I'm sorry. What do you mean?
I'm sorry. What do you mean? I enjoy winter activities very much.
I give my friend a ride every day.
I work overtime sometimes.
My favourite fruit is watermelon.
You must come in person to register.
We assess your English first.
You are very late.
I like to carpool to work.
Your own sentence.
QUESTION CARDS (use with clarification gambits) Learning how to ask for clarification Cut up the question cards. Participants take one question card, and then pick up a gambit card (on the next page) to use in getting clarification when listening to an answer, or giving an answer.
I enjoy winter activities very much.
I give my friend a ride every day.
I work overtime sometimes.
My favorite fruit is
You must come in
We do an assessment
watermelon.
person to register.
first.
You are very late.
Sorry. What do you mean?
What does the word favorite mean?
What does the word "Late" mean?
I like to carpool to work.
A ride? What does it mean?
What do you mean "in person"?
What is "carpool"?.
Ask your own question
What does the word overtime mean?
Do you mean that you will test me?
Ask your own question
FUNCTIO ONS: Asking fo or Clarificatio on
Fatima: YYou know what? Zahra is n not trustworthy. Zohair: SSorry, I didn’tt get your point! Fatima: I mean you caan’t tell her anything witho out her telling evveryone about it. Zohair: M My goodness! Is that so? Fatima: I’m not going to trust her aanymore becaause she told me aabout your seecret. Zohair: D Do you mean you will breaak up your friendship with her?? Fatima: N No, I won’t, b but I will not tell her my secrets from now on. 1‐ Answ wer the follow wing question ns: a. D Did Zohair understand whaat Fatima meant by sayingg Z Zahra is not tr rustworthy? b. W What expresssion did he use to show hiss lack of u understanding g? What expresssions did Zohaair use to ask for c. W c clarification? 2‐ Put tthe following expressions in the correcct column: I beg your parrdon!
Could you give us an exxample?
Sorry, I did dn't get your point.
I don't quite see what yyou're gettingg at.
Would you u elaborate o on that, pleasee?
Could you be more exp plicit?
What do yyou mean by...?
Do you meean...?
I wonder if you could saay that in a different way.
Could you put it differeently, please?
Could you be more speecific, please??
Showing lacck of understand ding
Asking forr clarification n
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I beg your parrdon, but I do on't quite und derstand.
what you meaan. I'm not quite sure I know w
C Could you say y that again, p please?
C Could you rep peat please?
Su uzan: “Como eestas?”
I'm not quite sure I follow you.
Pe eter: Sorry, … ……………………… …………………… …………………...??
I don't quite ssee what you mean.
Su uzan: I mean ““how are you u?” in Spanish h.
rify that, pleaase? C Could you cla
Pe eter: Oh! Reaally? ………………………………… …………………..??
I'm not sure I got your poin nt.
Su uzan: Sure! I ssaid: “Como EEstas?”
S Sorry, I didn't quite hear w what you said..
Pe eter: it sound ds nice.
C Could you exp plain what you mean by...??
3‐ Fill in using the appropriate expression:
I give my friend a ride every day.
I work overtime sometimes.
My favourite fruit is watermelon.
You must come in person to register.
We assess your English first.
You are very late.
I like to carpool to work.
Your own sentence.
QUESTION CARDS (use with clarification gambits) Learning how to ask for clarification Cut up the question cards. Participants take one question card, and then pick up a gambit card (on the next page) to use in getting clarification when listening to an answer, or giving an answer.
I enjoy winter activities very much.
I give my friend a ride every day.
I work overtime sometimes.
My favorite fruit is
You must come in
We do an assessment
watermelon.
person to register.
first.
You are very late.
Sorry. What do you mean?
What does the word favorite mean?
What does the word "Late" mean?
I like to carpool to work.
A ride? What does it mean?
What do you mean "in person"?
What is "carpool"?.
Ask your own question
What does the word overtime mean?
Do you mean that you will test me?
Ask your own question
FUNCTIO ONS: Asking fo or Clarificatio on
Fatima: YYou know what? Zahra is n not trustworthy. Zohair: SSorry, I didn’tt get your point! Fatima: I mean you caan’t tell her anything witho out her telling evveryone about it. Zohair: M My goodness! Is that so? Fatima: I’m not going to trust her aanymore becaause she told me aabout your seecret. Zohair: D Do you mean you will breaak up your friendship with her?? Fatima: N No, I won’t, b but I will not tell her my secrets from now on. 1‐ Answ wer the follow wing question ns: a. D Did Zohair understand whaat Fatima meant by sayingg Z Zahra is not tr rustworthy? b. W What expresssion did he use to show hiss lack of u understanding g? What expresssions did Zohaair use to ask for c. W c clarification? 2‐ Put tthe following expressions in the correcct column: I beg your parrdon!
Could you give us an exxample?
Sorry, I did dn't get your point.
I don't quite see what yyou're gettingg at.
Would you u elaborate o on that, pleasee?
Could you be more exp plicit?
What do yyou mean by...?
Do you meean...?
I wonder if you could saay that in a different way.
Could you put it differeently, please?
Could you be more speecific, please??
Showing lacck of understand ding
Asking forr clarification n
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I beg your parrdon, but I do on't quite und derstand.
what you meaan. I'm not quite sure I know w
C Could you say y that again, p please?
C Could you rep peat please?
Su uzan: “Como eestas?”
I'm not quite sure I follow you.
Pe eter: Sorry, … ……………………… …………………… …………………...??
I don't quite ssee what you mean.
Su uzan: I mean ““how are you u?” in Spanish h.
rify that, pleaase? C Could you cla
Pe eter: Oh! Reaally? ………………………………… …………………..??
I'm not sure I got your poin nt.
Su uzan: Sure! I ssaid: “Como EEstas?”
S Sorry, I didn't quite hear w what you said..
Pe eter: it sound ds nice.
C Could you exp plain what you mean by...??
3‐ Fill in using the appropriate expression:
