Listening comprehension strategies
What Listening comprehension strategies means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Using the sound, intonation and context together to deduce meaning, including when facial expressions and gestures are not visible in a listening recording.
The general strategies for understanding can be used successfully in listening to Italian.
Topics that use Listening comprehension strategies
- Non-verbal strategies - Expression and gesture (AQA GCSE)
- Using common patterns between Italian and English - Nouns (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Adjectival agreement
- Adjective agreement
- Cognates
- Cognates and false friends
- Cognates and language patterns
- Cognates and near-cognates
- Cognates and patterns
- Consonant assimilation
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