Useful Collocation and Expressions for IELTS Speaking
Topic: EDDUCATION
1. Thành ngï chú ê
to learn something by heart = to learn something so well that it
can be written or recited without any effort: hoc thuÙc lòng
bookworm = a person who reads a lot: mot sách
teacher's pet = a student in a class who is liked best by the teacher
and therefore treated better than the other students: hoc sinh cung
cua giáo viên, uoc giáo viên yêu thích
to draw a blank = to fail to get an answer or a result: không tim
thay hay nhó ra dieu gi
copycat = someone who has few ideas of their own and does or
says exactly the same as someone else: nguoi båt chuóc ý tuöng cça
nguoi khác
get the hang of something = to learn how to do something, esp.
when it is not simple or obvious: hi¿u cách làm gi, hoc cách làm gi
dó
t o burn the midnight oil = to study/work late into the night: thuc
khuya de hÍc/làm viÇc
to pass with flying colours = If you do something such as pass an
exam with flying colours, you do it very successfully: ó/ -u ... 1
cách de dàng
to go back to basis = to return to teaching or paying attention to
the most important aspects of a subject or activity: quay lai nhïng
dieu cot oi
to cover a lot of ground = to review a large amount of information
or discuss many topics: xem lai th-t nhiÁu tài liêu, thông tin
2. Të vyng vê cap b-c giáo dyc
kindergarten (n): mau giáo
primary school (n): ti¿u hoc
A primary school (in Ireland, the UK & Australi ), junior school (in
Australia), elementary school or grade school (in the US & Canada) is
a school for primary education of children who are four to eleven years
of age (and sometimes up to thirteen years of age).
secondary school (n) = a school for young people between the
ages of 11 and 16 or 18: trung hoc
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education
level of
highest
at the hoc
r e s e a r c h : dai
institution
an
(n) =
or do
University degree
Where you can study for a
Education
dê
3. Tu vung chù täp cao
k¿t quá hÍc
academic
results: at ugc du hÍc
country:
to get higher different
to study in
a
=
abroad
to study te
to drop out of school: bò hoc có uçc bång
cap quQc
cua giáo duC
qualifications:
international
§u ra
t o gain educational
outcomes: nâng cao
u bang
to improve
league
tables: xëp
educational
international
to top
giáo dyc quöc të thúc ây viÇc tå hÍc
independent learning:
t o encourage
. t o pass/fail the
exam: d-u/ röt ký thi
ki¿n thúc sâu såc
in-depth knowledge: cóugc môn
to gain and maths: nhïng
such as science, English
core subjects
tiëng Anh và toán
hoc nòng cot nhu' khoa hÍc,
to : Có co hÙi làm gi
to have the opportunity
...
tac va
work activities: tuong
t o interact and take part in group
tham gia hoat Ùng nhóm
vào các
b¡n khác giói
opposite-sex classmates: khác nhau
t o learna wide range of skills:
hÍc udc các ký nng
skils: ký nng giao tiep hay
làm
communication or teamwork
viec nhóm
tön t¡i và sy binh
co-existence and gender equality: su cùng
dang giói
4. Të vung Study abroad
*Lgi ich:
way different of
gives you the opportunity to experience
a
It
dên cho b¡n co hÙi tråi
living/ make new friends: Nó mang
nghiêm mÙt cách sÑng khác / k¿t b¡n mói.
Living on your own while studying abroad makes you
more
independent because you have to learn to cook, clean, pay
bills and take care of yourself: Sõng mÙt minh trong khi du hÍc o
nuoc ngoài làm b¡n tro nên tu l-p hon vì b¡n phåi hÍc cách n¥u n,
don dep, chi trå hóa dn và chm sóc chinh bàn thân b¡n.
You can learn invaluable life lessons and practical skills such
as stress management, communication or problem-solving
skills which are very important for your future career: Ban co
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the hoc các bài hÍc cuÙc sÑng vô
giá và các ký nng
thåc hành nhu
quan ý cng thàng, giao ti¿p ho·c ký nng giåi quy¿t vän ê rt
quan trong cho su nghiÇp tudng lai cua ban.
It gives you the chance to improve your speaking skills: Nó
mang lai cho ban co hÙi à cài thiÇn ký näng nói cça ban.
Recruiters tend to favour candidates graduating from an
international university over those who don't have any
international qualification: Các nhà tuyên dung có khuynh huóng
uu di các úng cë viên töt nghiÇp të mÙt truong dai hÍc quÑc të hon
là nhïng ngudi không có bàng cäp quÑc té.
