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1.
Misspell: seperate
Correct: separate (세파라테)

2.
Misspell: definate
Correct: definite (데피니테)

3.
Misspell: calender
Correct: calendar (칼렌다르)

4.
Misspell: mispell
Correct: misspell (mis + spell)

5.
Misspell: privlege
Correct: privilege (프리빌레게)

6.
Misspell: arguement
Correct: argument (아르구멘트)

7.
Misspell: concensus
Correct: consensus (콘센수스) * sensus=sense(감각,느낌,기분)

8.
Misspell: pronounciation
Correct: pronunciation (프로눈시아티온)

9.
Misspell: accomodate
Correct: accommodate (아코모다테)

10.
Misspell: dependant
Correct: dependent (데펜덴트) *defendant : 피고

영어단어 공부의 중요성과 공부방법

영어를 잘한다는 것은 영어를 잘 읽고, 듣고, 쓰고, 말하는 것을 의미합니다. 이 4가지를 잘하기 위해서 공통적으로 필요한 것은 영어단어 실력입니다.
 
영어단어실력이 좋으면 독해 실력이 좋아진다는 것은 누구나 쉽게 동의할 것입니다. 그러나 리스닝이나 스피킹 실력과는 크게 연관이 없는 것처럼 느끼는 경우가 많은데, 문장을 구성하는 가장 기본 단위인 단어를 알아야 들리고, 말할 수 있습니다.

영한사전에 대한 지나친 의존도를 낮추자

최악의 영어공부법 중 하나는 영어문장을 읽으면서 우리말 해석부터 찾는 것입니다.

영어문장이 조금만 길어지면 대충 읽다가 포기해 버리고 우리말을 먼저 보고 영어문장을 이해를 하는 것이죠. 영어 참고서가 대부분 친절하게 우리말 해석과 해설까지 달아놓는데 이걸 보고 공부하는 습관이 있어서 그렇습니다.

바로 우리말 해석을 읽어버리면 영어문장을 읽고 의미를 유추하는 능력을 기를 수가 없습니다.

영한사전에 지나치게 의존하는 습관 역시 이와 비슷한 문제를 낳습니다.

영어문장을 읽다가 모르는 단어가 나오더라도 문장 전체를 끝까지 읽고 그 문장이 무엇을 말하는지 유추해 보는 습관을 가져야 영어문장의 구조를 파악할 수 있고 독해력을 기를 수 있습니다.

모르면 한번 더 읽고, 유추해보고 이런 과정을 거친 후에 그래도 모르는 단어는 사전을 찾아보면 됩니다. 그럼 더 기억에 오래 남습니다.

그 단어를 사전에서 찾기전에 문장을 몇번이고 읽었기 때문에 그 단어와 해당 문장의 링크가 걸립니다. 이 링크는 사전에서 찾은 단어를 장기기억에 저장시키는데 큰 역할을 하게 됩니다.

영영사전과 친해져라

모르는 단어를 만나더라도 사전부터 찾지 않고 일단 유추하는 과정을 거치라고 했는데, 그리고 나서 영한사전보다 영영사전을 찾으면 더 효율적으로 영어단어를 익힐 수 있습니다.

영한사전은 영어단어와 우리말이 1:1로 대응됩니다.

영어단어 자체를 설명하는 것이 아니라 가장 비슷한 우리말을 대응시켜 줍니다. 빠르게 이해할 수 있다는 장점이 있지만 그만큼 기억에 오래 남지않고, 단순히 1:1로 대응시키면서 공부하는 것은 다른 문장을 읽을 때 그 단어가 다시 등장해도 무슨 말인지 잘 모르는 경우가 많습니다. 응용력이 늘지 않죠.

영영사전은 영어단어의 정의를 설명해 주기 때문에 시간은 다소 걸리더라도 더 기억에 남고 영영사전의 설명을 이해하는과정에서 이미 수많은 영어문장을 접했기 때문에 단어에 대한 감각을 충분히 연습하게 됩니다.

