Academic Vocabulary in Use: P2

Match the two parts of the word combinations:

• loan

• student

• opportunities

• personal

• guarantee

• equal

• clarification

• financial

• statement

• seek

Hi Liam,

At last I’ve fi lled in my application form and sent it off. It

took ages. As well as all my personal details they wanted

the names of two referees , fi nancial guarantees, and I

had to attach a personal statement saying why I wanted to

go to Wanstow. Anyway, the deadline is next Friday, then

the website said they’d take about six weeks to process

the application after they acknowledge it, then I might

be called for an interview. By that time the references

have to be in. I’m just hoping that because I’m a mature

student I might have a good chance of being offered a

place – Wanstow has a lot of mature students and they have

a strong equal opportunities policy. The fees are pretty

high, but I can get a student loan if I get in.

Love, Tania

What did Tania have to include with her application form?

• Her passport, school certificate, and photographs.

• A recommendation letter from her parents and a medical report.

• A résumé and a copy of her bank account.

• Two referees, financial guarantees, and a personal statement.

Hi Liam,

At last I’ve fi lled in my application form and sent it off. It

took ages. As well as all my personal details they wanted

the names of two referees , fi nancial guarantees, and I

had to attach a personal statement saying why I wanted to

go to Wanstow. Anyway, the deadline is next Friday, then

the website said they’d take about six weeks to process

the application after they acknowledge it, then I might

be called for an interview. By that time the references

have to be in. I’m just hoping that because I’m a mature

student I might have a good chance of being offered a

place – Wanstow has a lot of mature students and they have

a strong equal opportunities policy. The fees are pretty

high, but I can get a student loan if I get in.

Love, Tania

When is the deadline for submitting the application?

• Next Monday.

• Friday, in two weeks.

• Next Friday.

• At the end of the month.

Hi Liam,

At last I’ve fi lled in my application form and sent it off. It

took ages. As well as all my personal details they wanted

the names of two referees , fi nancial guarantees, and I

had to attach a personal statement saying why I wanted to

go to Wanstow. Anyway, the deadline is next Friday, then

the website said they’d take about six weeks to process

the application after they acknowledge it, then I might

be called for an interview. By that time the references

have to be in. I’m just hoping that because I’m a mature

student I might have a good chance of being offered a

place – Wanstow has a lot of mature students and they have

a strong equal opportunities policy. The fees are pretty

high, but I can get a student loan if I get in.

Love, Tania

How long will the university take to process the application after they acknowledge it?

• About two weeks.

• About six months.

• About six weeks.

• About six days.

Hi Liam,

At last I’ve fi lled in my application form and sent it off. It

took ages. As well as all my personal details they wanted

the names of two referees , fi nancial guarantees, and I

had to attach a personal statement saying why I wanted to

go to Wanstow. Anyway, the deadline is next Friday, then

the website said they’d take about six weeks to process

the application after they acknowledge it, then I might

be called for an interview. By that time the references

have to be in. I’m just hoping that because I’m a mature

student I might have a good chance of being offered a

place – Wanstow has a lot of mature students and they have

a strong equal opportunities policy. The fees are pretty

high, but I can get a student loan if I get in.

Love, Tania

Why does Tania think she might have a good chance of being accepted at Wanstow?

• Because she is a mature student and the university supports equal opportunities.

• Because she has the highest grades in her class.

• Because her family works at the university.

• Because the university only accepts international students.

A ____ is a senior university teacher.

A ____ means all the teachers in a university.

A ____ is the most senior person in a department.

(a)   is a type of education in which the (b)   and the (c)   are in different (d)   and may also be working at different (e)   .

• Distance education
• instructor
• student
• locations
• times
• teacher
• learner

​ (a)   in the kind of ​ (b)   in which ​ (c)   and participants are logged in at the same time and instructors and students ​ (d)   directly with each ​ (e)   in real time.

• Synchronous learning
• online learning
• instructors
• communicate
• other
• asynchronous learning
• offline learning
• teachers