Use various strategies to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases in business or industry-specific texts, audio, and audiovisual materials such as trade publications Video Lesson

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Curriculum-aligned Grade 12 Languages Other Than English lesson video for Use various strategies to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases in business or industry-specific texts, audio, and audiovisual materials such as trade publications. Use it for classroom preview, instruction support, or home review.

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Video Learning Notes

In this lesson, students learned to use multiple strategies to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in professional, business, or industry-specific materials such as trade publications and conference presentations. They practiced applying newly acquired vocabulary in meaningful communication, building their language skills and cultural understanding for real-world professional contexts. Mastery of these skills supports effective communication in rehearsed and unrehearsed situations using the target language.

Learning Goals

• Use strategies such as context clues, cognates, word parts (prefixes, suffixes, roots), and prior knowledge to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases in business or industry-specific texts, audio, and audiovisual materials.
• Apply newly acquired basic and academic language related to professional, business, or industry settings in meaningful oral and written communication to build language proficiency and conceptual understanding.

Curriculum Context

Grade: Grade 12

Subject: Languages Other Than English

Curriculum: TEKS