· 10 lists · 483 words

Offices, schools, health care

The institutions that are built differently from the ones at home.

What holds these lists together

An office, a school, a university and a health service — and in each of them the word is the smaller problem. El empadronamiento translates as registering at the town hall, but most English-speaking countries keep no such register, so the translation hides the point: in Spain a school place and a health card both depend on it. El colegio is where children go to school, not a college, and la selectividad is not a selection process but the university entrance exam. Whoever knows the translation and not the system fills in the right form at the wrong time. So the three stand together: each wants the route understood before the name of the paper.

The ten lists

A2School and learningLessons, exams, marks — and two words for « to learn ».40 words B1At the government counterThe words you cannot get past the desk without.50 words B1Studying and examinationsEnrolling, sitting, passing — and what the transcript says.50 words B1Officialdom and formsThe words you need exactly when you cannot look them up.43 words B2The health serviceNot the sore throat, but the system that treats it.50 words B2The education systemWhat a Spanish school career is called, stage by stage.50 words B2Public administrationApplication, decision, deadline, appeal — and the language they come in.50 words C2The language of officesDecision, service, deadline, appeal — the formulas administrations write in.50 words C2Pedagogy and teaching methodObjectives, methods, assessment and support — the words in which teaching is thought about.50 words C2Language teachingAcquisition, methods, what to do with errors and how a level is tested — the working vocabulary of the field.50 words

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.

Level	Words	Share
A2	42	9 %
B1	137	28 %
B2	153	32 %
C1	1	0 %
C2	150	31 %

Practise this category

Multiple choice and gaps, across all ten lists and all 483 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.