그래서 영영사전으로 평소 영어단어를 즐겨 찾는 사람들은 비슷한 단어가 나와도 더 쉽고 빠르게 단어의 의미를 유추할 수 있습니다.

영영사전을 찾아봐도 명확하게 우리말로 대응시킬 수 없으니까 답답하지만 그 과정에서 영어의 감각을 익히는 것 입니다. 영어는 감각적으로 익혀야 감각적으로 사용할 수 있습니다. 영어를 감각적으로 익혀야 영어공부를 많이 하고도 실제로 영어를 사용하는데 어려움을 겪는 현상을 극복할 수 있습니다.

영영사전이 어렵다면 VOA 기본어휘 1500을 한번 외워볼 것을 권합니다.

그리고 기본영단어 실력이 아예 부족한 경우, 그래서 영영사전에 나온 설명이 전혀 이해가 안가는 경우는 기본단어를 영한사전을 통해서 익히고 난 후 영영사전을 이용하는 것이 좋습니다.

기본단어는 어휘책으로, 고급단어는 문장으로

기본단어 실력이 부족한 경우에는 고교영단어(수능영단어) 수준의 어휘책을 한권 사서 여러번 반복해서 공부하는 것이 효과적입니다.

기본단어는 자주 사용하는 단어이기 때문에 일단 수단과 방법을 가리지 않고 완벽하게 알고 있어야 합니다.

많은 사람들이 자신의 문법실력은 과소평가 하면서 어휘실력은 과대평가 하는 경향이 있습니다.

기본단어는 대표적인 뜻 한가지를 말할 수 있다고 안다고 할 수 없습니다. 기본단어를 보면 즉각 주요 뜻은 바로 떠올라야 하고 가능하면 관련 예문도 떠올라야 합니다.

즉 예문이 풍부한 수능영단어 책을 한권 산 다음 이를 10번 정도 반복해서 공부해야 합니다.

그럼 독해를 할때 기본단어는 금방 눈에 들어오니 모르는 단어를 유추하는 능력도 커집니다. 문법책에 나오는 예문들은 기본단어를 벗어나는 것은 거의 없기에 문법공부를 할 때도 속도가 빨라집니다.

기본단어를 확실하게 공부했다면 두꺼운 어휘책 대신에 실전 문장을 통해서 단어실력을 높여가는 것이 좋습니다. 처음부터 두꺼운 어휘책을 붙잡고 시간을 질질 끄는 경우가 많은데, 이런 방법은 어휘공부를 너무 지루하게 만들고, 두꺼운 어휘책은 반복해서 공부하기가 너무 힘들기 때문에 비효율적입니다.

정확하게 발음할 수 있는 단어는 100% 들린다

영어단어를 공부할 때 발음도 아주 중요합니다.

아주 많은 단어를 알고 있음에도 영어듣기 실력이 잘 늘지 않는 것은 영어단어를 공부할 때 발음을 무시하고 공부했기 때문입니다.

CNN뉴스와 같이 말이 빠른 경우에는 초보자는 거의 들리지 않습니다. 말이 빠르고 발음이 생략되는 부분이 있어서 안들리는 것도 있지만 정확한 발음을 모르기 때문에 안들리는 경우가 더 많습니다.

정확한 발음을 모르면 아무리 천천히 읽어줘도 여전히 안들립니다.

단어의 정확한 발음을 익히는 가장 쉬운 방법은 음독입니다. 영어듣기 연습을 많이 하는데, 들으면서 소리내어 따라 읽는 연습을 하면 이 부분을 쉽게 익힐 수 있습니다.

Wordly Wise 3000 같은 사이트를 이용하면 정확한 영어발음을 익히는데 많은 도움이 됩니다.

사전은 영어공부의 영원한 친구

사전에 지나치게 의존하지 말라는 말은 사전을 무시하라는 말이 아닙니다. 영어사전에는 우리가 영어를 공부하면서 알아야 할 대부분의 것들이 들어있습니다.

