Italian GCSE
Deducing meaning from context
What Deducing meaning from context means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Using the surrounding context, cognates and grammatical clues to infer the meaning of an unknown word rather than stopping at it.
Topics that use Deducing meaning from context
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- Adapted literary extracts
- Complex language structures
- Contextual deduction
- Extended written texts
- Extracting information
- Identifying implicit attitudes and opinions
- Identifying main themes and ideas
- Identifying opinions
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