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cram school vs after school class

Both 'cram school' and 'after school class' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Cram school' refers to a school where students go to study intensively to prepare for exams, while 'after school class' is a more general term for any class or activity that takes place after regular school hours.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 825 views

cram school

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English, especially in Asian countries like Japan and South Korea.

Use 'cram school' to refer to a school where students go to study intensively to prepare for exams, typically outside of regular school hours.

Examples:

I go to cram school every evening to study for my exams.
Many students attend cram school to improve their grades.
Cram schools are popular in countries with competitive education systems.

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I heard that he's going to cram school for the transfer exam.
I'm sick of going to cram school.
He quit cram school with me but changed his mind.
There's no other place as humiliating as cram school.
Did you go to cram school?
It turned out that Shen Chia-Yi stayed behind to study when she didn't have to go to cram school.
You go to cram school lately?
Go to cram school if you can't study at home.
I know the reason you don't want to go to cram school.
They feel good as long as you go to cram school.
I've got cram school, sorry
You know what they call you at the cram school?
Didn't go to cram school yet?
What can you do without going to cram school?
Are you going to the cram school again?
I go to cram school - Cram school?
So he got his mum to call in, quit the club... ...and began attending a cram school.

Alternatives:

tutoring center
exam prep school
study academy
revision school
test preparation center

after school class

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to classes or activities that take place after regular school hours.

Use 'after school class' to refer to any class or activity that occurs after the regular school day has ended.

Examples:

My daughter takes an after school class in art.
The school offers after school classes in robotics and coding.
I teach an after school class on creative writing.

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DP: This is just a cool shot, because this is students coming to school after class.
So there's this hip-hop dance class after school that everyone's taking, and I really want to take it, too,
You never had that hanging-out- after-class high school experience.
So Ethan William Kelly... graduated top 10% of his law school class, then he gives it all up after 9/11.
Besides attending class, you will help our janitorial staff after school.
Not today because... after school, I've got my class, he'll be with Freddie.
After school, before school - whatever works, After basketball class...
Not during class, obviously, but recess, before school, after school.
It's not a class, it's an after-school club that Sam and Joe and Kitty and Dottie Kazatori are in.
Dameran was top of his high-school class.
She's in that art class I've been helping out with after school. Why?
I graduated number one in my harvard law school class.
Barney was taking a night school class taught by me.
Reggie was valedictorian of his high school class.
We were in the same high school class.
We were in the same high school class.
Voted "most likely to succeed" By her high school class.
Listen, a whole school class is coming in for vaccinations.
Sorry, I'm taking a night school class.
Joyce and I go to criminal procedures night school class together.

Alternatives:

extracurricular class
afterschool program
post-school activity
extended learning session
additional class

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