II. Vocabulary

Kvitka-Osnovianenko Ukrainian Language and Literature Faculty

Department of Practice of English Oral and Written Speech

Year 3

Independent Study. Term II

Module 5. Education

I. Reading

Post-secondary education in the United States is known as college or university and commonly consists of four years of study at an institution of higher learning. Students traditionally apply to receive admission into college, with varying difficulties of entrance. Schools differ in their competitiveness and reputation; generally, the most prestigious schools are private, rather than public. Admissions criteria involve the rigor and grades earned in high school courses taken, the students' GPA, class ranking, and standardized test scores. Most colleges also consider more subjective factors such as a commitment to extracurricular activities, a personal essay, and an interview. While numerical factors rarely ever are absolute required values, each college usually has a rough threshold below which admission is unlikely.

Once admitted, students engage in undergraduate study, which consists of satisfying university and class requirements to achieve a bachelor's degree in a field of concentration known as a major. (Some students enroll in double majors or "minor" in another field of study).

Unlike in the British model, professional degrees such as law, medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry, are not offered at the undergraduate level and are completed as graduate study after earning at least three years of undergraduate schooling or after earning a bachelor's degree depending on the program. These professional fields do not require a specific undergraduate major, though medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry have set prerequisite courses that must be taken before enrollment.

Some students choose to attend a community college for two years prior to further study at another college or university. In most states, community colleges are operated either by a division of the state university or by local special districts subject to guidance from a state agency. Community colleges may award Associate of Arts (AA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree after two years. Those seeking to continue their education may transfer to a four-year college or university (after applying through a similar admissions process as those applying directly to the four-year institution). Some community colleges have automatic enrollment agreements with a local four-year college, where the community college provides the first two years of study and the university provides the remaining years of study, sometimes all on one campus. The community college awards the associate's degree, and the university awards the bachelor's and master's degrees.

For questions 1 – 5, label each statement true or false according to the text.

1. To receive admission into college students have just to take tests.

2. Subjective factors influence greatly the admission procedure.

3. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.

4. Professional degrees are not offered at the undergraduate level in the US as well as in Britain.

5. Students can be admitted to a college or university after two years’ study at a community college.

For questions 6 – 10, choose the best answer (a, b, c, or d).

6. The four-year college may be an independent private _______ or an undergraduate division of a university.

a) institution b) agency c) course d) organ

7. After two years of education at a community college one can be __________ into a college or university.

a) enrolled b) entered c) introduced d) recorded

8. Sometimes to be enrolled students must take _________ courses.

a) community b) prerequisite c) competitive d) prestigious

9. Which word is a synonym to the word “undergraduate”:

a) dropout b) student c) school-leaver d) matriculant

10. An academic award conferred by a university or college on successful completion of a course or as an honorary distinction is called:

a) guidance b) allowance c) bonus d) degree

II. Vocabulary

Activity 1

Choose the correct answer.

1) A state school in Britain for children over the age of 11 of different abilities:

a) public school; c) secondary modern school;

b) comprehensive school; d) mixed school.

2).A secondary school, receiving pupils on a selective basis and providing mainly academic education:

a) grammar school; c) voluntary school;

b) secondary modern school; d) comprehensive school.

3) A school in which pupils of both sexes are educated together:

a) secondary modern school; c) all-trough school;

b) mixed school; d) two-tier school.

4) A school for both boys and girls:

a) all-trough school; c) co-educational school;

b) two-tier school; d) special school.

5) A private school for children aged between 13 and 18, whose parents pay for their education:

a) co-educational school; c) county school;

b) voluntary school; d) public school.

6) A school for children who are between 3 and 5 years old:

a) nursery school; c) junior school;

b) infant school; d) primary school.

7) A school for children between 5 and 11 years old in England and Wales:

a) junior school; c) preparatory school;

b) primary school; d) voluntary school.

8) GCSE stands for:

a) General Certificate of Secondary Education;

b) General Comprehensive School of England;

c) General Compulsory School Education;

d) General Common School Exam.

9) A type of school that existed in Britain until the 1960s, where children who had not passed a special examination were sent:

a) voluntary school; c) preparatory school;

b) comprehensive school; d) secondary modern school.

