This competency focuses on the cognitive strategies required to extract global meaning (gist) from spoken and written sources without reliance on word-for-word translation. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to distinguish primary messages from supporting details, examples, or distractors across various registers. Mastery involves utilizing discourse markers, cognates, and grammatical structures to infer the overall purpose, tone, and subject matter of complex texts.
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