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Topical vocabulary

Список основной и дополнительной литературы | GLOSSARY ON THE DISCIPLINE | Systems of formal education | After the Exams | The use of tenses in the Passive Voice. | Kazakhstan—Education System | Topical Vocabulary | Act out the interviews in class. | Topics for oral and written composition | Attributive groups |


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EDUCATION

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Who is who: applicant/prospective student; freshman; sophomore, junior, senior, undergraduate student; graduate (grad) student; part-time student;.transfer student; night stu­dent; faculty:1 teaching assistant, assistant professor, associate professor, (full) professor; counselor.2

2. Administration: dean, assistant dean, department chair­man; President of the University; academic vice-president; stu­dent government; board of trustees.

3. Structure: college (college of Arts and Sciences); school (school of Education), evening school; grad school; summer school;3 college of continuing education;4 department; career development and job placement office.2

4. Academic calendar: fall spring term/semester; fall, winter, spring, summer quarter; school/academic year; exam period/days — reading days/period;5 break/recess; deadline6 (fall term break; whiter recess or winter holidays, summer vaca­tion).

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1 The entire teaching staff at an educational institution.

2 For detailed information see Appendix.

3 Classes taken in summer (during vacation time) to earn additional credits or to improve one's proficiency.

4 In-service training, updating one's qualification.

5 One or more days to read up for an examination.

6 The last date for a retake.

5. Academic programs: course (a one / three credit course); to take a course, to give a lecture; pass-fail course;1 elective, a major/to major (what's your major?); a minor (second in importance); discussion session; seminars; a more academic class, usually with grad students; a student-teacher.

6. Grades: to get/to give a grade; pass-fail grading (e. g.: to take grammar pass-fail); grades A, B, C, D, E; A-student; to graduate with straight A; a credit, to earn a credit; education record.2

7. Tests: quiz; to take/to give an exam; to retake an exam (a retake); to flunk a course; to flunk smb; to drop out/to with­draw; a pass-fail test; multiple choice test; essay test; SAT, PSAT (preliminary SAT) ACT; GPA.3

8. Red Tape: to register (academically and financially); to enroll for admission; to interview; to sign up for a course; to select classes/courses; to drop a course, to add a course,4 a student I.D.,5 library card; transcript; degrees: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; to confer a degree; to confer tenure, thesis, paper, dissertation.

9. Financing: full-time fees; part-time fees; grants; student financial aid; to apply for financial aid; to be eligible for finan­cial assistance; scholarship; academic fees; housing fees; a col­lege work-study job.

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