{"id":6580,"date":"2018-04-29T22:09:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T02:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=6580"},"modified":"2018-04-29T22:09:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T02:09:25","slug":"the-school-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/the-school-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"The school in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good evening to all! How are you doing today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>S<\/em><i>pring <\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">started last month<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which means that, in many countries,\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">spring break <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was all the rage in April<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <em>Spring break<b>, <\/b><\/em>if you are not familiar with that, is a period of recess in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">schools and universities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in which students spend a couple of weeks taking a break during the season. And it is with this spirit that we are going to learn today&#8217;s lesson about some common words to refer to the educational world.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since this blog is mainly about languages, education and culture, I am sure that a great number of you probably live or have lived the classroom experience as an important part of your studies and development. So grab a seat and let\u2019s hit the books!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8114\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8114\" class=\"wp-image-8114\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2018\/03\/chairs-chalk-chalkboard-159844-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Classroom (source: pixabay)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><b>school year\/ academic term\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; the time of the year in which a school has classes<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the USA, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">school year <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">usually starts in September\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>semester\/ term\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can\u2019t wait for this <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">term <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to be over!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>class <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; when a group of students meet to get instructed<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I need to leave now or I\u2019ll be late for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">class<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today\u2019s French <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">class<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was cancelled<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>desk &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a table where students can work on<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">desks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the room are arranged in five rows\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>table<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The teacher said we should leave the test on her <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">table<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> when we\u2019re done<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>chair<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can you get a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">chair<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the new student?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>board <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; the surface on which the teacher writes<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The teacher wrote his name on the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">board<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>students\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> should not use their mobile phones during class\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>classmates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; people who go to school with you<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you get along with your <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">classmates<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>teacher\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teachers <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">always need to inspire their students\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">teacher<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> told me to leave the classroom\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>university <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; an institution of higher education<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Which <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">university<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> did the writer go to?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> University <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of S\u00e3o Paulo is one of the best in Brazil\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>high school <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; secondary education<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High school <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is an essential stage for students\u2019 formation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>attendance\/ roll call &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a list with names to be called to make sure everyone is in the room<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you know if the professor has already taken <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">attendance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> today?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>homework <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; the school assignments supposed to be done at home<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can watch TV once you\u2019re done with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">homework<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The math teacher always sets a lot of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">homework<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for us\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>assignment &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a piece of extra work or study to be done as extra class<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m meeting my friends at the library to do the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">assignment<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the ozone layer &#8211;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>read\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carl, can you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">read<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the paragraph out loud for us?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">read<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the book the professor asked us to?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>write\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t forget to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">write<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> your names on the assignments\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>study <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; the process of learning about a topic or subject<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I promisse to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">study<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> harder next semester!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is more to come next month! Meanwhile, don&#8217;t forget to study!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/chairs-chalk-chalkboard-159844-350x233-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Good evening to all! How are you doing today? Spring started last month, which means that, in many countries,\u00a0spring break was all the rage in April. 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