VOCAB

• Cramming for success means studying in a very concentrated way for a short time.
• Genius is an exceptionally clever person.
• Past papers are exam papers from previous years.
• Learnt (off) by heart means you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
• Rote learning is learning purely by repetition.
• Mnemonics are tricks that help you remember something.
• To bury yourself in your books means spending the maximum time studying.
• To study intensively means studying in a very focused way.
• Knowing the subject inside out means knowing it completely.
• Composition could be just 50 – 100 words, often used for school work.
• Essay is longer than a composition, more serious, hundreds or thousands of words.
• Assignment is a long essay, often part of a course, usually thousands of words.
• Project is like an assignment, but emphasis on student’s own material and topic.
• Portfolio is a collection of individual pieces of work; may include drawings and other examples of creative work as well as writing.
• Dissertation is a long, research-based work, perhaps 10 – 15,000 words, for a degree or diploma.
• Thesis is a very long, original, research-based work, perhaps 80 – 100,000 words, for a higher degree.
• Mind map is a diagram that lays out ideas for a topic and how they are connected to one another.
• A first draft is the first, rough version.
• Plagiarism is using other people’s work as if it was yours.
• Acknowledge means to give details of.
• Deadline is the date by which you must hand in the work.
• Submitted means handed in.
• Assessed means evaluated and given a grade.
• Feedback are comments from the teacher/tutor.
• Carry out research means formal research.
• Academic journals are magazines with academic articles.
• To access it online means to get hold of (it) on the internet.
• Inter-library loan is a system where libraries exchange books/journals with one another.
• Educational resources are online materials that can be freely used by teachers and students anywhere.
• Drop out means to leave the course before the end.
• Finals are the last exams before the end of a college or university course.
• Well-qualified means with the right formal qualifications.
• Equality of opportunity means when everyone has the same chances.
• Selective schools admit pupils for entry, usually for academic reasons, though, in the case of some private schools, parents’ ability to pay school fees may be a factor in selection.
• Comprehensive schools educate everyone without exams and education is free, paid for by the government.
• Schooling is education received at school.
• Elitism is when you favour a small, privileged group.
• Inherent in means existing as a basic part of something.
• League tables are lists of schools or colleges, from the best down to the worst, based on exam results and, sometimes, other criteria.
• To perpetuate something means to make it continue.