French GCSE
Spoken versus written French
What Spoken versus written French means in French GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Spoken versus written French
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A contrast in which grammatical markers in the spoken language are often quite different from those in the written one, most obviously in the plural forms.
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Related terms
- Adjective agreement
- Articles and determiners
- Consonant substitutions
- Definite articles
- Grammatical markers
- Impersonal expressions
- Listening comprehension strategies
- Phonetics and pronunciation
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