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self-selecting group

Spanish translation: grupo autoseleccionado

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English term or phrase:	self-selecting group
Spanish translation:	grupo autoseleccionado
Entered by:	María Eugenia Wachtendorff

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11:36 Oct 6, 2003

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Education / Pedagogy / Education

English term or phrase: self-selecting group

"With regard to the nature of the candidature, our experiences of marking scripts and at grade award meetings don´t agree with the statement that they are a self-selecting group"

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grupo que se autoselecciona

Explanation:
Que un grupo se autoseleccione significa que van quedando los más capaces.

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Note added at 50 mins (2003-10-06 12:27:00 GMT)
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o autoseleccionado (autoselectivo \"no me suena\")

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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 02:19

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5 +2

grupo que se autoselecciona

María Eugenia Wachtendorff

4 +2

grupo autonombrado

Valentín Hernández Lima

4 +1

autoelegido

nothing

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

grupo autonombrado

Explanation:
Entre otras formas de expresar esta idea en castellano, decimos que alguien se ha autonombrado cuando para su designación no media la participación o la decisión por elección de otras personas.

Saludos desde Tenerife en Canarias,

V

Valentín Hernández Lima
Spain
Local time: 07:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

autoelegido

Explanation:
Another possibility. Used in several countries

nothing
Local time: 07:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 41

45 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

grupo que se autoselecciona

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 02:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 176

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