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Here is some key language to help you talk about education.

Note the use of the character 学 (learning) and 教 (teaching) in terms related to learning and teaching.

学习	xuéxí	to study, learn
学生	xuésheng	student, pupil
大学	dàxué	university
老师	lǎoshī	teacher
教	jiāo	to teach
教师	jiàoshī	teacher
学校	xuéxiào	school
数学	shùxué	mathematics
专业	zhuānyè	subject

Here are some sentence showing the use of the terms above:

你的专业是什么? nǐ de zhuǎnyè shì shénme? What is your subject?
我的专业是数学。 Wǒ de zhuǎnyè shì shùxué. My subject is Mathematics.
你是学生吗? Nǐ shì xuésheng ma? Are you a student?
我学习汉语和广东话。 Wǒ xuéxí Hànyǔ hé Guǎngdōnghuà. I study Chinese and Cantonese.
我们的学校很大。 Wǒmen de xuéxiào hěn dà. Our school is very large.
你的学校有多少老师？ Nǐ de xuéxiào yǒu duōshǎo lǎoshī? How many teachers does your school have?
他在大学教英语。 Tā zài dàxué jiào Yīngyǔ. He teaches English at university.