Listening Vocabulary

Studying at college/university:

Library – a building, room, or organization that has a collection of books, documents, music, and sometimes things such as tools or artwork, for people to borrow, usually without payment.

Sentence – The professor donated his books to the library.

Department – a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study or work.

Sentence – Our company has decided to computerize its wages department.

Computer Centre – an establishment primarily engaged in providing electronic data processing and information storage.

Sentence – The school has plans to build a computer centre.

Classroom – a room in a school or college where groups of students are taught.

Sentence – The children put up posters on the classroom walls.

Attendance – the fact of going somewhere such as a church, school, etc. regularly.

Sentence – Attendance at the concert was very poor.

Deadline – a time or day by which something must be done.

Sentence – We just managed to make the deadline.

Speech – the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of spoken language.

Sentence – The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech.

Lecture – a formal talk on a serious subject given to a group of people, especially students.

Sentence – He gave the child a lecture on the importance of punctuality.

Tutor – a teacher who teaches a child outside of school, especially in order to give the child extra help with a subject he or she finds difficult.

Sentence – He was my personal tutor at university.

Main Hall – The hall in a house or flat is the area just inside the front door, into which some of the other rooms open.

Sentence – The main hall of the palace is built over a large undercroft and has twin naves with columns supporting a timber roof.

Computer Laboratory – a space which provides computer services to a defined community.

Sentence – This paper describes the design and implementation method of remote power supply control system for computer laboratory.

Certificate – an official document that states that the information on it is true.

Sentence – I’m studying for the First Certificate in English.

Diploma – a document given by a college or university to show that you have passed a particular exam or finished your studies.

Sentence – She won her diploma in only three years.

Placement Test – a test that measures someone’s ability in order to put that person in a particular class or group.

Sentence – He scored well in the placement test and was put in the most advanced class.

Facilities – a place, especially including buildings, where a particular activity happens.

Sentence – I can dive under the water without any facilities but I can’t stop down there too much time.

College – a university where you can study for an undergraduate (= first) degree.

Sentence – I couldn’t transfer all my credits from junior college.

Dining Room – a room in which meals are eaten.

Sentence – The dining room looks out onto a pretty garden.

Specialist – someone who has a lot of experience, knowledge, or skill in a particular subject.

Sentence – A specialist in ergonomics will work with the team designing the production line in our new factory.

Knowledge – understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by people generally.

Sentence – You’re the local knowledge, not me.