Rw/L2.1
Read and understand technical vocabulary
(a) Understand that specialist fields of knowledge, skill and interest have an associated technical vocabulary
(b) Understand that the purpose of technical vocabulary is to express precision of meaning
(c) Understand that technical vocabulary is often coined by adapting or extending the meaning of existing words and word patterns, or building new words using known roots/prefixes/ suffixes - and that this can provide clues to the meaning of unknown words, e.g. computer menu, astronaut micro-surgery
(d) Understand when it is possible to make an informed guess at the meaning of technical vocabulary using knowledge and context, and when it is necessary to look up the meaning in a dictionary or glossary