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    Brainstorming Education Vocabulary

    In pairs or small groups, brainstorm at least three things into each of the categories below.
    You will get one point for each correct word or phrase that isnt in the answer key.
    Educational institutions

    Qualifications

    Punishments

    Rooms and buildings

    Things connected to money

    People

    Collocations with test and exam

    Things which are different in British and American English (including because the
    educational systems are different)

    Abbreviations (= short forms) of education vocabulary

    Opposites

    Words which have similar but different meanings

    Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com 2012


    Answer key
    Educational institutions
    cram school, primary school, kindergarten/ nursery/ pre-school/ playschool, uni, grad
    school, (technical/ vocational/ junior/ two year/ 6th form) college

    Qualifications
    school leaving certificate, BA/ BSc/ bachelors degree/ first degree/ four year degree/
    university degree/ undergraduate degree, junior college degree/ two year degree, masters
    degree/ masters/ MA/ MSc/ MPhil/ MBA, postgraduate degree, PhD/ doctorate, post-doc,

    Punishments
    lines, detention, physical punishment/ corporal punishment (e.g. caning), extra homework

    Rooms and buildings


    cafeteria, lab(oratory), students union, dorm/ student halls

    Things connected to money


    grant, scholarship, fees, living expenses

    People
    pupil, professor, lecturer, lab assistant, student, mature student, postgrad student

    Collocations with test and exam


    take, retake, fail/ flunk, pass with flying colours, scrape through, entrance, end of term,
    final, open book, multiple choice, national, school leaving, essay-based, oral

    Different in British/ American English


    secondary school/ junior high school, grad school, term/ semester, revise/ review, junior/
    second year student, sophomore third/ final year student, senior, three year degree/ four
    year degree, fresher/ freshman, Oxbridge/ Ivy league, redbrick universities, the meaning of
    public school

    Abbreviations
    BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MBA, PhD, post-doc, SAT, uni, finals, co-ed, PTA, Oxbridge, lab,
    postgrad, dorm, grad school

    Opposites
    pass fail, undergraduate postgraduate, attend skip, major minor, co-ed single
    sex, fresher/ first year student/ freshman final year student/ senior

    Words which have similar but different meanings


    pupil/ student, quiz/ test/ exam, essay/ dissertation, university/ college, freshman/ new
    recruit, lecture/ lesson, lecturer/ professor, grant/ scholarship, certificate/ qualification,
    academic year/ calendar year, hearing test/ listening test, BA/ BSc
    What are the differences between the things in the last category above?

    What do the abbreviations stand for?

    Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com 2012

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