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    This document contains vocabulary related to education, higher education, politics and public institutions, and environmental problems. It defines terms like crèche, nursery school, primary school, comprehensive school, secondary school. For higher education, it lists terms such as undergraduate, postgraduate, dissertation, thesis, lecture, seminar, tutorial. For politics, it defines terms such as federation, independence, coalition government, legislature, and electoral terms. Finally, it provides vocabulary for global and environmental problems such as famine, landslide, typhoon, earthquake, war, and ozone depletion.

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    Midterm 26 - 11

    Uploaded by

    Lucía Ruiz
    This document contains vocabulary related to education, higher education, politics and public institutions, and environmental problems. It defines terms like crèche, nursery school, primary school, comprehensive school, secondary school. For higher education, it lists terms such as undergraduate, postgraduate, dissertation, thesis, lecture, seminar, tutorial. For politics, it defines terms such as federation, independence, coalition government, legislature, and electoral terms. Finally, it provides vocabulary for global and environmental problems such as famine, landslide, typhoon, earthquake, war, and ozone depletion.

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    VOCABULARY
    Education
    1. Crèche
    2. Nursery school
    3. Primary school
    4. Comprehensive school/Grammar school
    5. Secondary school/Sixth-form college
    6. Higher education
    gain admission
    take/do/sit an exam
    resit an exam
    formal end-of-year exams (A levels)
    public schools (private, fee-paying)
    full-time education
    LMS (Learning Management System)
    VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
    distance learning
    blended learning
    monitor
    course
    module
    submit work
    compulsory
    school-leaving age
    Higher education
    Undergraduate studies (bachelor’s degree)
    undergrad(uate)
    programme (formed by modules)
    complete credits
    write a dissertation
    to graduate, graduates
    Postgraduate studies (master’s degree, PhD (doctor of philosophy))
    postgrad(uate)
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    specialise in particular field
    do research
    write a thesis

    university campus
    lecture hall/theatre, lectures, lecturer
    seminars
    tutorial, tutors
    academic staff
    to live on campus in halls (of residence)
    to apply for, submit an application
    entry requirements
    funding
    tuition fees
    apply for a student loan/scholarship
    student union, societies, clubs
    university department
    Politics and public institutions
    federation (union of political units)
    independence (self-governing)
    overall majority
    coalition government
    head of the government
    US: Presidential government
    legislature (US Congress: House of Representatives & Senate)
    branches of government
    four-year term
    appoint/nominate/select high officials (cabinet members)
    federal judges
    major party, majority party
    UK Parliamentary government
    legislature (Parliament, 2 chambers: House of Lords and House of Commons)
    MPs (members of parliament)
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    constituency
    (to head the) Cabinet of Ministers
    parliamentary/general elections
    representative
    candidates
    to stand/run for Parliament
    to present policies
    polling day, polling station, cast a vote, ballot paper
    to win a seat
    marginal seat
    Global problems
    famine
    landslide
    typhoon/tropical storm
    to be feared dead
    an earthquake shakes
    war breaks out
    a tornado sweeps through
    casualties
    the dead and wounded
    rabies
    typhoid
    Environmental problems
    ozone depletion (reduction)
    the thawing of the polar ice caps
    globalisation
    overfishing, overpopulation
    environmentally friendly, ecologically sound
    disposal, dispose of, disposable

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