language school
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ skuːl/
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escuela de idiomas
- International students studying at the Kaplan language school in Manchester...
- Chinese language school
- attend language school
After the Bravo course, you now go into language school.
- After the Bravo course, you now go into language school.
- When you're learning a language in language school or most formal programs, the map looks like this.
- And so I started the Q course early, early the next year, did the six month there and then moved into language school for Persian Farsi.
- And then you go on to like we, we went to language school, Montfagat Farsi Harfizanam.
- And then language school, depending on which language like that changes the duration.
Examples
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I enrolled in a French language school to improve my speaking skills.
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- Those girls over there, they go to my Chinese language school.
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Wait, you're going to a Chinese language school?
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As there is a higher cost in employing trained specialists, the cost of attending language schools may increase.
Academic text (1990) -
In San Jose, Costa Rica, where we were attending a language school, we saw him every morning on our way to classes.
Blog text (28) -
The German language school in Berlin is situated nearby the nitty-gritty of the city's downtown area.
Blog text (34) -
Many students travel abroad to attend a language school where they can immerse themselves in the culture.
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She found a reputable language school that specializes in teaching English to non-native speakers.
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an institution where foreign languages are taught' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'language' (a system of communication) with 'school' (an educational institution). The modifier+head compounding pattern is productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Language school is a simple picture: language is the topic and you study it in a school, so imagine a building with rooms and lessons all about Spanish, English or French. That's why it means 'where people learn other languages'.