teacher

teacher
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ excellent, great, outstanding
▪ competent, good, inspired, popular, skilled
▪ bad, incompetent
▪ sympathetic
▪ fellow
▪ former, retired
▪ female, woman
▪ male
▪ school (usually schoolteacher when used on its own)
▪

She was a public school teacher (= paid for by the government). (AmE)

▪ kindergarten (esp. AmE), nursery (BrE), nursery-school, preschool
▪ elementary, elementary-school, grade-school, high-school, junior-high, junior-high-school, middle-school (all in the US)
▪ primary, primary-school, secondary, secondary-school (all esp. BrE)
▪ college, university (esp. BrE)
▪ first-grade, second-grade, etc. (all AmE)
▪ head (BrE), senior
▪

She held the post of deputy head teacher at a school in Leeds.

▪ certified (AmE), qualified
▪ experienced, inexperienced
▪ in-service, pre-service (both AmE)
▪ student, trainee (BrE)
▪ master (esp. AmE)
▪ full-time, part-time
▪ substitute (AmE), supply (BrE), support (esp. BrE)
▪ class, classroom, homeroom (AmE)
▪ special-education (AmE), special-needs (BrE)
▪ non-specialist, specialist (both esp. BrE)
▪ subject (esp. BrE)
▪ language
▪ art, English, gym, history, math (AmE), maths (BrE), music, PE, science, etc.
▪ EFL (BrE), ESL
▪ dance, piano
▪ Sunday-school
▪ spiritual
VERB + TEACHER
▪ have
▪

I'm good at cooking. I had a good teacher.

▪ train
TEACHER + VERB
▪ teach sth
▪ work with sb
▪

teachers working with less able students

TEACHER + NOUN
▪ education, preparation (AmE), training
▪

teacher preparation programs

▪

She's been accepted at teacher training college. (BrE)

▪ trainer
▪ union
▪ shortage
▪ ratings (AmE)
▪

teacher ratings of reading ability


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