Inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words

Practice for the communicative skill of listening, subskill inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words.

The PTE Academic item types where this subskill is tested are

Speaking: Repeat sentence
Speaking: Re-tell lecture
Speaking: Answer short question
Listening: Summarize spoken text
Listening: Highlight correct summary
Listening: Select missing word

Click on the link below for more information on the resource	Summary of how this subskill is practiced in each resource
Academic Listening Encounters: Human Behavior	guessing the meaning of vocabulary from context using psychology and communications topics, inferring meaning from morphology (studying the parts of a word)
Academic Listening Encounters: Life in Society	guessing the meaning of vocabulary from context based on sociology topics
Language Leader Upper Intermediate	guessing the meaning of words
NorthStar Listening and Speaking 3 NorthStar Listening and Speaking 4 NorthStar Listening and Speaking 5	inferring word meaning from context, using context clues to find meaning
Open Forum 2 Open Forum 3	working out unknown vocabulary

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