11 Cramming for success: study and academic work

Question 1

Academic journals

Answer 1

A type of periodical that includes original research articles written by researchers and experts in a particular academic discipline, providing a forum for the production and critique of knowledge.

Question 2

Articles

Answer 2

a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine, or on the internet

Question 3

Assess

Answer 3

to judge or decide the amount, value, quality or importance of something

Question 4

Assignment

Answer 4

a long essay, often part of a course, usually thousands of words

Question 5

Carry out

Answer 5

do something that needs to be organized and planned(=conduct)
- less formal than “do”

Question 6

Composition

Answer 6

written work, 50-100 words

Question 7

Cram for an exam

Answer 7

study intensively for a short time

Question 8

Deadline

Answer 8

A date or time when a project, report, or assignment must be finished

Question 9

Dissertation

Answer 9

a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done in order to receive a degree at college or university
a long, research-based work, perhaps 10-15,000 words, for a degree or diploma

Question 10

Essay

Answer 10

longer than a composition, more serious, hundreds or even thousands of words

Question 11

Feedback

Answer 11

comments from the teacher/tutor

Question 12

Finals

Answer 12

the set of examinations that students take at the end of their time at university

Question 13

First draft

Answer 13

first, rough version

Question 14

Inter-library loan

Answer 14

system where libraries exchange books/journals with one another

Question 15

Mind-map

Answer 15

diagram that lays out ideas for a topic and how they are connected to one another

Question 16

Mnemonics

Answer 16

something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something

Question 17

Past papers

Answer 17

exam papers from previous years

Question 18

Plagiarism

Answer 18

using other people’s work as if it was yours

Question 19

Portfolio

Answer 19

a collection of individual pieces of work, not necessarily written

Question 20

Project

Answer 20

like an assignment, but emphasis on student’s own material and topic

Question 21

Research

Answer 21

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Question 22

Revise

Answer 22

study facts again, in order to learn them before an examination(=review/study)

Question 23

Rote learning

Answer 23

learning something in order to be able to repeat it from memory, rather than in order to understand it

Question 24

Submit

Answer 24

hand in

Question 25

Thesis

Answer 25

a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done for a higher college or university degree

Question 26

To bury oneself in books

Answer 26

spend the maximum time studying

Question 27

To drop out

Answer 27

leave a school or university before your course has finished

Question 28

To know the subject inside out

Answer 28

know it completely

Question 29

To memorise/ learn off by heart

Answer 29

learn words, music etc so that you know them perfectly

Question 30

Write up

Answer 30

write a report, article etc using notes that you made earlier