10).A school in Britain for children aged 7 to 11:

a) preparatory school; c) nursery school;

b) primary school; d) junior school.

11).A school which is not owned or paid for by the government:

a) maintained school; c) middle school;

b) independent school; d) special school.

12) Schools which are mostly established by religious denominations:

a) maintained; c) voluntary;

b) co-educational; d) independent.

13) An examination that students in England and Wales take, usually when they are 18:

a) GCSE; c) Common Entrance Exam;

b) A level; d) 11-plus.

14) An examination in a range of subjects, done by students in schools in England and Wales, usually at the age of 15 or 16:

a) GCSE; c) Common Entrance Exam;

b) A level; d) 11-plus.

15) An examination in the UK, taken in preparatory schools by children between the ages of 12 and 14, in order to be able to go to a public school:

a) GCSE; c) Common Entrance Exam;

b) A level; d) 11-plus.

16) A type of school in Britain for students who are preparing to take A levels:

a) co-educational school; c) College of Further Education;

b) preparatory school; d) sixth form college.

17) LEA stands for:

a) Local Educational Admission; c) Level of Education “A”;

b) Local Education Authority; d) Liverpool Education Academy.

18) The subjects that are taught by a school, college etc, or the things that are studied in a particular subject:

a) the three R’s; c) Sciences;

b) curriculum; d) core subjects.

19) A person who is in charge of a school:

a) Acting Head Teacher; c) Director;

b) Assistant Principal; d) Head Teacher.

20) The area of a school that its students come from:

a) the academic area; c) the residential area;

b) the catchment area; d) the key area.

21) The three R’s include reading, writing, and:

a) remedial teaching; c) arithmetic;

b) rhyming; d) drawing.

22) A punishment in which children who have behaved badly are forced to stay at school for a short time after the others have gone home:

a) expulsion; c) suspension;

b) detention; d) putting “on report”.

23) When someone is not allowed to go to school for a period of time as a punishment:

a) detention; c) exclusion;

b) expulsion; d) suspension.

24) Money given by the government which enables a person to study:

a) grade; c) fee;

b) grant; d) degree.

25) To give someone private lessons in a particular subject, especially so that they can pass an important test or exam:

a) to revise; c) to allocate;

b) to coach; d) to apply.

Activity II

Choose the best alternative to complete the sentences.

1. Education in Britain and Wales is _________from the age of five to sixteen:

a) corporal; c) comprehensive;

b) compulsory; d) free.

2. Peter got 50 ____ for being rude to a teacher:

a) retakes; c) lines;

b) rhymes; d) grades.

3. Eton, Harrow, Rugby are the most notable _____ schools in Britain:

a) primary schools; c) public schools;

b) grammar schools; d) universities.

4. The provision of the state-maintained school education is the responsibility of the ___________:

a) LEAs; c) GNVQs;

b) GCSEs; d) voluntary bodies.

5. After finishing the sixth form pupils take ________:

a) A levels; c) Common Entrance Exams;

b) GCSEs; d) 11-plus.

6. In 1956 after a primary school I failed my _____ exam, and went to a secondary modern school:

a) A level; c) GCSE;

b) O level; d) 11-plus.

7. In 1956 after a primary school I failed my 11-plus exam, and went to a ______:

a) grammar school; c) co-educational school;

b) secondary modern school; d) public school.

8. When they were rowdy and rude, I kept whole classes for ______:

a) expulsion; c) detention;

b) exclusion; d) repeating the year.

9. All parents are anxious that their children should not ______:

a) repeat a year; c) pass an exam;

b) keep up with the group; d) have set periods.

10. Unfortunately, in the past girls’ schools did not provide the same curriculum options as boys’ schools or ______ schools:

a) co-educational; c) preparatory;

b) secondary modern; d) independent.

11. Over three quarters of the House of Lords attended _____ schools of one sort or another:

a) comprehensive; c) fee-paying;

b) maintained; d) voluntary.

12. I failed my exam first time round, so I’m going to ______ it next month.

a) revise; c) resit;

b) repeat; d) attend.

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