B1 · Intermediate
Education & Learning
Talk about higher education, courses, and how you study and pick up new skills.
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- Words & phrases
- 105
- Lessons
- 3
- Conversations
- 2
- Readings
- 2
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- an education / a degree program
- a university
- a (university) student
- a lecture
- the material covered by a course or exam
- a deadline
- to fail (an exam)
- a bachelor's degree
- a master's program
- a course
- an academic supervisor
- a skill
- knowledge
- to acquire
- to concentrate
- to revise / review
- group work
- to motivate
- to take notes
- lifelong learning
- continuing education
- to complete (a program)
- distance learning
- to specialize
- to immerse oneself / delve into
- an assignment
- a report card
- an oral exam
- a written exam
- a group assignment
- absence
- a study counselor
- a note
- a term paper
- a student job
- a student grant
- a municipal primary and lower-secondary school
- a vocational school
- a higher education programme
- a bachelor's degree
- a doctorate
- a grade point average
- a principal
- a vice principal
- a study track
- a subject choice
- an exam period
- the start of school
- the early school years
- the final school years
- a campus
- a reading room
- a place to sit and study
- a group study room
- a circulation desk
- a library catalog
- a curriculum
- a reading list
- a compulsory assignment
- an optional assignment
- group teaching
- one-to-one teaching
- an evening school
- a dance school
- a music school
- an art school
- art history
- critical thinking
- curiosity
- to drop out
- to pass with distinction
- to retake an exam
- a college
- concentration, mental focus
- a major
- a tutor
- a principal, a rector
- a semester
- a midterm
- studious
- a slacker
- to procrastinate
- a schoolboy
- a schoolgirl
- a nib
- a freshman
- a sophomore
- a junior
- undergraduate studies
- graduate studies
- a private school
- special education
- peer pressure
- standardized testing
- the fine arts
- core curriculum subjects
- extracurricular activities
- bullied
- a preschool
- educational
- to underline
- a grammatical article
- the plural
- a place on a degree programme
- a reference to a source, a citation
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Education and Study
- Lesson 2
Studies, Deadlines, and Exams
- Lesson 3
Discussing Standardized Tests
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