- Types
- Nursery school
- Secondary school / high school (in American system)
- three terms
- At school, there are teachers and lessons
- At university, there are lecturers and lectures and undergraduates.
- high level training course
- Intermediate or higher trining cycle
- interships (prácticas en empresas) / work placement
- Special needs
- A coeducation
- A two-tier education ( two levels)
- People
- the headmaster
- The head of the department
- A supply teacher
- a classmate
- The peers
- colleagues
- spaces
- The classromm
- the playground
- a break
- Methods
- Individual tutorials
- one-to-one teaching
- special needs edcuation
- literacy and numeracy
- A good grounding in literature
- Lifelong education
- to sign up for a course (matricularse)
- We break up on the 21st December and go back on the eigth January.
- Assignments
- A presentation
- a first draft
- to polish up the ideas
- to jot down
- to note down
- to write down
- to scribble down
- To carry out / conduct / do a research
- To fill in / out a form
- to turn over (the page)
- To hand in the homework
- the deadline to submit a assignment
- To hand out the worksheet
- Not to miss out any of the questions
- To fall behind with your homework
- To catch up with the rest of the class
- To erase the blackboard / to rub out
- Eight time tables
- Extra-classes
- Punctuality
- Hours per week
- Study
- to learn by heart- memorise
- To cram (empollar)
- To bury oneself in it
- To learn inside out
- Behaviour
- To play up in class
- bullying
- to tell on sb ( chivarse)
- To skip class / a course // to skive off school
- To drop out
- On the brink of being expelled
- To be thrown out
- To leave school
- Change
- A couple of false starts
- To change track
- To choose a different track
- To go off the track
- Exams and certifications
- This come up in the exam
- to revise / to cram
- To mess up an exam / an assessment
- to go blank
- To scrape through his exams
- A questionnaire
- To obtain a qualification / grades /marks
- A junior certificate
- State examinations
- A master degree
- Money
- To pay back a study loan
- To be on a grant
- to have a bank grant credit
- to have a scholarship
- Hidden curriculum
- A student residence
- homesickness
- Others
- the efforts will pay off in the end
- Women are two years ahead of men.
- To put you on the spot
- To be off the hook (genial: a party for instance. Quedarse tranquilo porque no te toca contestar, out of danger)
- To be on the hook (estar en peligro)
It will be brighten up
to be cloud over
to clear up later
to warm up
to cool down
Winds will pick up
The weather is dradful
a downpour
