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One important principle of teaching a foreign language is that learners develop the ability to make meaning from context even when they do not understand every single word. This process allows them to keep reading fluently while inferring the meaning of unknown vocabulary. In doing so, learners employ certain intuitive or unconscious strategies that help them build comprehension. Three such strategies are the use of contextual clues, word analysis, and transfer of prior knowledge. The first strategy is the use of contextual clues. Learners often rely on the surrounding words, sentences, or even the overall theme of the passage to guess the meaning of an unfamiliar term. For example, if a student encounters the sentence, “She wore a *sari*, the traditional garment __________ __________ ____ ________ _____ __________ ___ ______ ________ __________ _______ _____.
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