Hey! You are in the IELTS reading exam and everything is going well, when suddenly you find a word that you do not recognise, but you know is important. What do you do? Do you pause and think for a few minutes? Do you skip the word and continue reading? Or do you quickly make an educated guess using one of the 5 techniques offered in this podcast?!

Yes, today Nick and I look at a bottom-up reading skill – how to understand vocabulary from context. This is not something that IELTS tests direct in either the Academic or General Training exam, but it is a skill that can help any test taker.

In this episode, we will 

1. Discuss the difference between bottom-down and bottom-up skills
2. Give you 5 techniques to help you guess meaning from context
3. Test your knowledge of prefixes
4. Look at a short text to put these skills into practice.

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