correspondence school
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3.9
- noun
- /ˌkɔːrɪˈspɒndəns skuːl/
:
escuela por correspondencia
- Where'd you graduate from, a correspondence school?
Examples
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All I have is a diploma from the correspondence school.
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No, it's just that I got a lot on my mind, what with my correspondence school course - and everything.
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The ad said it was a correspondence school.
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What correspondence school did you graduate from?
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Did this author receive a degree in economics from a correspondence school?
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My sister enrolled in acorrespondence school to complete her high school diploma from home.
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He decided to pursue a career in graphic design by taking courses at acorrespondence school.
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Many adults choose acorrespondence school because it allows them to study while working full-time.
Synonyms
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3.3
A course where teachers send lessons and students return work by mail or online for home study
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3.2
A course you do at home instead of in a classroom
How Remote
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a school providing instruction by mail' is directly derivable from combining 'correspondence' (written communication by letters) with 'school' (educational institution). This compositional, noun+noun construction is cross-linguistically common and follows predictable semantics, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely understand it.
Etymology
The noun correspondence school comes from the old way of sending lessons and questions by mail, because students and teachers learned through correspondence, meaning 'letters', instead of meeting in a classroom. That's why it now means a school where you 'study from home' by mail.