English Language GCSE
Active listening for gist and detail
What Active listening for gist and detail means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Eduqas.
Definition of Active listening for gist and detail
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Attending to spoken language to pick out main points and detail, and to recognise how tone, pace, stress and register shape meaning.
Topics that use Active listening for gist and detail
- Introduction - Aims and objectives (Eduqas GCSE)
Related terms
- Adapting register to audience and purpose
- Anecdote
- Coherence and cohesion
- Colloquialism
- Critical evaluation of writer's methods
- Discourse Markers
- Effective use of spoken Standard English
- Formal Register
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