2017-07-03 TOEFL: college vocab, reading test

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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College campus vocabulary (Collins) handout p. 72 - with your partner, explain in your own words what each term means
academic advisor (usually with -or after “academic”): person who gives advice about classes
elective: optional course
scholarship: free educational financial support (usually merit-based)
financial aid: financial support you may have to pay back (often need-based)
	(“financial aid” can also be the general term for all money to help you study, including scholarships)
transcript: complete grade report of your whole college career
grad school: school for a (post-)graduate degree, such as a master’s
	A student in grad school is a grad student (US) or post-grad (UK).
freshman: 1st year student (in high school or college)
sophomore: 2nd year student (in high school or college)
junior: 3rd year student (in high school or college)
senior: 4th/last year student (in high school or college)
major: primary field of study for your degree
minor: secondary field of study for your degree
credit: “unit” of study (usually 50-60 minutes a week for one full term)
assignment: tasks you have to do for class
due date: deadline to finish an assignment
extension: extra time to complete an assignment
tuition: price for instructional time (doesn’t include books, equipment, food, living expenses, or other fees)
dorm: on-campus accommodation for students
make-up test: a second chance if you missed the first test
absent: not present in class
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p. 73 part A - Complete the sentences with words from the chart.
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 converstaion with words from the chart
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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grad school: school you attend after you have completed 17 years of education
grade school: your first 5-6 years of education
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part C - Write the bold words that have each meaning.
1 declare
2 GPA (usually out of 4 points)
3 semester
4 faculty
5 associate’s degree
6 commencement
7 community college
8 mandatory
9 prerequisites (prereqs)
10 transfer
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corequisite = a class that you have to take at the same time as another class
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College and campus vocabulary is especially useful for listening to the conversations (the first passage of each set) and speaking tasks 3 and 5, you might also use it in independent speaking and writing choice questions
The TOEFL tries to use the most common terminology for university things, but each school might have slight variations on what exactly these words mean.
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How animals see at night TED-Ed video.
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Reading Test (ETS 1 - test 4)
total: 45