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Grzegrzolka Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

AmE vs. BrE

What's the difference between "field trip" and "school trip".
Am I correct that both mean the same but the British use "school trip" while the Americans say "field trip?"
Does the phrase "school trip" exist in the US?
  

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Yes, that's correct. In the US, a school trip is more like a trip you take to another country with your class.

— Elanguest

  • Yes, that's correct.
  • In the US, a school trip is more like a trip you take to another country with your class.
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Yes, that's correct. In the US, a school trip is more like a trip you take to another country with your class. Emotion: wink
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ElanguestYes, that's correct. In the US, a school trip is more like a trip you take to another country with your class.
Most of us would have to go pretty far to get to another country. I'd say a school trip involves an overnight stay, almost always within the US. A field trip is out and back the same day.
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In the years I spent at school in the UK a field trip was a school trip with a focus on the study of a particular subject.

Example - geography field trip to study map contours / rivers

I've always understood this to be studying 'out in the field' in place of lessons in the classroom. The work done would be part of the particular subject's course.

A school trip was a trip
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Thanks a lot for your help, however now I'm more confused.
Does that mean that both terms are used in the US in a different context? I mean "school trip" is a common expression?
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GrzegrzolkaThanks a lot for your help, however now I'm more confused.Does that mean that both terms are used in the US in a different context? I mean "school trip" is a common expression?
I do not know how the terms are used in the UK or even how they are used in other parts of this vast and populous country. I was reporting my experience in my dialect.
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As an interesting sidelight to this topic, here are a few of the many differences in vocabulary between Brit. and Ame. English. In the US, the words on the left are never used in the sense of the words on the right, and some words, like lorry and snotty, are unknown here.

British...........................................................................American

cultivated (in th
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Hi Grzegrzolka,

I think it's safe to say that a school trip is a bit more involved that a field trip. I used going to another country as an example of a school trip, but it's true that it could also be, for example, a trip to Washinton, D.C. for a few days by a class from somewhere in Iowa or Ohio. A field trip is more like an excursion to the local city zoo or museum.
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Anonymoussatisfactory (in the sense of a work or service record).........exemplary
But I think the meaning here is slightly different.
Satisfactory doesn't mean more than "good enough" (passable)
while exemplary means "very good".
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