Education

Upper-Intermediate

preschool (BrE: nursery school)

a school for children between the ages of about two and five

kindergarten (BrE: reception)

a school or class to prepare children aged five for school

• his first day at ___

elementary school (BrE: primary school)

(also informal grade school)

a school for children between the ages of about 6 and 12

• She teaches ___ ___ in Atlanta.

middle school

(in the US and Canada) a school for children between the ages of about 11 and 14

(in the UK) a school for children between the ages of about 9 and 13

high school (BrE: secondary school) / senior high school (also senior high) (BrE: upper school)

(in the US and some other countries) a school for young people between the ages of 14 and 18

college (BrE: university)

(in the US) a university where students can study for a degree after they have left school

• She was the first in her family to attend ___.

• He's hoping to go to ___ next year.

• I graduated from ___ with an English degree.

university (BrE: university)

an institution at the highest level of education where you can study for a degree or do research

• a ___ student/lecturer/professor

• a ___ degree/course

higher education

education at university, especially to degree level

• students entering ___ ___

• institutions of ___ ___

compulsory education

education that children are required to receive by law

В AmE в повседневной речи также часто говорят mandatory education или compulsory schooling

to take an exam (BrE: take / sit an exam)

to complete a formal test of your knowledge or ability

to pass an exam

the minimum result required to be successful in a test

to fail an exam

to not achieve the result required to be successful in a test

to retake an exam

to take the same test again, usually after failing or receiving a low score

to skip class / to skip classes (BrE: skip lessons / miss lessons)

to deliberately not attend a lesson that you are expected to attend

entrance exam

a test that applicants may need to pass before entering a school, college, or other institution

distance learning

a system of studying remotely without regularly attending classes in person

online learning

education delivered through the internet rather than only in a physical classroom

blended learning

a method that combines face-to-face classes with online study

course (BrE: course / module)

a series of classes about one particular subject, usually lasting for a semester or another fixed period

В AmE course обычно означает отдельный предмет. В BrE отдельная часть программы может называться module, а course — вся образовательная программа.

to monitor

to regularly check and record how someone or something is developing

to submit (BrE: submit / hand in)

to give a document, proposal, etc. to somebody in authority so that they can study or consider it

• ___ something to ___ an application/a claim/a proposal

• ___ something to somebody/something She ___ her report to the committee.

an assignment (BrE: assignment / piece of coursework)

a task or piece of work that somebody is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies

• Students are required to complete all homework ___s.

• You will need to complete three written ___s per semester.

course work (BrE: coursework)

work that students do during a course of study, not in exams, that is included in their final mark

• ___ accounts for 40 per cent of the final marks.

to graduate

to get a degree, especially your first degree, from a university or college

• ___ in something Only three students ___ in Czech studies last year.

• ___ from something She ___ from Harvard this year.

• ___ with something He ___ with a BA in English in 2018.

• ___ something (North American English) She ___ college last year.

major (BrE: main subject / degree subject)

the main subject or course of a student at college or university

• Her ___ is French.

GPA (BrE: overall average / degree classification)

grade point average

• He graduated with a ___ of 3.8.

semester (BrE: term / semester)

one of the two periods that the school or college year is divided into

• the spring/fall ___

tuition (BrE: tuition fees)

the money that you pay to be taught, especially in a college or university

• The scholarship pays the ___ but students still need to find money for accommodation, meals and books.

a scholarship

an amount of money given to somebody by an organization to help pay for their education

• She won a ___ to study at Oxford.

• on a scholarship He went to drama school on a ___.

student loan

money borrowed to pay for education and repaid later

Common collocations

• take out a ___ ___

• repay a ___ ___

midterm / midterms (BrE: half-term)

in the middle of one of the main periods of the academic year

• a ___ examination/break

a final (BrE: finals)

an exam taken by school, university or college students at the end of a semester or quarter, usually in a topic that they will not study again

lecture

a talk that is given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course

• to go to/attend a ___

• to give/deliver a ___

• ___ on something a series of lectures on Jane Austen

• ___ about something an illustrated ___ about the planet Mars

• ___ to somebody a book based on her ___ to students

• ___ by somebody a ___ by Professor Snow

• in a ___ She spoke about the environmental problems of the future in a ___ at Georgetown University.

• at a ___ There were very few students at his ___ that morning.

credits

a unit of study at a college or university (in the US, also at a school); the fact of having successfully completed a unit of study

• My math class is worth three ___s.

junior high school (also junior high)

(in the US and Canada) a school for young people between the ages of 12 and 14

to do well

to achieve good results in a test, subject, or educational program

в AmE обычно do well on an exam, а в BrE чаще do well in an exam