[E] Education II

LET'S UNDERSTAND 3 📚

Students Services

STUDENTS

A. admissions

(noun) the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place, organization, or institution

Example:

Admission is obtained by written application.

B. funding

(noun) the action or practice of providing money for a particular purpose

Example:

The schools are starved of funding.

C. student union

(noun) is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools.
In higher education, the students' union is often dedicated to social, organizational activities, representation, and academic support of the members

Example:

The student union is run independently of college authorities.

D. hall of residence

(noun) a college building where students live.

Example:

One hall of residence is for men, one is for women and the third is mixed.

E. scholarship

(noun) a grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievements.

Example:

His excellence in baseball earned him a scholarship..

F. student society

(noun) an organization, operated by students at a university, whose membership normally consists only of students. They are often affiliated with a university's students' union.

Example:

All the student society members are expected to attend the meeting today.

G. Academic staff

workers of a university or college.

Example:

They say mixed colleges attract more applicants and find it easier to retain academic staff.

H. seminars

bringing together small groups for meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject

Example:

Our professor's research will be presented in a seminar in Taiwan next Monday.

I. student loan

money that a student borrows to pay for their course.

Example:

She had to take out a student loan to help her through college.

LET'S DO THE CHALLENGE!

PART I

Direction: Name the student service that is mentioned below.

A conference or other meeting for discussion or training.
Money borrowed to finance education or school-related expenses.
Money that is given to a student to pay for a course (usually for students who are doing well at school)
Staff personnel who hold an academic rank with titles such as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, or the equivalent of any of these academic ranks.
A college or university building containing living quarters for students.
The act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project.

PART II

Direction: Name two disadvantages and advantages of taking out a student loan and obtaining a scholarship.

Student Services	Disadvantages	Advantages
student loan
scholarship

LET'S TALK!

Direction: Answer the following questions about yourself.

Do you think private schools offer higher quality education compared to public schools?
Does your country provide a good public school system?
What do you want to change about your country's education system?
Are college tuitions reasonable in your country? Is it easy to get scholarships?
What are some important factors in determining which college or university to attend?

LET'S RECAP! 📝

Which three words/phrases were the most challenging to understand or remember?

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