Using the visual and verbal context — AQA GCSE Polish

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1. The skilled reader can find many clues about the purpose and content of a text from a study of the layout, the title, the length, the type-face and any related pictures. This is why texts are presented in the exam in their original format as much as possible. When reading and listening, students can learn to infer the meaning of new words from the verbal context. So, for example, someone who did not know the word brzoza could, after some appropriate practice, be expected to understand from the following context that it is some sort of tree: Usiadł pod brzozą, a na jej czubku siedział ptaszek i śpiewał.