English Language GCSE
Appropriate response
What Appropriate response means in English Language GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Appropriate response
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Answering the actual question with relevant detail, adjusting your tone and detail to the listener, and accepting or challenging feedback politely.
Topics that use Appropriate response
- Spoken language (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Active listening
- Audience awareness
- Dialect
- Persuasive techniques and rhetorical devices
- Planning, rehearsal and delivery
- Purpose and audience awareness
- Register
- Selection and organisation of content
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