Temat: speaking

Najczęściej pojawiające się dziedziny tematyczne na speakingu, na wszystkich poziomach to: People, The home, Education, Work, Family + Social Life, Food / Nutrition, Travel + Tourism, Culture, Sport, Health, Science + Technology oraz Nature.

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Temat: speaking

EDUCATION

Infant school – żłobek
Nurse school – przedszkole
Foundation class – zerówka – 1 year
Primary school – podstawówka – 6 years
Junior high school – gimnazjum – 3 years
Senior high school – liceum – 3 years

Technical school - relating to the knowledge and methods of a particular subject or job
Vocational school - providing skills and education that prepare you for a job
Specialist school - experience, knowledge or skill in a particular subject (np. szkoła muzyczna)
University - a college or collection of colleges at which people study for a degree
College - any place for specialized education after the age of 16 where people study or train to get knowledge and/or skills

Private school in Polish - Public school in English
Boarding school - students learn and live there
Co-educational school - for boys and girls
Hall of residence - akademik

Core curriculum – list of subjects that you must learn at school
Extra curriculum activities – additional activities after lessons

Literate – someone is able to read and write
Numerate – someone is able to count

Scholarship – money that you can win because you are a very good student
Fee – money that you must pay for school
Grant – money which are given to every student

Degree - a course of study at a college or university, or the qualification given to a student who has completed this
Certificate - the qualification that you receive when you are successful in an exam

University - a college or collection of colleges at which people study for a degree
Polytechnic - a college where students study for degrees, especially in technical subjects, or train for particular types of work
(Politechnika Warszawska – Warsaw University of Technology)

Lecturer - someone who teaches at a college or university
Teacher - someone whose job is to teach in a school or college
Tutor – korepetytor lub opiekun roku

Grade - a level of quality, size, importance etc
Mark -

On-line / e-learning – learning via internet
Self-access - a set of classes which people take by themselves so they can obtain a qualification

To play truant – wagarować
To pass with flying colours – zdać śpiewająco

Urlop dziekański: - gap year (before becoming a student)
- sabbatical (when you are already a student)

Temat: speaking

WORK

Profession - any type of work which needs special training or a particular skill, often one which is respected because it involves a high level of education
Occupation - a person's job
Job - the regular work which a person does to earn money
Vocation - a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling of suitability itself
Work organisation -

Overtime – nadgodziny
On Saturday: time and a half
On Sunday: double time

Tour Operator – big agencies: TUI, Neckerman, Scan Holiday
Travel Agent – small agencies which collect offers from Tour Operators

REMUNERATION: (payment for work or service)
- payment in kind – w naturze
- wage - a fixed amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a college education
- salary - a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month
- royalty - a payment made to writers, people who have invented things, owners of property, etc. every time their books, devices, land, etc. are bought or used by others
- perk - an advantage or benefit, such as money or goods, which you are given because of your job
- piece work - praca na accord, chałupnictwo
- commission – prowizja
- retainer - an amount of money which you pay to someone in advance so that they will work for you when you need them to

joiner - cieśla
carpenter - stolarz
plumber - hydraulik
electrician - elektryk
plasterer – tynkarz
beautician - kosmetyczka

labourer / navvy – przynieś, podaj, pozamiataj

menial - przynieś, podaj, pozamiataj
manual – by hands

qualifications - an official record showing that you have finished a training course or have the necessary skills, etc AND: an ability, characteristic or experience that makes you suitable for a particular job or activity
experience - (the process of getting) knowledge or skill which is obtained from doing, seeing or feeling things
qualities - characteristics or features of someone or something
skills - abilities to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it

to be made redundant / to be laid off - having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you
to be sacked – to be fired

to be short-listed – to be chosen from the long list of applicants
human resource department – people who interview and choose applicants
vacancy – lack of workers

pool car – przypisany do biura, nie do pojedynczego pracownika
pool secretary – przypisana do biura, nie do pojedynczego pracownika

to talk shop – to talk about work in your free time

Temat: speaking

FAMILY + SOCIAL LIFE

Nuclear family – parents + children
Extended family – 3 generations under 1 roof, grandparents + parents + children
Blended family – after divorce, step-parent + parent + children

Half-brother – the same mother or father
Step-brother – no biological relations

First cousin – the same grandmother and grandfather
Second cousin – when our grandmothers or grandfathers are sisters or brothers

Niece – sister’s or brother’s daughter
Nephew – sister’s or brother’s son

Foster child – adopted child
To be taken into care – gdy rodzice są pozbawieni praw rodzicielskich

Maternity leave – urlop macieżyński dla matki
Paternity leave – urlop macieżyński dla ojca

to get married to – żenić się z kimś
to get married with – żenić się w tym samym czasie, co ktoś inny
best man - świadek
bride’s maid - świadkowa

to be / play gooseberry – ktoś na doczepkę do pary, to be an unwanted third person who is present when two other people, especially two lovers, want to be alone
to get on like a house on fire -

acquaintance - znajomy
friend - przyjaciel

wallflower – podpierający ścianę

landlord – own a flat
tenant – hire a flat

peer – equal social status
contemporary – at the same age - rówieśnik

(not) to be on speaking terms – ciche dni (with not)
To take somebody for granted - If you take people for granted, you do not appreciate or show that you are grateful for how much you benefit from them