ngoại khóa
Definition
- Adjective:
- Extracurricular: Describes activities, programs, or subjects that are outside the regular, required curriculum or schedule of a school or educational institution. These activities are often optional and intended to supplement formal education.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trường học có nhiều hoạt động ngoại khóa thú vị. (The school has many interesting extracurricular activities.)
- Buổi nói chuyện về môi trường là một sự kiện ngoại khóa. (The talk about the environment is an extracurricular event.)
- Giáo viên khuyến khích học sinh tham gia các lớp học ngoại khóa. (The teacher encourages students to participate in extracurricular classes.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in an educational context to distinguish optional, supplementary activities from compulsory, in-class studies.
- It can function attributively before a noun (e.g., ) and is rarely used predicatively.
Variants and Related Words
- Hoạt động ngoại khóa (n): Extracurricular activity. The most common compound phrase.
- Cậu ấy tham gia ba hoạt động ngoại khóa. (He participates in three extracurricular activities.)
Synonyms
- Extracurricular: Outside the regular course of study.
- Supplementary: Providing additional support or education.
- Co-curricular: Often used interchangeably, though sometimes implying activities more directly related to enhancing the main curriculum.
Related Idioms
- There are no common idioms specifically using the word ngoại khóa. Its usage is direct and descriptive within the context of education.