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Finding employment in Work Glossary for IELTS

10 Work terms

This glossary can help you prepare for the IELTS writing tasks related to the Finding employment in Work.


advertisement:

noun

A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.

Example: You have seen an advertisement for a community college that needs teachers for night classes.

assume:

verb

Take or begin to have (power or responsibility).

Example: The language course assumed students had no prior knowledge of Korean.

community college:

noun phrase

A community college is a type of educational institution.

Example: You have seen an advertisement for a community college that needs teachers for night classes.

cookery:

noun

The art or practice of cooking.

Example: I hold special qualifications in language teaching and cookery.

focus:

verb

Pay particular attention to.

Example: The cookery course focused on easy meal preparation and the art of pickling.

language teacher:

noun phrase

Language teacher education in this context concerns the education of pre‐school, primary, lower and upper secondary school teachers of languages.

Example: I am writing to City Evening College in reference to an advertisement I saw in The Vancouver Sun on May 14th for language teachers at your college.

pickling:

adjective

(of food) suitable for being pickled or used in making pickles.

Example: The cookery course focused on easy meal preparation and the art of pickling.

prior:

adjective

Existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.

Example: The language course assumed students had no prior knowledge of Korean.

advertisement:

noun

A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.

Example: You have seen an advertisement for a community college that needs teachers for night classes.

assume:

verb

Take or begin to have (power or responsibility).

Example: The language course assumed students had no prior knowledge of Korean.

community college:

noun phrase

A community college is a type of educational institution.

Example: You have seen an advertisement for a community college that needs teachers for night classes.

cookery:

noun

The art or practice of cooking.

Example: I hold special qualifications in language teaching and cookery.

focus:

verb

Pay particular attention to.

Example: The cookery course focused on easy meal preparation and the art of pickling.

language teacher:

noun phrase

Language teacher education in this context concerns the education of pre‐school, primary, lower and upper secondary school teachers of languages.

Example: I am writing to City Evening College in reference to an advertisement I saw in The Vancouver Sun on May 14th for language teachers at your college.

pickling:

adjective

(of food) suitable for being pickled or used in making pickles.

Example: The cookery course focused on easy meal preparation and the art of pickling.

prior:

adjective

Existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.

Example: The language course assumed students had no prior knowledge of Korean.

advertisement:

noun

A notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.

Example: You have seen an advertisement for a community college that needs teachers for night classes.

assume:

verb

Take or begin to have (power or responsibility).

Example: The language course assumed students had no prior knowledge of Korean.

community college:

noun phrase

A community college is a type of educational institution.

Example: You have seen an advertisement for a community college that needs teachers for night classes.

cookery:

noun

The art or practice of cooking.

Example: I hold special qualifications in language teaching and cookery.

focus:

verb

Pay particular attention to.

Example: The cookery course focused on easy meal preparation and the art of pickling.

language teacher:

noun phrase

Language teacher education in this context concerns the education of pre‐school, primary, lower and upper secondary school teachers of languages.

Example: I am writing to City Evening College in reference to an advertisement I saw in The Vancouver Sun on May 14th for language teachers at your college.

pickling:

adjective

(of food) suitable for being pickled or used in making pickles.

Example: The cookery course focused on easy meal preparation and the art of pickling.

prior:

adjective

Existing or coming before in time, order, or importance.

Example: The language course assumed students had no prior knowledge of Korean.

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