Speak About Education in English: School, College, University Vocabulary

In this video you can get the most important vocabulary to speak about education in English, not only to describe the educational systems of the UK and the USA, but also your own country's educational system
📙Category: English vocabulary
👨‍🎓Level: Upper-intermediate (B2)

📄Contents:

0:17 – the overview of the educational systems in the UK and the USA; difference between a degree and a diploma, higher education and further or vocational education; difference between independent and state schools
1:39 – who are “juniors, sophomores, freshmen, and seniors”
1:57 – school premises and facilities
2:45 – jobs in a school (school staff)
3:27 – science subjects vs. arts and humanities
3:41 – classroom activities
4:14 – difference between grades and marks
4:34 – school exams in the UK and the USA
5:12 – prom parties (proms)
5:34 – university/college application process in the UK
5:53 – university/college application process in the USA
6:14 – financing your studies
6:32 – admission to a university/college
6:54 – campus facilities
7:12 – who are undergraduate and graduate/post-graduate students
7:32 – speaking about degrees
8:00 – academic personnel (faculty)
8:21 – curriculum vs. syllabus
8:40 – majors, required courses, electives (options)
9:06 – laboratory courses, lectures and seminars, tutorials, colloquiums
9:30 – types of academic writing
9:53 – students and teachers’ work, responsibilities and activities
10:11 – attendance and discipline
10:40 – school punishment
10:59 – break from studies and withdrawal
13:07 – types of exams

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[irttttt]

Thanks a ton! I'm preparing for the B2 exam, and here are all the words I needed for the topic “Education”.

[mariaeugeniarojas]

Best video ever seen... and complete!!

[zahraaAli-ftem]

I'm an English teacher and videos really inspire me

[eiliehallak]

here a script of the video:



Nursery (preschool)
Compulsory Education (5-16 Y.O.):
*independent/state schools:
UK
-primary school
-secondary school
US
-kindergarten
-elementary school
-middle school
-high school
Higher education (degree):
-universities
-colleges, business schools, institutes
-postgraduate
Vocational Education (US) /
Further Education (UK) (diploma/ certificate):
-colleges
-FE providers
School Premises:
School building- school hall- classroom- gym- canteen- parking lot- playground- playing field
Staff room / teachers’ lounge – library – chemistry or physics lab – lockers
School Staff:
Teacher
Head Teacher (Headmaster, Principle, Director)
Deputy Head Teacher
Head of Department (biology department, mathematical department)
Physical/ PE teacher
Religious/ RE teacher
Learning Support Assistant (Teaching Assistant)
Caretaker (looks after school building)
Librarian
Curriculum:
Science (physics - chemistry – biology – mathematics)
Arts (humanities): (history – geography – English – political science)
Classwork:
Solve math problems
Do sums, divide, multiply, subtract (take)
Learn by heart, do projects, take quizzes, work in groups
Grades (ABC)/ Marks or Score (70/100)
Take/pass/ fail the exam
Prom party
University and college admission service
Apply/ application / applicants
College Navigator (research your option)
Verify your credentials (admission requirement)
Finance your study
Enroll into a course
Campus:
Lecture hall – student Centre – dining hall – residence hall (hall of residence) – dormitory (dorm)
Student:
Undergraduate – graduate – post graduate
Receive, get, earn, obtain a degree in…
Bachelor’s – Master’s – Doctor’s (doctoral - PHD)
Academic personnel (faculty: department):
President (Principle, Chancellor)
Department Chair (Dean)
Advisor of studies
Supervisor
Curriculum ~ Syllabus
Major course in History
Required courses (obligatory courses and subjects: core courses, mandatory courses, general education courses)
Optional courses (elective courses and subjects:” electives”, “options”)
Student attend laboratory courses…
…have lectures seminar
…go to colloquium (Q&A conference)/ tutorial (individual class)
Peers=students
Seminar leader=teacher
Academic writing:
Paper-essay-thesis-course paper- coursework-dissertation
Assign-collect-check-hand out-give feedback-write-submit-hand in
Students’ work:
Make (do), borrow notes, take part in discussions, give a presentation
Teachers’ work:
Give a lecture, give handouts, lead a seminar, give assignments
Attendance and discipline:
He was absent from school too often.
Truant children usually have problems with exams.
He often played truant and just stayed at home.
He has been truanting for 3 days by now.
He skipped his English lesson and went to the cinema.
Punishment:
Reprimand – detention – suspension (temporary exclusion) – expulsion (permanent exclusion)
Break from studies or withdrawal:
Gap year (break between school and uni) – leave of absence (temporal withdrawal: illness, bereavement, financial hardships, personal issues) – drop out
Exams:
Term (semester), revise/review for an exam, exam week, mid-term exams, end-of-term exams, end-of-year exams, final exams (finals), makeup examinations (retake, resit)
Exams types: multiple choice, open book and take home, problem or case-based, oral exams, cumulative exams (test on all the materials since the beginning of the term), comprehensive (focus on the general knowledge of the students), pass-fail exam (no marks given).
Idioms:
Do well, pass, pass with flying colours, sail through exams.

[VigilantRaccoon]

The most structured presentation I've ever seen!) Thank you! ♡

[dilraboergasheva]

It is an amazing video. All in one and so easy to catch.

[adelinasanchezcenteno]

Thanks for sharing this video, it is super clear the way you present the vocabulary

[berkhasan]

very very very successful video. I love it.

[mariadelpilarmartinsanchez]

Thank you very much for this video. I liked it a lot.

[mostlikelytobestressed]

thanks i was just looking for a video to revise for my English exam

[hyfuoi]

Мне задали посмотреть это видео в качестве домашнего задания по английскому :D

[mariaflorenciabatalla]

Great video. Thank you so much for your contribution!!

[liliaheryak]

Such a lot of new words)Very interesting and useful video.Thank you for your help.Greetings from Ukraine!

[victoriamostovyk]

This is very inreresting video/ It's help me to prepare to my English exam)

[oumaimachochouette]

Amazing video keep up the hard work, may I know what softwares do u use to make these kind of videos? If u don't mind revealing that ofc :)

[rabergeo]

Interesting video. So useful and informative

[raymondmiller]

Brilliant video. But I'm not sure we finish secondary education at 16.

[penc]

После вашего урока я удолил виндовс. Правда помогло