English Language GCSE
Standard English and register
What Standard English and register means in English Language GCSE, as defined for Eduqas.
Definition of Standard English and register
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The agreed grammar, vocabulary and spelling used in formal published writing, sustained with register adapted appropriately to the reader and form.
Topics that use Standard English and register
- Introduction - Aims and objectives (Eduqas GCSE)
Related terms
- Active listening for gist and detail
- 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
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