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Lesson 8.2.1 · La escuela

📚 School & Classroom

From 'el salón' to 'la biblioteca' — the vocabulary of student life in Spanish.

Sub-lessons

Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.

01

In the classroom

'El tablero' is what Colombians call the board (Spain says 'la pizarra').

la clase[lah KLAH-seh]

the class

el salón de clase[el sah-LON deh KLAH-seh]

the classroom

la lección[lah lek-SYON]

the lesson

el curso[el KOOR-soh]

the course

el tablero[el tah-BLEH-roh]

the board

el profesor[el pro-feh-SOR]

professor

el compañero de clase[el kom-pah-NYEH-ro deh KLAH-seh]

classmate

aprender[ah-pren-DER]

to learn

Example sentences

  • Necesito la clase, por favor.

    I need the class, please.

  • Siempre digo: "el salón de clase".

    I always say, "the classroom."

  • Me gusta la lección.

    I like the lesson.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Dónde está la clase?

Where is the class?

B

Una persona amable diría: "el salón de clase".

A kind person would say, "the classroom."

02

Books, work & buildings

Vocabulary for studying and the spaces around campus.

la tarea[lah tah-REH-ah]

the homework

el libro de texto[el LEE-broh deh TEKS-toh]

textbook

el diccionario[el deek-syo-NAH-ryo]

the dictionary

el idioma[el ee-DYOH-mah]

language

la biblioteca[lah bee-blyo-TEH-kah]

library

el bibliotecario[el bee-blyo-teh-KAH-ryo]

librarian

la cafetería[lah kah-feh-teh-REE-ah]

cafeteria

el edificio[el eh-dee-FEE-syo]

building

el estadio[el es-TAH-dyo]

stadium

la arquitectura[lah ar-kee-tek-TOO-rah]

architecture

Example sentences

  • Necesito la tarea, por favor.

    I need the homework, please.

  • Siempre digo: "el libro de texto".

    I always say, "textbook."

  • Me gusta el diccionario.

    I like the dictionary.

Mini-diálogo

A

¿Dónde está la tarea?

Where is the homework?

B

Una persona amable diría: "el libro de texto".

A kind person would say, "textbook."

MEM

Memory lab

Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.

Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.

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Recall from English

stadium

EX

Practice exercises

Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.

01
How do you say this?

the classroom

02
How do you say this?

the board

03
What does this mean?

la clase

04
What does this mean?

el libro de texto

05
What does this mean?

aprender

06
How do you say this?

building

07

Fill the blank

Necesito la _____, por favor.

I need the class, please.

08

Fill the blank

Me gusta la _____.

I like the lesson.

Score: 0 / 8

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