Education

l’education

l'éducation education	l'école school
une élève pupil	les devoirs homework
le jardin d'enfants kindergarten	l'école primaire elementary school
le collège junior high school	le lycée high school
la classe class (group of students)	aller en cours to go to class
l'instituteur elementary school teacher (m)	l'institutrice elementary school teacher (f)
le professeur high school teacher	le prof high school teacher
un examen exam	une interrogation quiz/test
une interro quiz/test	le baccalauréat high school diploma
le bac high school diploma	le brevet secondary school diploma
l'université university	le diplôme le diplôme
le DEUG university diploma	la maîtrise master's degree

If you travel to France you will quickly discover that while there are many similarities between the school system at home there are also many differences. Towards the end of high school and the beginning of university the French school system gets a bit complicated as there are many different kinds of degrees and licenses offered to French students. In this lesson you will learn some basic words which will help you to navigate through France’s education system.

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