Dictionary skills
What Dictionary skills means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Reviewing all the Italian alternatives provided in the English-Italian section and paying close attention to the abbreviations indicating whether a word is a noun, verb or adjective.
Recognising that words are often listed in a different form from how they appear in a text, or may be required in a different form for your own writing.
Understanding the meaning of terms and abbreviations used in a dictionary entry so that a bilingual dictionary can be used effectively.
Topics that use Dictionary skills
- Dictionaries (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Contextual translation
- Cross-referencing
- Dictionary navigation
- Dictionary usage for phrases
- Grammatical context
- Grammatical terminology
- Idiomatic expressions
- Meaning versus literal translation
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