01: Crambing for Success

Cram

Study in a very concentrated way for a short time

= prepare hard

Revise

Revise sth to change your opinions or plans

=Rereading and going over

Learnt (off) by heart

Learning purely by repetition

=Learn things by memory

Rote - learning

Learning purely by repitition

= memory - learning

Mnemonics

Tricks that helps you remember sth

= memory tricks

Bury yourself in your book

Spend the maximum time studying

= read a huge amount

Intensively

= In a very focus way

Know the subject inside out

Know it completely

=Know the subject 100%

Composition

50-100 words (used for school work)

Essay

Longer than composition, more serious, hundreds or thousands words

Assignment

A long essay, often part of a course, usually thousands of words

Project

Like an assignment but emphasis on student’s own material and topic

Portfolio

A collection of individual pieces of work; many include drawing and other examples of creative work as well as writing

Dissertation

A long, research- based work, perhaps 10-15,000 words, for a degree or diploma

Thesis

A very long, original, research- based work, perhaps 80-100,000 words, for a high degree (PhD)

Plagiarism

Using other people’s work as if it was yours

Acknowledge

Give details of~

Assessed

Evaluated and given a grade

Carry out research

Less formal is: do research

Academic journals

Magazines with academic articles

Access it online

Get hold of (it) on the internet

Inter-library loan

System where libraries exchange books/journals with another one

Drop out

Leave the course before the end

Demanding

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Finals

Last exams before the end of a college or uni course

Well - qualified

With the right formal qualifications

Past paper

= exam papers from previous years

Mind map

= diagram showing different ideas