old dog new tricks. (proverb)

Experience  ~es us our limitations.

àa teacher (n)

a headteacher (n: BrE)

When his behaviour didn't improve, he had to go and

see the ~.

= the principal (US)

an instructor (n)

In order to get your driving license, you have to take

lessons with an experienced driving ~.

àinstruction  (n)

instruct sb (v)

learning difficulties

(n)

Usually, students with  ~ are taught general skills in

separate classes.

àhave ~ in doing sth

study (v: studied / ~)

He  ~ied for his exams every afternoon.

His father advised him to  ~ law, but he decided to try his luck as an entertainer instead.

learn sth (v)

àstudy at college

/ university

revise sth (v)

It has always been a good idea to  ~ your English tenses

once in a while.

àdo revision (n)

attend (school) (v)

All children over five have to  ~ school until they reach

the age of sixteen.

↔ be absent

(from school)

play truant (v)

He was expelled from school for playing ~.

àtruancy (n)

drop out (of school :v)

He  ~ped out of school during his exams on account of

personal and financial problems.

àa drop-out (n)

a nursery (school)  (n)

A ~ is a place where children are temporarily cared for

in their parents' absence.

à a kindergarten

(AmE)

a primary school (n)

The reading ability of the pupils depends on the quality

of the ~ they attended.

àelementary school

àsecondary school

a boarding school (n)

~s are institutions where, on top of tuition, meals and lodging are provided.

àhalf-board accommodation

a comprehensive

(school)

The majority of secondary schools in Britain are  ~ s

where children of all abilities are taught together.

a gym(nasium) (n)

We have PE in the ~ twice a week.

àphysical education

core subjects (n)

subsidiary subjects (n)

Maths and English are  ~s, whereas biology, history,

computer studies, art, and physical education are ~.

= minor subjects

compulsory (adj)

In secondary education, English and mathematics are  ~

subjects, i.e. all students have to take them.

↔ optional / elective

subjects

graduate (from) (v)

She ~d from university after studying for four years.

àgraduation (n)

(get a) a degree (n)

He left university with a ~ in law.

à20 degrees Celsius

fees (n)

All  students  attending  private  schools  have  to  pay

annual ~.

= they charge a fee

a scholarship (n)

He can't afford university, but he hopes to win a  ~ in

order to study medicine.

= a grant (n)

a dormitory (n)

He doesn't have an apartment of his own, he lives on

campus in a ~.

= a hall of residence

(n)

take (an exam) (v)

fail (an exam) (v)

Every student has to ~ four written exams.

He  passed his oral exams, but he ~ed the written ones.

= sit an exam

↔ pass an exam (v)

assess papers

~ing papers is one of the main obligations of a teacher.

= mark papers

meet the requirements

Unfortunately,  he  failed  to  meet  the  school's  ~  for

graduation

àsth that is

required

cheat (v)

He  was  expelled  from  school  when  he  confessed  to having ~ed in his exams.

àDon't trust him.

He's a cheat!

qualifications (n)

Unfortunately, he left school without any ~s.

àto qualify (v)

equality of opportunity

(n)

The  government's  aim  has  been  to  provide  ~  for

students of both sexes and of all nationalities.

àa missed

opportunity

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