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How do you call this in English?
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Larisa.
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How do you call this in English?
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Hello, dear friends! I need your help again! 
My students have a lot extra classes (besides school lessons). Some of them go to the swimming pool, some have piano lessons and so on. What is the correct way to say: "I go to extra clubs after school". or "I have extra classes." or ...?
And I have a doubt how to call this extra clubs.
- dance classes
- swimming lessons
- piano lessons
- table tennis lessons
My nephew goes to a club and they make model aeroplanes there, and my son goes to folk-cfaft school and they make different things of birch bark there. How would you call these extra clubs?
And one more question, if you don �t mind.  What extra clubs do your children or children in your country usually attend?
Have a nice day! Hugs from Siberia! 
Larisa.
P.S. Sorry for takind up so much space in the forum. But I really need to know it.
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7 Apr 2010
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Fabiola R
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I think you call them EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES...
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7 Apr 2010
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yanogator
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Fabiola is right. They are also called after-school activities.
Bruce |
7 Apr 2010
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volga
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The general term would be "after-school activities or clubs". The names of specific activities and clubs can be different.
Examples: Hiking Club, Student Council, (Name of the school) Band, Book Club, Drill Team, Cooking Club, Honor Society, Choir, Orchestra, Computers, ROTC, Cheerleaders, etc.
And of course there are athletics/sports programs: Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Basketball, Football, etc.
Oh, and kids would say, "I have a soccer practice today after school".
Cheers,
Volga
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7 Apr 2010
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dawnmain
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I would say
model plane club
craft group
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7 Apr 2010
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douglas
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"extracurricular activities" or "after-school activities"--extracurricular tends to mean there is some (if only a small one) tie to the school.
The "clubs" you named as lessons look good.
I agree with "model plane club" and craft group (or crafting group/club).
Douglas |
7 Apr 2010
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Larisa.
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Thanks a lot Fabiola, Bruce, Volga, dawnmain and Douglas! You helped me a lot! 
Have a nice day! Hugs!
Larisa |
7 Apr 2010
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lshorton99
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In the UK the most common after school clubs are sports-related - gymnastics, swimming, football etc or music/dance related. I used to go to band, ballet, jazz, singing, drama and swimming classes (not all at the same time!).
In Spain, a lot of students go to a private English academy, the conservatory (for music lessons) or again, sports-related activities. Specific to Seville are also Sevillianas classes - a traditional dance. There are also those who attend French classes. After-school language classes are not very common in the UK.
The other common after-school activity in the UK is a general after-school club which does a variety of activities. These are basically a babysiiting service for students whose parents work until 5/5.30 and need somewhere to leave their kids. It also has a �breakfast club � function where students can go there before school.
I would agree with most of the above answers. After-school club doesn �t necessarily have a link to school whereas I would say extra-curricular activity does. That �s just a feeling however.
Model plane club sounds ok - maybe model-making club? I �ve never heard of one so I don �t know for sure. Wood crafting club, perhaps for your son �s club. Generally the less common clubs have names specific to their activities. If you are learning how to hop, it would be called the hopping club, for example!
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7 Apr 2010
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