Vocabulary about school and education.
- authentic: real, true
- old-school strict: traditional learning with punishments and controlling teachers
- teacher-centered: where the teacher is leading the class
- encourage collaboration: learning together through discussions
- pressure to meet deadlines: having to finish work by a certain time/date
- assignments: homework or essays
- sail through them: not to have to work hard and to find things easy
- learning expectations: what the teacher expects from their student
- role plays: acting out a situation to simulate or practice it
- dictation: writing down what the teacher says, accurately and fast.
- breakthrough: a new development
- inspiring: something which makes you want to do better
- intonation: the ‘singing’ sound of speech
- paid off: was worth the effort
- outdated: old fashioned
- league tables: tables which rank the position of schools according to academic success
- alumni: students who used to go to a certain school or college
- boarding school: where students live at school during the term time
- extra- curricular activities: anything NOT academic, e.g., sport, drama
- peer group: students of your own age, in your class
- remote: not being physically there / learning via computer
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