Education Flashcards
L’enseignement supérieur
higher education/ tertiary education/ post-secondary education
Un programme scolaire
school curriculum
Assister a un cours
to attend a class
L’enseignement technique et professionel
technical/ vocational education
Un lycée (US+GB)
high school
Une bourse (scolaire)
a scolarship
Abandonner ses études
To drop out of school
Un prêt étudiant
a student loan
GCSE
General Certificate of Secondary Education, close the secondary education/ school in countries of the Commonwealth
A-Levels
Advanced Levels
Public school
student selective and expansive fee-paying secondary school. Private sector.
Bachelor’s Degree
under graduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years
Undergraduate
a student at a college or university who has not yet earned a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent degree)
SAT
Scholastic Assessment Test, a test of a student’s academic skills, used for admission to US college
Ivy league
group of high academic and social prestige located in the eastern United State.
Les quartiers défavorisés
Inner city/ low-income neighbourhoods
Manquer les cours/ Faire l’école buissonnière
To miss school
Un système à deux vitesses
A two tier system
Un défenseur
A defender/ an advocate
Autonome
autonomous/ self-contained/ independent
Le Pays de Galles
Wales
Un cours
A course
Les classes moyennes
The middle classes
Avoir beaucoup de succès
To be highly popular
