2017-10-23 TOEFL: college vocab, listening test

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: write a response to the integrated writing topic linked in your email
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College Campus Vocabulary - With a partner, explain the meaning of each term in your own words.
academic advisor (usually spelled with an ‘o’ in the US) = person who advises students about classes to take, declaring a major, etc.
elective = course you choose (could be from a list of many courses for your major, or a class outside your major)
scholarship = merit-based financial help for students
financial aid = other financial help (including need-based)
transcript = grade report for all the classes you’ve taken
grad (graduate) school = school to get a degree after a bachelor’s (master’s or PhD.)
freshman/frosh = first-year student (in HS or college)
sophomore = second-year student
junior = third-year student
*senior = fourth/final-year student (If your degree takes longer, you could be a “fifth-year senior”.)
major = primary concentration area of study
*minor = secondary area of study (requires fewer classes than a major in the same field)
credit (or credit-hour) = a “unit” of coursework, usually corresponding to one “hour” (50 minutes) of class per week for one term
assignment = task that you have to do for a class
due date = the date when you have to do your assignments
extension = more time in which to do an assignment
tuition = money for class time (it doesn’t include books, materials, food, housing, or student activities)
dorm(itory) = room or building where students live on-campus
make-up test = a test you can take if you were absent during the official test
absent = not present
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p. 73 part A - Complete the sentences with words from the list
1 absent, make-up test
2 grad school, academic advisor
3 financial aid / scholarships, tuition
4 credits
5 dorm, freshman
6 Assignments, due date
7 transcript
8 major, sophomore
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part B - Complete the conversation with words from the list.
1 dorm
2 scholarship
3 tuition
4 financial aid
5 freshman
6 sophomore
7 due dates
8 assignments
9 academic advisor
10 grad school
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part C - Take a couple minutes to read the description and choose the words that have each given meaning.
1 declare
2 GPA (usually out of 4.0)
3 semester (especially if there are two primary semesters each year) - “term” is the more general word
4 faculty
5 associate’s degree
6 commencement
7 community college
8 mandatory
9 prerequisite (often called “prereq”; there are also “coreqs”, which are classes you need to take at the same time)
10 transfer
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The two additional pages are additional useful words for colleges and universities. The words on the handout are the most common terms for these things, but different universities might have different names for things.
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BREAK
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On the back of the vocabulary handout, write the numbers 1 through 34.
ETS 2 test 2 - Listening practice test. (Take notes on a separate piece of paper.)
TOTAL: 36 points
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If you want more detailed feedback on your writing homework (such as correcting specific grammar mistakes), send me another email with your own self-evaluation about what you think you did well or better than your previous writing and what you think you still need to improve.