English learner getting shock treatment before exam in this kind of college (9)
I believe the answer is:
electoral
'this kind of college' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english learner getting shock treatment before exam' is the wordplay.
'english learner' becomes 'el' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'shock treatment' becomes 'ECT' (ECT is an example).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'exam' becomes 'oral' (spoken academic test).
'el'+'ect'+'oral'='ELECTORAL'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for electoral that I've seen before include "concerning voters" , "on the voting register" , "concerned with votes" , "kind of US college" , "Relating to the voting system" .)