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remedial

remedial

24 4.2
Helps people improve skills or knowledge they lack
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈmiːdiəl/
translation icon : de recuperación
  • The school offers remedial classes for students who struggle with reading and writing skills.
  • remedial courses
  • remedial education
  • remedial classes

These people need remedial ethical training in science.

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Examples

  • Some students are restricted from taking music classes due to remedial course enrollment.

    Academic text (2013)
  • And it had remedial math and remedial English.

  • So, so I was in remedial classes from the time I was a little kid.

  • I mean, this kind of work seems a little remedial for someone like yourself.

  • My mom taught remedial English at West Virginia State College.

  • These people need remedial ethical training in science.

  • I took an entire year to pass one math class that was a basic remedial math class.

  • We'll give him remedial schooling and then a job training program.

  • And I'll be seeing many of you back here next semester in remedial chemistry.

  • However, community college students who are referred to remedial coursework make up a very diverse group.

    Academic text (2008)

How Corrective

remedial
24 4.2
corrective
27 5.2

Surface Forms

remedial positive

Morphology

remedial = remedy (semi-transparent) = remedy + ial

The word is built transparently from 'remedy' plus '-ial', but the educational sense is a metaphorical extension from the idea of correcting a problem.

Etymology

The word remedial comes from the common word remedy, which means 'a cure' or 'a fix'. So remedial classes or programs are meant to 'fix' weak skills and help someone reach the expected level.