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Topic: Education Vocabulary Example/Meaning Note resit He didn.t get a good grade the first time he did his IELTS exam, so decided to resit it. We can also use the word retake. mature student People who attend university later in life are often called mature students. further education Although she had left school and was working, she went to evening classes at the local College of Further Education. higher education After he left school, he decided to go on to higher education and applied for a place at Edinburgh University. grant He received a local government grant to help him pay for his course. skills Education helps us to acquire knowledge and learn new skills. opportunity We should make the best of every opportunity to learn. continuous Because so many students find exams stressful, some colleges offer a system of continuous assessment instead. acquired He has read a lot of books and acquired a lot of knowledge. kindergarten When Michael was three, he started going to a kindergarten. We also use the words nursery or playschool. primary At the age of live, he entered primary education. literacy / numeracy He learned basic skills such as literacy and numeracy. secondary After he turned eleven he began to attend secondary school. discipline Although he was lazy and lacked sufficient discipline, he was able to pass his exams. This can also be a verb. pass Although he was lazy and lacked sufficient discipline, he was able to pass his exams. The opposite of pass is fail. course When he was eighteen he found a college which offered a course in Art and Design. We can also use the word programme. enrol He was able to enrol for the course a few days before his nineteenth birthday. graduate He worked hard and three years later was able to graduate with a degree in Art and Design. This can also be a noun - a graduate. correspondence After that he followed a correspondence course in photography from a college in the USA using the internet. We can also use the expression distance learning. qualifications The qualifications he gained impressed an advertising company he wanted to work for. Evening class / day release Although he is now working, he was decided to attend an evening class after work, although he was disappointed that his boss didn.t offer him day release. Topic: The Media Vocabulary Meaning current affairs the political situation as it is now reporters journalists who write reports of events for a newspaper, periodical or television programme Journalists people who write for newspapers or periodicals tabloids small format newspapers broadsheets large format newspapers coverage the amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television information overload a modern expression referring to the inability of a human to process everything he or she hears and sees broadcasts radio or television programmes web the millions of pages and sites which display text and images within the Internet website a collection of related pages on the World Wide Web created by a company, organisation or individual download to transfer pages from a web site onto our own computer The internet the international network linking millions of computers Log on to enter a password and start to access a computer system Other words you may find useful include: Types of TV programme: documentary / soap opera / quiz show / sitcom / drama / weather forecast / game show / variety show / commercial / chatshow Parts of a newspaper: headline / editorial / advertisement / what.s on / entertainment / colour supplement / fashion / business / financial / sport / horoscope / state-controlled / journal / slander / tune in / read between the lines / downmarket / upmarket / upbeat Topic: Money and Finance Vocabulary Meaning Note make a profit & make a loss Profit is money you gain from selling something, which is more than the money you paid for it. Loss is money you have spent and not got back. a current account & a deposit account A current account is a bank account from which you can take money at any time. A deposit account is a bank account which pays you interest if you leave money in it for some time. We can also use the expression savings account or notice account. a loan & a mortgage A loan is money which you borrow to buy something. A mortgage is a special kind of loan used to buy a house over a period of time. to deposit money & to withdraw money To deposit money to put money into a bank account. To withdraw money is to take money out of a bank account. Deposit can be a noun or a verb. The noun from of withdraw is withdrawal. a wage & a salary A wage and a salary are money you receive for doing a job, but a wage is usually paid daily or weekly and a salary is usually paid monthly. broke & bankrupt If you are broke, you have no money. It is an informal expression. If you are bankrupt, you are not able to pay back money you have borrowed. It is a very serious financial situation for somebody to be in. shares, stocks, and dividends In the UK, shares are one of the many equal parts into which a company.s capital is divided. People who buy them are called shareholders. Stocks are shares which are issued by the government. Dividends are parts of a company.s profits shared out among the shareholders. income tax & Income tax is a tax on money earned as wages or salary. Excise duty is a tax on excise duty certain goods produced in a country, such as cigarettes or alcohol. to credit & to debit To credit somebody.s bank account is to put money into the account. To debit somebody.s bank account is to take money out. In the UK, many people pay for bills etc. Using a system called direct debit, where moneys is taken directly from their account by the company providing the goods or service. a bank and a building society Traditionally a bank is a business organization which keeps money for customers and pays it out on demand or lends them money, and a building society is more usually associated which saving money or lending people money to buy houses. a discount & a refund A discount is the percentage by which a full price is reduced to a buyer by the seller. A refund is money paid back when, for example, returning something to a shop. It can also be a verb: to refund. Bargain /overpriced /exorbitant A bargain is something bought more cheaply than usual. Something which is overpriced is too expensive. Something which is exorbitant costs much more than its true value.
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