기본문법과 기본단어를 공부하고 난 이후에는 특별한 영어교재가 필요하지 않습니다. 이때부터는 영어사전만 참고하면서 영어를 사용(읽기, 듣기, 쓰기, 말하기)하면 됩니다.

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A

Accreditation - A university that is accredited has been acknowledged to meet certain standards by an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). A full list of accrediting groups currently recognized by one or both of those entities is available on the CHEA website.

For more information on accreditation, and how to know if a school is accredited, see our original Glossary post on this topic.

Adjunct (or Adjunct Professor) – Someone who teaches at a university but is not employed full-time by the institution; often a scholar/practitioner who is contracted to teach a course.

Alumni – Students who have graduated from a university. If you’re talking about one student, you would say they are an alumnus (for a male) or alumna (for a female).

Assistant Professor – One of three ranks for a regular faculty member at a university, along with Associate Professor and Full Professor. This is the lowest of the three, and indicates that the professor has not received tenure (protection from being fired).

Associate’s Degree – A two-year undergraduate degree, typically awarded by community colleges and junior colleges. Some associate’s degrees are typically used as transfer degrees, meaning that after completing the two-year degree, the student would transfer their credits towards a four-year bachelor’s degree. Other associate’s degrees are career-oriented and “terminal,” meaning they train a student to pursue a certain career.

Associate Professor – One of three ranks for a regular faculty member at a university, along with Assistant Professor and Full Professor. This is the middle of the three, and indicates that the professor has received tenure (protection from being fired).

Audit – To take a course for your own knowledge, rather than for credit towards your degree.

B

Bachelor’s Degree – This is the degree awarded by an undergraduate college or university. The most common type of bachelor’s degrees is a BA (Bachelor of Arts – sometimes abbreviated AB), which is the standard degree awarded by liberal arts colleges. Some schools also offer a Bachelor of Science for students in science and engineering fields.

Bachelor of Arts – The Bachelor of Arts degree (abbreviated BA or AB) is the most common degree awarded for undergraduate studies in the U.S. It can be awarded for any academic discipline – not just the creative arts.

The term “arts” in this case is used in the sense of liberal arts, not creative arts.

C

Catalog – A university catalog (or college catalog) is an official publication that contains all the information a current or prospective student might need about academics and student services at a university.

Certificate – Recognition for completing a non-degree program. Some colleges or universities also allow you to pursue a certificate while studying for a degree in another field.

College – In the U.S. the word “college” is used fairly interchangeably with the word “university.” There’s no official difference, and the fact that one school is called a college while another is called a university doesn’t necessarily mean there is a difference between them.

The most common difference between schools called college and schools called university is that a college is usually an undergraduate-focused institution, whereas a university includes graduate-level and research components. Hence the reason why an undergraduate attends Harvard College, which is the undergraduate component of Harvard University.

In everyday conversation, college is the term used to describe the level of education after high school (“After I graduate, I’m going to college.”).

You might also hear the word “college” used to describe academic subdivisions within a university (the Washington College of Law is the law school of American University).  And the word college is also used in the term “community college,” which is a school that offers two-year degrees as opposed to four-year degrees.

Community College – A community college is a 2-year institution. Students who attend a community college can then transfer to a four-year college or university to complete their bachelor’s degree. Community colleges typically also offer career-focused associate degrees (two-year undergraduate degrees).

Community college and junior college refer to the same type of education. Junior college typically refers to a private institution and community college to a public one.

Course – A course is a regularly scheduled class. Courses typically last one term and meet for several hours each week.

Credit – Credits are units used to measure the contribution that an academic course makes towards attaining your degree. Universities require you to take a certain number of credits to graduate, and each course offered by a university is assigned a value in credits, usually based on how much time you’re expected to spend on it (hence credits are also often called “credit-hours”).

D

Dean – The head of a collection of departments or of an administrative division (ex: Dean of Admissions, Dean of Student Life)

Doctor – A doctor can be someone who has graduated medical school with an M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree or someone who has received a Doctorate (like a Ph.D.) in their academic discipline.

