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Medium School

Spanish translation: Escuelas que usan el inglés como el medio de enseñanza

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English term or phrase:Medium School
Spanish translation:Escuelas que usan el inglés como el medio de enseñanza
Entered by: Johana Paineman

16:02 Jul 24, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / Modelo Educacional
English term or phrase: Medium School
"Teching Maori Language in English Medium Schools"

Es una PowerPoint donde aparece este título.

Agrecezco mucho su ayuda.
:-D
Johana Paineman
Local time: 16:02
Escuelas que usan el inglés como el medio de enseñanza
Explanation:
Se trata de English-Medium Schools no Medium Schools (no hay tal cosa)...Escuelas que usan el inglés como el medio de enseñanza (notices that I hyphenated the term.) Sigue leyendo mi explicación.

Apparently it's a school that has English as a medium of instruction as opposed to the language of the area.

I'm not sure how this might help you. But I did a search for Medium schools and I found this:

Ispat English Medium School

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ispat_English_Medium_School

---begin---
...along the same lines as the Indian Public School (IPS) system followed by the likes of The Doon School. It is one of the very first schools established in Rourkela and the very first to have English as the medium of instruction, which is also reflected in its name. Its official name is Ispat English Medium School, Sector-20 though it is also known as Ispat E.M. School. But it is famous by its nick name, Public School because of it founding roots. However, admission to it has never been open to the general public. It is open to children of parents working for SAIL, CISF, CRPF and other Central Government undertakings and REC.

---end---

Therefore your question should be "ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL" not "MEDIUM SCHOOL" in other words there's no such thing as just a Medium school. There are Spanish-Medium Schools, English-Medium Schools, French-Medium Schools that would use those languages as the medium of teaching. This also tells me that the term "English-Medium Schools" should be hyphenated as I just did.
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Hardy Moreno
Local time: 15:02
Grading comment
Muchas Gracias!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5Escuela intermedia (suponiendo que efectivamente quieran decir "Middle school")
Andrea Riffo
5Escuelas que usan el inglés como el medio de enseñanza
Hardy Moreno
5 -1Escuela Bilingue
_POIMANDRES_
4 -1Escuela secundaria
irene varela
3 -1escuela media
Monica Segal


Discussion entries: 7





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
medium school
escuela media


Explanation:
si es que se refiere a los niveles equivalentes a 7° y 8° grados

Monica Segal
Local time: 17:02
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  _POIMANDRES_: ESTA EDUCACIÓN INCLUYE PRIMARIA SECUNDARIA Y CICLO TERCIARIO. VE MIS COMENTARIOS Y LINK.
13 mins
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
medium school
Escuela intermedia (suponiendo que efectivamente quieran decir "Middle school")


Explanation:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/Ls/pf/cm/documents/English-Spanishglos...

Andrea Riffo
Chile
Local time: 16:02
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Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egmont
0 min
  -> gracias!
disagree  _POIMANDRES_: Esta educación incluye primaria secundaria y ciclo terciario. Ve mis comentarios y link. (Perdòn por lo de las mayùsculas) Tengo inconvenientes con el teclado.
8 mins
  -> vale, gracias por la aclaración... creo que efectivamente podrías estar dando en el clavo con tu respuesta, pero espero lo que diga Johana que tiene el ppt completo (y gracias por cambiar las mayúsculas)
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
medium school
Escuela Bilingue


Language variant: Escuela Intercultural Bilingue

Explanation:
Medium refiere a un entorno o medio para preservar culturas o lenguas.
Esta escuela comprende desde la primaria hasta el ciclo terciario y es en ambas languas o sólo en maori. VER LA VARIANTE Q PROPUSE EN "LANGUAGE VARIANT"
http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/july...

