French GCSE
Deducing meaning from context
What Deducing meaning from context means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Deducing meaning from context
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Working out what unfamiliar words mean by reading the whole sentence or paragraph around them rather than stopping at the first unknown word.
Topics that use Deducing meaning from context
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- Recognising implicit meaning
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