Higher Ed Vocab
This person gives lectures at a university.
What is a lecturer/professor?
A common feeling of sadness and loneliness people get when they are away from their family and home.
What is homesickness?
(Zero Conditional)
When I cross the street,__________
I look both ways
This is the name for the main university entrance examination in China.
What is the Gaokao (高考)?
This city is home to two of the world's top universities: Peking University and Tsinghua University.
What is Beijing?
A formal piece of written work that a student does as part of a course.
What is an assignment?
A feeling of confusion or anxiety when you have to live in a new country with very different customs.
What is culture shock?
(First Conditional)
If we don’t arrive on time, __________
Our teacher will give us an iSAMS warning
This is the name for the main university entrance examination in the USA.
What is the SAT/ACT?
This country is home to the 'Ivy League', a group of eight highly prestigious universities including Harvard and Yale.
What is the USA?
The land and buildings belonging to a university.
What is a campus?
As the Nigerian student in the listening exercise learned, this is a big challenge when moving from a hot country to a cold one, or vice-versa.
What is adapting to the weather/climate?
(Second Conditional)
If I had longer summer holidays,
I would travel more
Unlike in the Northern Hemisphere, universities in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand typically start their academic year in this month.
What is February or March?
This city-state is a famous education hub in Asia, with top universities like the National University of _________ (NUS).
What is Singapore?
This adjective describes a place, like Dubai or Hong Kong, with people from many different countries and cultures.
What is cosmopolitan?
A major benefit of studying in a travel hub like Singapore, the UK, or Hong Kong is the chance to do this.
What is to travel / see the world?
(Third Conditional)
If I had worked harder,
I might have made more money
After you finish your first degree (a bachelor's), you can study for this type of degree, like a Master's or PhD.
What is a postgraduate degree?
The ancient University of Cambridge, shown in your textbook, is located in this country.
What is the United Kingdom?
An official record showing that you have successfully finished a course of study, which you receive after graduating.
What is a qualification?
The Swedish student in the listening text was surprised by the huge number of these she had to complete.
What are assignments?
(Third Conditional)
If I had worked hard in Mr. Matthes class
I would've speaken the bestest English
QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education and US NEws and World Report are all examples of this when ranking universities.
What is a scam?
This is the oldest university in the world that is still running.
What is the University of Bologna in Italy?