_POIMANDRES_
Argentina
Local time: 17:02
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  irene varela: No creo que "medium" se refiera a la preservacion de la cultura maori, sino a escuelas donde el "medio" de comunicacion es ingles y se instruye en lengua Maori -declarada oficial en 1987- y se imparte tambien su cultura. Pero la lengua "base" es el ingles
45 mins
  -> Cre q estamos diciendo lo mismo q entendemos. La lengua es parte de la cultura. El idioma oficial es el inglés y se buscó oficialmente preservar la cultura maori, con su lengua. No comprendo aún en qué discrepas. No es cierto q la educ es solo maori.
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
medium school
Escuela secundaria


Language variant: Liceo

Explanation:
Suponiendo que el termino sea MIDDLE SCHOOL: se refiere a aquellas para alumnos entre "elementary school" y " college" usualmente entre los grados 9 y 12 del sistema americano, ingles, etc.
Por eso para los sistemas educativos como el frances -por ejemplo el que se sigue en Uruguay- se le denomina liceo. Es decir primero esta la escuela primaria (niveles 1 a 6), liceo (de 1er año a 4to año) y bachillerato (5to y 6to año) lo que sería college.
En Nueva Zelanda -que es donde tu estas buscando la información ya que Maori es la lengua oficial (tribal) de ese país) las escuelas denominadas "intermediate schools" cubren los años 7 y 8 (antes se denominaban form 1 & 2) en areas donde las escuelas primarias locales enseñan del nivel 1 al nivel 6
Muchas escuelas primarias sin embargo, enseñan los niveles 7 y 8. Pero estas escuelas primarias pueden tener una conexion con una escuela denominada "intermediate school" para enseñar actividades manuales como carpintería, etc.
Recientemente, las denominadas Junior High Schools cubren los años 7-10( los 4 años entre primaria y NCEA-National Secondary Qualification). La primera en hacerlo fue una escuela en Auckland.

Espero la información te sea util.


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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-24 17:11:19 GMT)
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Con respecto a la palabra "medium" en pedagogia cuando se dice por ejemplo "English is the medium language" quiere decir que es el "medio" utilizado para la comunicación.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-24 17:18:30 GMT)
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A continuación copio un texto donde se explica mi nota anterior y el comentario que agregue a POIMANDRES:

Most schools are English language medium, but some schools teach in the Maori medium. Kura Kaupapa Maori are schools in which the principal language of instruction is Maori and education is based on Maori culture and values. (http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index)

irene varela
Uruguay
Local time: 17:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  _POIMANDRES_: Esta educación incluye más niveles y "medium" refiere a la preservación de la cultura Maorí ya que las clases se dictan de manera bilingue o sólo en maori.
13 mins
  -> Yo lo entiendo diferente porque dice "Teaching Maori... in English Medium Schools" o sea estas escuelas utilizan el ingles como medio "medium" de enseñanza y ademas en algunas se enseña Maori y su cultura. No creo que solo en Maori.
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
medium school
Escuelas que usan el inglés como el medio de enseñanza


Explanation:
Se trata de English-Medium Schools no Medium Schools (no hay tal cosa)...Escuelas que usan el inglés como el medio de enseñanza (notices that I hyphenated the term.) Sigue leyendo mi explicación.

Apparently it's a school that has English as a medium of instruction as opposed to the language of the area.

I'm not sure how this might help you. But I did a search for Medium schools and I found this:

Ispat English Medium School

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ispat_English_Medium_School

---begin---
...along the same lines as the Indian Public School (IPS) system followed by the likes of The Doon School. It is one of the very first schools established in Rourkela and the very first to have English as the medium of instruction, which is also reflected in its name. Its official name is Ispat English Medium School, Sector-20 though it is also known as Ispat E.M. School. But it is famous by its nick name, Public School because of it founding roots. However, admission to it has never been open to the general public. It is open to children of parents working for SAIL, CISF, CRPF and other Central Government undertakings and REC.

---end---

Therefore your question should be "ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL" not "MEDIUM SCHOOL" in other words there's no such thing as just a Medium school. There are Spanish-Medium Schools, English-Medium Schools, French-Medium Schools that would use those languages as the medium of teaching. This also tells me that the term "English-Medium Schools" should be hyphenated as I just did.

Hardy Moreno
Local time: 15:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Muchas Gracias!!!
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