English Language GCSE
Purpose and audience awareness
What Purpose and audience awareness means in English Language GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Purpose and audience awareness
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Planning effectively for different purposes and audiences, so that information and ideas are selected and organised for a defined purpose and audience.
Topics that use Purpose and audience awareness
- Spoken language (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Active listening
- Appropriate response
- Audience awareness
- Dialect
- Persuasive techniques and rhetorical devices
- Planning, rehearsal and delivery
- Register
- Selection and organisation of content
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