English Language GCSE
Repair
What Repair means in English Language GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Repair
When a speaker corrects themselves mid-utterance.
Topics that use Repair
- Responding to spoken language (OCR GCSE)
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Using Repair in the exam
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