E

Emeritus (or Professor Emeritus) – Someone who has retired but still teaches part-time. It is often an honorific title, indicating that the professor achieved excellence during their time as a tenured faculty member.

F

Faculty – The professors and instructors of a university.

Freshman (or frosh) – The four years of undergraduate education are called (1) freshman year, and someone in their first year is a freshman; (2) sophomore year, and someone in their second year is a sophomore; (3) junior year, and someone in their third year is a junior; (4) senior year, and someone in their fourth year is a senior.

These same terms apply in the same way to the four years of a standard high school: 9th grade is freshman year, 10th grade sophomore year, 11th grade junior year, and 12th grade senior year. They are not used for graduate school.

Full Professor (also just Professor) – One of three ranks for a regular faculty member at a university, along with Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. This is the highest of the three, and indicates that the professor has received tenure (protection from being fired) and achieved further recognition of achievement.

G

Grade – Your grade on a test or exam describes how well you did. In the U.S. it is more common to use the word “grade” than “mark” or “score,” although any of those words may be used.

Your grade can also describe what year you are in school. This term typically only applies to elementary (primary), middle, and high school. It is not used for college or graduate school. The grades go from 1 (called first grade) to 12 (called twelfth grade or senior year). Most students are 6 or 7 years old in first grade, and 17 or 18 years old in twelfth grade.

Gymnasium (gym) – A building where athletic activities take place. Most colleges and universities have a gym for students to use for sports and athletic activities.  The gym will usually have a fitness center where students can work out.  In everyday English, that fitness center is also called a gym. The building where indoor varsity sports are played may also be called a gym.

I

Institute – An institute is usually an organization devoted to research. In practice, this can mean three things in the context of an American university:

(1) Most commonly, something called an “institute” is a research group or think tank. Sometimes these are housed within or affiliated with a university. They don’t offer classes, but they probably offer seminars and internship opportunities for students. The Georgetown Health Policy Institute is a group of faculty and staff of Georgetown University who conduct research on health policy. The Quinnipiac University Bioanthropology Research Institute is housed within Quinnipiac’s School of Health Sciences and conducts research in various fields of biology and anthropology.

(2) Institute can be used in the name of a university, and in that context is just a synonym for “college” or “university.” The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (better known as MIT) is one example of this.

(3) Institute can be used in the name of an academic department, and would describe an area of study you could major in. For example, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies is an academic department with the Johns Hopkins University.

M

Master’s – The degree awarded by a graduate school for completing postgraduate study (postgraduate = after the bachelor’s degree). Most master’s degrees take one or two years of full-time study to complete. Like bachelor’s degrees, there are many specialized types of master’s degrees, but the most common are the master of arts (M.A.), master of science (M.S.) and master of business administration (M.B.A.).

J

Junior – The four years of undergraduate education are called (1) freshman year, and someone in their first year is a freshman; (2) sophomore year, and someone in their second year is a sophomore; (3) junior year, and someone in their third year is a junior; (4) senior year, and someone in their fourth year is a senior.

These same terms apply in the same way to the four years of a standard high school: 9th grade is freshman year, 10th grade sophomore year, 11th grade junior year, and 12th grade senior year. They are not used for graduate school.

L

Liberal arts college – A “liberal arts college” refers specifically to a small school that only teaches undergraduates, emphasizes a well-rounded education and usually requires students to take courses in several major disciplines, and prefers to teach using discussion-based courses rather than lectures.

P

Ph.D. (Doctorate) – The highest academic degree awarded by a university. A Ph.D. usually requires at least 3 years of graduate study beyond the last degree received, and completion of oral/written exams and a dissertation of original research. Someone who receives a Ph.D. is called a doctor, and can be referred to as “Dr. + last name” just like a medical doctor.

Provost – The senior academic position at a university, and usually the second highest office after the president or chancellor.

S

Scholarship – A scholarship is one type of financial aid that a student can get. It is free money to cover some portion of tuition, fees or other expenses. A scholarship does not have to be repaid, but can come with conditions, such as maintaining a particular grade point average.

