Vocabulary

To give (get) a good academic background

To have a good command of the EL

Unified school-leaving exam/ Unified State Exam/ to pass (to fail) one’s examination with [merit (с отличием), credit (успешно), distinction (весьма успешно, with honours), pass удовлетворительно, satisfactory - Am]

Educational establishment

To submit an application for admission

To gain entrance to the university

Free of charge/ high fees

To lay foundation for a successful future/ wide range of subjects/ optional courses/ obligatory subjects/ Supplementary programme

Professional qualification/ a highly qualified specialist

Vocational training

Self-study

To follow a course/ to take a course

To study for the first degree (BA or BS)

Degree or diploma for a particular job

Well grounded in a specific field of engineering

To graduate from the University

To conduct a research under the guidance and supervision/ To make a detailed study of something in order to discover new facts/ to engaged in research

Higher academic degree Doctor of Philosophy (for all fields of study)

How do English people address each other: by their first name or by their surname?

When they know people well they just call them by their first name. But if they don’t know each other very well then they call the person MR, Mrs or Miss followed by the surname. For example, Mr Black, Mrs Brown, Miss Parker.

And what about ‘sir’ and ‘madam’?

The Academic Word List

Useful academic vocabulary is contained in the Academic Word List, which is divided into 10 sublists in order of frequency, ie Sublist 1 has the most frequent academic words.

You can try to learn these words from the lists but to learn to use them correctly you need to study them in context.

Sublist 1 of the Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families

This sublist contains the most frequent words of the Academic Word List in the Academic Corpus.

analysis

approach

area

assessment

assume

authority

available

benefit

concept

consistent

constitutional

context

contract

create

data

definition

derived

distribution

economic

environment

established

estimate

evidence

export

factors

financial

formula

function

identified

income

indicate

individual

interpretation

involved

issues

labour

legal

legislation

major

method

occur

percent

period

policy

principle

procedure

process

required

research

response

role

section

sector

significant

similar

source

specific

structure

theory

variable

Sublist 2 of Academic Word List - Most Frequent Words in Families

This sublist contains the second most frequent words in the Academic Word List from the Academic Corpus.

achieve

acquisition

administration

affect

appropriate

aspects

assistance

categories

chapter

commission

community

complex

computer

conclusion

conduct

consequences

construction

consumer

credit

cultural

design

distinction

elements

equation

evaluation

features

final

focus

impact

injury

institute

investment

items

journal

maintenance

normal

obtained

participation

perceived

positive

potential

previous

primary

purchase

range

region

regulations

relevant

resident

resources

restricted

security

sought

select

site

strategies

survey

text

traditional

transfer