Specialists/ Academic Experts (IELTS reading vocabulary)

PERSON → AREA OF WORK/STUDY → DESCRIPTION

Agriculturalist → Agriculture → the study of farming and farming methods

Anthropologist → Anthropology → the study of humanity

Archaeologist → Archaeology → the study of the remains of ancient civilizations

Architect → Architecture → the study of the design and construction of buildings

Biologist → Biology → the study of living organisms and their relationship to their environment

Demographer → Demography → the study of living populations

Economist → Economics → the study of money and financial systems

Educationalist → Education → involved in all areas of education

Engineer → Engineering → the use of scientific knowledge to design and build structures

Environmentalist → Environmental Studies → the study of pollution and other factors that affect the environment

Geologist → Geology → the study of rocks and the earth’s surface

Historian → History → the study of the past

Journalist → Journalism → the recording of events for the media

Linguist → Linguistics → the study of the development and use of language

Mathematician → Mathematics → solves mathematical problems

Meteorologist → Meteorology → the study of the atmosphere e.g. weather and climate

Neuroscientist → Neuroscience → the study of the structure and function of the brain and nervous system

Nutritionist→ Nutrition → the study of food and how it affects our bodies

Ornithologist → Ornithology → the study of birds

Palaeontologist → Palaeontology → the study of prehistoric life

Philosopher → Philosophy → the study of ideas and knowledge to better understand the world

Physicist → Physics → the study of the natural world

Psychologist → Psychology → the study of the human mind and how it works

Zoologist → Zoology → the study of the animal kingdom

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