School – In the U.S. a “school” is any educational institution. Places of elementary, secondary, higher and graduate education can be called schools (and are!).

School of Education – Some colleges and universities have a “school of education” within them. This would be the department of the university that trains you to become a teacher or to have another career within the field of education.

Senior – See definition for “sophomore” below.

Sophomore (or soph) – The four years of undergraduate education are called (1) freshman year, and someone in their first year is a freshman; (2) sophomore year, and someone in their second year is a sophomore; (3) junior year, and someone in their third year is a junior; (4) senior year, and someone in their fourth year is a senior.

These same terms apply in the same way to the four years of a standard high school: 9th grade is freshman year, 10th grade sophomore year, 11th grade junior year, and 12th grade senior year. They are not used for graduate school.

T

Transcript – A transcript is an official record of the courses you took and grades you received in high school, college or graduate school.

U

Underway – Underway means “currently in progress,” and is often used when people were waiting for something to start. So, “the application process is underway” means the application process has started and is currently ongoing.

University – See “college.”

W

Webinar – A seminar, workshop or lecture that happens online. It’s a combination of the words “web” (like internet) and “seminar.”

ㆍaccomplishment 성과, 업적, 실현, 수행
ㆍacknowledge ~을 인정하다, 승인하다, 자인하다, 자백하다
ㆍAfrican Continent 아프리카 대륙
ㆍalert 방심하지 않는, 빈틈없는, 조심성 있는
ㆍalleged (함부로) 주장된, 단정된
ㆍbizarre 별난, 기묘한, 이상한, 기괴한
ㆍblow a raspberry 혀를 내밀고 놀리다
ㆍchew 씹다, 깨물다
ㆍchild molestation 아동 성희롱
ㆍcommon 통례의, 잘 일어나는, 흔히 있는
ㆍfighter 싸우는 사람, 투사, 전사
ㆍin search of ~을 찾아서 *search for ~을 찾다
ㆍlayer 층(層), 겹쳐 쌓음
ㆍMontgomery 몽고메리; 미국 Alabama 주의 주도
ㆍprocedure (~의) 조치, 처분, (의학적인) 처치
ㆍresponding 반응[대응]하는
ㆍsevere burns 심한 화상
ㆍsocial worker 사회 사업가
ㆍsuffer 고통을 받다[겪다], 괴로워하다, (~로) 상처 입다, 피해[손해]를 입다
ㆍsuspect 용의자 *엑센트는 1음절에 있음. 2음절에 오면 '의심하다'임. *名前動後의 법칙
ㆍtake the stand 증인대에 서다
ㆍtestify 증언하다, 증명하다
ㆍundergo ~을 받다, 겪다, 경험하다
ㆍvictim 희생(자), 피해자

educational institutions 교육기관

educational reform 교육개혁

sweeping 전면적인, 일소하는, 쓸어버리는

Everybody is calling for sweeping reforms. 모두가 전면적인 개혁을 요구하고 있다
prevent a crime 범죄를 예방하다
commit a crime 범죄를 저지르다
witness 증인, 목격자
genuine jewels 진짜보석
immitation jewels 모조보석
precious stones 보석
lead a monotonous life 단조로운 생활을 하다

영어에서 가장 중요한 단어

5 단어로 : I am proud of you. (나는 당신이 자랑스럽습니다)      

     4 단어로 : What is your opinion? (당신의 의견은 무엇입니까?)

3 단어로 : If you please, (당신이 즐겁다면)

   2 단어로 : Thank you. (감사합니다)

1 단어로 : You(당신)
 
 
모든 문장의 중심에 내(I)가 아닌

당신(You)이 있다는 사실이 매우 흥미롭습니다.
나보다 먼저 상대를 생각하는 마음은

성공과 실패를 가르는 중요한 척도가 될 수 있습니다.
그중에서도 존중과 경청, 배려와 감사가 중요함을 알 수 있습니다.