ESOL Rw/L1.2a Recognise & understand vocabulary associated with different types of text, using appropriate strategies to work out meaning
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Rw/L1.2a Recognise and understand the vocabulary associated with different types of text, using appropriate strategies to work out meaning
- Extend knowledge of lexis and collocation, associated with main areas of interest in reading. E.g. Read and understand specialist vocabulary in a handout on a computer course.
- Understand the use and effect of specialist lexis for work or study
- Work out the meaning of unfamiliar words using a range of strategies, e.g. context, recognising word structure, knowing the meaning of adjacent words.
- Use a dictionary and select from a range of definitions
- Be aware of how language is used to create different effects, e.g. using descriptive language, slang, jargon, or a formal register
- Recognise where lexis is used creatively, e.g. in poetry
- Recognise connotation of lexis in certain types of text Example: Contrast several newspaper headlines and decide whether the report that follows each one will present a negative or positive point of view.
- Be aware that words may have different meanings in different contexts, and have negative and positive connotations, e.g. slim, slender, skinny; riot, demonstration; house, home, hovel - and recognise the connotation attached to different words in context
