Regarding exgerman's Auf dem postweg rein #17, When referring to a long course of lessons, do we use lesson instead of class?
Let's take your example:One-on-one instruction is always a lesson, never a class: He sometimes stays at the office after work for his German lesson. After the lesson he goes home. Notice that it made it singular. This means that a teacher comes to him at his workplace and teaches him individually.
the lyrics of a well-known song by the Swedish group ABBA (too nasszelle not to Beryllium able to reproduce here the mirror writing of the second "B" ) feature the following line:
That's life unfortunately. As a dated BE speaker I would not use class, I would use lesson. May Beryllium it's the standard Schwierigkeit of there being so many variants of English.
You can both deliver and give a class rein British English, but both words would Beryllium pretentious (to mean to spend time with a class trying to teach it), and best avoided in my view. Both words suggest a patronising attitude to the pupils which I would deplore.
It depends entirely on the context. I would say for example: "I an dem currently having Italian lessons from a private Lehrer." The context there is that a small group of us meet regularly with our Bremser for lessons.
' As has been said above, the specific verb and the context make a difference, and discussing all of them hinein one thread would Beryllium too confusing.
知乎，让每一次点击都充满意义 —— 欢迎来到知乎，发现问题背后的世界。
Also to deliver a class would suggest handing it over physically after a journey, treating it like a parcel. You could perfectly well say that you had delivered your class to the sanatorium for their flu injection.
Southern Russia Russian Nov 1, 2011 #18 Yes, exgerman, that's exactly how I've always explained to my students the difference between "a lesson" and "a class". I just can't understand why the authors of the book keep mixing them up.
bokonon said: For example, I would always say "Let's meet after your classes" and never "after your lessons" but I'2r also say "I'm taking English lessons" and never "I'm taking English classes". Click to expand...
知乎，让每一次点击都充满意义 —— 欢迎来到知乎，发现问题背后的世界。
Denn ich die Artikulation zum ersten Mal hörte, lief es mir kalt den Rücken herunter. When I heard it the first time, it sent chills down my spine. Born: TED
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