plagiarism
/ˈpleɪdʒərˌɪzəm/The act of using someone else's work and presenting it as your own.
Example: The university takes plagiarism extremely seriously.
C121 words · Advanced
At School vocabulary — C1
At School vocabulary for how teachers talk about their own work, including cite, keynote and conference, plus lab items such as a pipette and a beaker.
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21cite
/saɪt/To name the book or article where you found a piece of information.
Example:
Remember to cite every source you use.
symposium
/sɪmˈpoʊziəm/A formal meeting where experts give talks and discuss one subject in depth.
Example:
She's presenting her findings at a symposium in Vienna.
extracurricular
/ˌɛkstrəkərˈɪkjələr/Describing school activities that students choose to do outside their normal lessons.
Example:
Universities like applicants with plenty of extracurricular activities.
literature review
A summary and discussion of what has already been written about a topic, usually at the start of a research paper.
Example:
Her thesis begins with a thorough literature review.
keynote
/ˈkiˌnoʊt/The main speech at a large event, usually given by an important speaker to open it.
Example:
A famous economist gave the keynote to open the event.
panel discussion
A discussion where several experts sit together in front of an audience and share their views on a topic.
Example:
The event ended with a lively panel discussion among four researchers.
interdisciplinary
/ˌɪntərˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri/Combining knowledge or methods from more than one academic subject.
Example:
It's an interdisciplinary course that combines biology and computer science.
conference
/ˈkɑnfərəns/A large meeting where people with a shared interest, often academics, come together to share ideas over a few days.
Example:
She travelled to Berlin for an international conference.
grant
/ɡrænt/Money that a government or organisation gives to pay for a research project, which the receiver does not have to pay back.
Example:
The university won a grant to fund the new lab.
pigeonhole
/ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl/One of a set of small open boxes on a wall where notes and papers are left for each person.
Example:
Your marked essays are in your pigeonhole by the staffroom.
test tube
A small glass tube, closed at one end, used to hold liquids in a science experiment.
Example:
She poured the solution carefully into a test tube.
bunsen burner
A piece of equipment in a science lab that produces a small, controlled flame for heating things.
Example:
He adjusted the bunsen burner until the flame turned blue.
petri dish
A shallow round dish with a lid, used to grow small living things such as bacteria.
Example:
The bacteria grew into a circle inside the petri dish.
pipette
/ˌpaɪˈpɛt/A thin instrument used to measure and transfer small, exact amounts of liquid.
Example:
She used a pipette to add three drops of acid to the solution.
beaker
/ˈbikər/A glass container with a lip, used in a lab for mixing or heating liquids.
Example:
He poured the blue liquid into a glass beaker.
gradebook
A book or file where a teacher records students' marks and results.
Example:
The teacher entered the test scores into her gradebook.
seating chart
A diagram that shows where each student sits in a classroom.
Example:
The teacher pinned a seating chart to the door on the first day.
lanyard
/ˈlænjərd/A cord worn around the neck to hold an ID card or keys.
Example:
Every visitor had to wear a lanyard with their name on it.
curriculum
/kərˈɪkjələm/All the subjects and content that a school plans to teach over a course of years.
Example:
The new curriculum includes coding from year three.
humanities
/hjuˈmænɪtiz/The school and university subjects that study people, their history and their ideas.
Example:
She studies humanities rather than engineering.
