Contextual deduction
What Contextual deduction means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Using the visual and verbal context above to check the meaning of similar-looking words, since 'false friends' make it necessary to use this strategy with care.
Using the surrounding context to deduce meaning and to check whether similar-looking words make sense.
Topics that use Contextual deduction
- Reading: understand and respond to written language (AQA GCSE)
- Using cognates and near-cognates (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adapted literary extracts
- Cognates and near-cognates
- Complex language structures
- Deducing meaning from context
- Extended written texts
- Extracting information
- False friends (falsi amici)
- Identifying implicit attitudes and opinions
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