*** favour A over B là 1 công thúc r¥t hay, có nghia uu ái/thích A hon
Khó khn
You might encounter culture shock and other culture-relatedd
problems: Ban có thé gp phåi cú sQc vn hóa và các vn Á liên
quan den vn hóa khác.
Living costs in some countries are very high. Many overseas
students have to do a part-time job to pay for their bills. This
can affect their studies: Chi phí sinh hoat d mÙt sÑ nuöc rát cao.
Nhieu sinh viên nuóc ngoài phài làm công viÇc bán thoi gian à trà
tiên cho hóa on cça hÍ. iÁu này có thé ánh huong ¿n viÇc hÍc
cua ho.
You might experience feelings of frustration, loneliness and
homesickness: Ban có thà càm thay th¥t vong, cô don và nhó nhà
I f you are struggling with the language of the country you are
hoping to study in, you will face lots of problems: Nu ban
dang gp khó khn vÛi ngôn ngï cça dât nuóc mà b¡n ang hy vong
duoc hoc t-p, ban së gp r¥t nhieu van dê.
5. Paraphrasing chú dê Education
university graduates = people who graduate from university
people graduating from university = people with a
university qualification: nhïng nguoi tÑt nghiÇp ai hoc
academic qualifications = degrees: bäng cap hÍc thu-t
university education = tertiary education = third-level
education: giáo dyc ¡i hÍc
concentrate on . = focus on ...: t-p trung vào..
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results:
có Ugc
academic
better
achieve
=
grades mon
get higher subjects:
cãc
hon main
kët quå cao important
subjects
=
=
subjects internet
core
hoc nong cQt programmes
=
distance
learning
= tu xa
online
courses
online/ viÇc hoc tiëp tyc
các khóa hÍc studies:
Dased learning: continue (their)
=
college o r university
go to
¡i hÍc have
duong hÍc van b-c
=
opportunities
con job
and better lam tot
have access to more
job: có co hÙi vic
well-paid
opportunities to get a
more
foreign
hon
overseas
= study in a
abroad = study
study
country: di du hÍc with difficult
skills = learn how to deal van de
ký nng giài quy¿t
problem-solving
learn
situations more
effectively: hÍc ugc
creative thinking: su'sáng
t¡o
=
creativity vão
participate in: tham gia . .
partin
=
chuong trinh hÍc
take
= learning p r o g r a m m e s : hoc
curriculum
nhiêu môn
= a wide range
of subjects:
many subjects = facilitate their
career
for their future
to be better prepared hon cho så nghiÇp tu'ong
future preparation: chuân bË tot
career
lai hÍc ugc
essential skills:
important skills develop
=
learn
nhïng ký nng quan trong should be allowed to...
= should
s h o u l d have the right to.. =
nên có quyn làm gi
have the freedom to ..:
boredom and
feel bored and stressed suffer from
stress: càm thay chán
nån và cng thäng
t u i t i o n fees =
education costs: hÍc phí
charge =to be provided for
to be free = to be free of
free: miên phí
devote more time to
larger amount of time on . . .
=
spend a
dành nhiêu thoi gian hon vào . .
science-based subjects: nhïng
subjects related science to
=
mon hÍc liên quan den khoa hÍc
students entering university = undergraduates: nhïng sinh
viên d¡i hÍc
t a k e a year off between school and university = take a gap
year before entering tertiary education = spend a year
1 nm de
working or travelling before going to university: dành
di lam hay du lich truoc khi hÍc ai hoc
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SPEAKING PRACTICE
Part 1 questions
. w h a t do you do? Are you working or studying?
2. Tell me a | university | workplace.
bit about your school y PY1),
3. What is your typical day like at school or at work?
4, What do you like most about your job your studies?
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5. Is there something you dislilke or find difficult?
6. Would you say you were a good student?
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Part 2 style questions
Describe a subject you enjoyed studying at school. h
You should say:
when and where you started studying it
what lessons were like
what made it different from other subjects
and explain why you enjoyed the subject.
Cquiva uniusity Uuee , liel,
Part 3 style questions qualiaicch tentilel to iute du
c o u r s e s or
to vocational training
1. Do you think students should go
university after graduating from high schoo tospy
at school?
2. Should teamwork be encouraged world?
are still relevant in today's
3. Do you think single sex schools
school?
4. What are the benefits of a boarding
a distance learning course?
5. What are the advantages of studying
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