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Academics 7

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss with a partner.

1. Who’s the oldest person in your family? How do
they spend their days?
2. What do you think your grandparents (or great-
grandparents) might enjoy studying if they went
back to university?
3. How can going back into education benefit
senior citizens?

B. Match the words with their meaning. Use a dictionary to help you.

1. bachelor’s degree a. a long text which students write as part of their degree studies
2. enrol b. an area, either in education or work
3. field c. an official record of completion of a course
4. graduate d. optional learning which takes place after compulsory education has finished
5. higher education e. the feeling of not being good enough and being discovered as a “fraud”
6. imposter syndrome f. the first level of university education, before a Master’s or a PhD
7. qualification g. to finish a course

8. thesis h. to join a course

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