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| − | '''Aural''' comes from the Latin ''auris'' meaning | + | '''Aural''' comes from the [[Latin]] ''auris'' meaning 'ear'. It refers to what we hear - in Music and foreign languages, as well as in what is spoken in our own language. An '''aural''' test measures the student's ability to hear the sounds in the subject being studied. |
| − | For a common pronunciation problem with the word '''aural''' | + | For a common pronunciation problem with the word '''aural''' see [[Oral - aural]]. |
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Latest revision as of 21:01, 3 June 2017
Aural comes from the Latin auris meaning 'ear'. It refers to what we hear - in Music and foreign languages, as well as in what is spoken in our own language. An aural test measures the student's ability to hear the sounds in the subject being studied.
For a common pronunciation problem with the word aural see Oral - aural.
