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MsPoppins
Spain

school subjects
 
Dear All,

I hope you are all having a great beginning at school.

I �m looking for the translation of some of the subjects taught at Spanish Secondary schools. I �m having some trouble since, I think, they do not exist in British curricula.

I have made a personal translation I would like to share with you so that you could tell me if the name says something to you or not. All suggestions are welcome.

Conocimiento del lenguaje-- Spanish language support
Taller de matem�ticas-- Math support
Medidas de Atenci�n Educativa-- Educational ....???Ermm No idea at all!! "Educational Attention Measures" would be the literal translation but it doesn �t mean anything to me.
What do you think?

Hope you can give me a hand.

Thanks a lot.
MsPoppinsSmile

17 Sep 2010      





ELOJOLIE274
France

i was never good at Spanish, but I would say "tutoring" instead of "support"...
have a nice day!

17 Sep 2010     



aliciapc
Uruguay

Language insight , Math workshop , Educational approach ??

17 Sep 2010     



lshorton99
China

In England we study English language and English literature so I would suggest that �conocimiento de lenguaje � might be most accurately translated as �Spanish language � - nothing more.

Taller de matem�ticas would be a Maths workshop (British English = Maths, Am. English = Math - you decide!)

I �m not sure about the last - �Medidas � my be better translated as methods in this context but perhaps if you described the subject it would be clearer how to translate it! I think it might be something like �Study Skills � or �Social Studies � but I �m really just guessing!

Lindsey

17 Sep 2010     



cristinasuma
Spain

May I join your quest with "Educaci�n para la Ciudadan�a"?
I haven �t got a clue as how to translate that subject.Ermm

17 Sep 2010     



lshorton99
China

�Educaci�n para la Ciudadan�a � would most probably be �Citizenship Studies � or something like that!

Lindsey

17 Sep 2010     



edrodmedina
United States

Taller de matematicas= math workshop...Ed

17 Sep 2010     



edrodmedina
United States

Taller de matematicas= math workshop...Ed

17 Sep 2010     



aliciapc
Uruguay

For Cristina, "social studies" ...

17 Sep 2010     



MsPoppins
Spain

Dear Elojolie, aliciapc, Lindsay and Ed,

Thanks a lot for your answers. As Lindsay suggested it would be a good idea to describe the subjects a little bit.

Conocimiento del lenguaje and Taller de matem�ticas are two optional subjects who usually take students who are weak at Spanish language and Maths respectively. That �s why the name Spanish language is not adequate, because there is another subject called like that.

As for Medidas de Atenci�n Educativa, this subject is offered to students who do not choose religious studies. As far as I know any teacher(English teacher, history teacher, chemistry teacher, PE teacher...) can be in charge of this subject and there is no stablished curriculum for it. It sounds weird, doesn �t it? Therefore, students usually study other subjects, do homework, play chess, watch a film or just do nothing, it all depends on the groups and the teacher in charge.

I would like to ask another one: tutor�a. This is one hour a week which the tutor spends with the students in his/her group and do activities depending on the age of the group. For example, they may talk about drugs, alcochol, friendship... What do you think about tutorship??

Cristinasuma, I would definitly translate educaci�n para la ciudadan�a como Citizenship.

Thanks again.
MsPoppinsSmile

18 Sep 2010