I. Topical Vocabulary. Tell how you DO combat stress

Education

Tell how you DO combat stress.

Explain the underlined phrases and sentences in your own words.

TYPES OF EDUCATION

elementary, secondary, pre-school, post-school/further, higher/university, compulsory, all-round, vocational, non-secular (AmE)/denominational (BrE)/religious, secular (AmE)/non-denominational (BrE), free, full-time, part-time, distance.

SCHOOLS

nursery school (AmE)/nursery (BrE), kindergarten, elementary/grade school (AmE), primary school(BrE), infant school/the infants (BrE), junior school/the juniors (BrE), secondary school, junior high school (AmE), senior high school/high school (AmE), sixth form/sixth form college (BrE), grammar school (BrE), secondary modern school (BrE), comprehensive school (BrE), public school (AmE)/state school (BrE), public school (BrE)/private school (AmE), boarding school, preparatory/prep school (BrE), special school, school specializing in mathematics/which specializes in mathematics, technical/vocational/professional school, graduate school (AmE)/post-graduate school (BrE), law school/medical school/business school (AmE), to be at (BrE)/to be in (AmE) school/university/college, to attend/to go to school/university, to drop out of school/to leave school, to be expelled from school, expulsion, to leave school/to graduate from university (high school).

SOMEONE WHO STUDIES

pupil, schoolchildren (schoolboy, schoolgirl), high school/university/college student, history/English/art student, first-year student, freshman (AmE)/fresher (BrE), sophomore (AmE), junior (AmE), senior (AmE), alumna (pl. – -nae), alumnus (pl. – -ni), fraternity (AmE), sorority (AmE), fraternity brother, sorority sister, major, undergraduate, school leaver/school graduate (AmE), a college/university graduate, post-graduate, gifted student, child prodigy, borderline candidate, to come top of your class, to excel at…, to do a research/to research into smth.

QUALIFICATIONS, DEGREES

a degree (in biology/French), to do a degree, to award a degree, Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, Doctor’s degree, Associate degree, diploma, High School Diploma, certificate, GCSE.

TEACHERS

school teacher, nursery school teacher, university teacher/ professor (AmE), a teacher of English/an English teacher, class/form teacher, principal (AmE)/headteacher/headmaster/headmistress (BrE), vice-principal (AmE)/deputy headteacher/senior master/senior mistress (BrE), assistant teacher/instructor, senior teacher/instructor, tutor, lecturer, professor, don, faculty (AmE)/teaching/academic staff (BrE), to lecture in…, supply teacher, peripatetic teacher.

TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS

an oral/written test/exam, a spelling/vocabulary/grammar test, end-of-term test, to give smb a test/to test smb on smth, to retest smb on smth, to have a test on smth, to take a test on the term’s work/in History, to revise for a test/exam, to cram, rote-learning, past papers, to pass a test/exam, to fail a test/exam, to mark test-papers, student’s record book, to sign smb’s record-book, History exam/an exam in Psychology, mock exam, entrance exam, final (AmE), finals (BrE), to take/sit (for) an exam, to pass an exam with flying colours, to sail through an exam, to scrape through an exam, to cheat in an exam, to be examined/re-examined in…, examiner, examinee, examining board, transcript, grade, mark.

ADMISSION TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

to be admitted to/to be accepted by a university, admission, to apply for admission, (to submit) admission application, university admission board/admission office, to enroll (AmE)/to enter (BrE) (a) school/university, reference, referee, to win a scholarship.

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