o Curriculum, is what you teach.
Extra-curricular activities
o A syllabus (programación didáctica) is an overview of how and what
you'll teach and your expectations
o a well-rounded education (completa)
o continuous assessment (evaluación continua)
o to work at the same pace as the rest of the class/ to keep up with
o rote learning (memorization technique based on repetition)
o old school (a la vieja usanza)
o education cuts/reforms
o Life-long learning
o university fees
o the teacher's pet (ojo derecho de la profe- “enchufado”)
o freshman (estudiante de primer año, novato)
o a lecturer ( lectures) / a professor (Br E) - a professor (Am E) a tutor
(private teacher)
o a scholarship (bases on merit) and grant (based on finantial need)
o a student loan
o standardized tests
o learning difficulties
o significant learning : a good balance between theoretical and
practical knowledge
o hands- on (práctico)doing something rather than just talking about it
hands-on computer training
to gain hands-on experience
o homeschooling/ blended learning ( semipresencial)
o mainstream
Some adjectives
o highly educated (erudito)
o self-disciplined/ strong-willed
o compulsory or mandatory Education / mainstream (official)
o State /Comprehensive / Grammar/Independent schools
Difference, go to : https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/37696598
Some verbs and phrasal verbs
o to keep up with the rest of your classmates / to keep up with the
workload
o to fall behind with your studies
o To dumb down- to lower the level of difficulty and the intellectual content
o to swot up/ a swot (empollar/ empollón)
o to memorize/ learn by heart.
o to cram for an exam (to study a lot in a short period of time)
o to put knowledge into practice
o to drop out of school/ the dropout rate ( dejar el colegio/ abandono
escolar)
o to skive off/to skip school / to play truant ( not to go to school)
o to enrol in/for an English course ( matricularse)
o to do/ take/ sit and exam and to resit an exam (to take it again)
o to graduate in English Philology/ from Oviedo University
Some Idioms
o to go the extra mile (to make more effort than expected) “romperse el lomo”
o to pass with flying colours (con buenísima nota)
o to be a smart alec( pedante)
o to be an egghead (intelectual/ lumbrera)
o to be an all-rounder (polifacético) sb who is good at lot different skills
o to pull an allnighter.
