Vocabulary Builder · TF29

Could You Say That Again?

Learn short phrases that help you hear, check and understand without stopping the conversation.

A130 minutesVocabulary BuilderConversation Strategies & Repair

Why this lesson matters

For learners: Missing one word does not have to end a conversation. A short repair phrase helps the other person repeat, slow down or confirm the important detail.

For teachers: This lesson builds the micro-language base for later listening repair, paraphrase and turn management in TF29.

คำอธิบายภาษาไทย

บทนี้ช่วยให้ผู้เรียนขอให้อีกฝ่ายพูดซ้ำ พูดช้าลง หรือตรวจสอบข้อมูลสำคัญได้อย่างสุภาพ แล้วแสดงว่าเข้าใจเพื่อให้บทสนทนาดำเนินต่อไป

Why this lesson matters · เหตุผลที่เรียนบทนี้

For learners: Build short repair phrases before listening to and resolving real misunderstandings.

For teachers: Vocabulary retrieval leads to listening repair, live paraphrase and B2 interaction management.

สำหรับผู้เรียน: สร้างวลีแก้การสื่อสารพื้นฐานก่อนนำไปฟังและแก้ความเข้าใจผิดจริง
สำหรับครู: เริ่มจากการดึงวลีไปใช้ แล้วต่อยอดสู่การฟัง การอธิบายคำ และการจัดการบทสนทนาระดับ B2

Your Goal

By the end of this lesson, you can ask for help, check one detail, show understanding and complete a short exchange.

เปิดเป้าหมายภาษาไทย

เมื่อจบบทเรียน คุณสามารถขอให้อีกฝ่ายพูดซ้ำหรือพูดช้าลง ตรวจสอบข้อมูลหนึ่งจุด แสดงว่าเข้าใจ และจบบทสนทนาสั้น ๆ ได้

Progress Focus · What the teacher will observe

VR · Vocabulary RangeCan you choose different repair phrases for repetition, slower speech, checking and confirming?

FP · Final PerformanceCan you resolve the unclear detail and complete the exchange without teacher rescue?

30-minute lesson route

3 minNotice the problem

5 minOrganise phrases

4 minHear two accents

5 minChoose the repair

5 minBuild an exchange

4 minPrepare independently

4 minPerform and retry

Teacher Lesson Plan · Read before class

Vocabulary Builder rule: learners must choose, retrieve and use repair chunks. Create one genuinely unclear detail; do not explain every phrase first or turn the task into choral reading.

0–3

Teacher: Uses the cover to elicit what a listener can do after missing a word.

Learner: Gives one known repair phrase or gesture.

Evidence: Starting strategy.

3–8

Teacher: Separates request, check and confirm functions.

Learner: Sorts ten chunks.

Evidence: Meaning-and-use links.

8–12

Teacher: Plays two accents no more than twice in full.

Learner: Identifies phrase and function.

Evidence: Listening recognition.

12–17

Teacher: Gives six short situations after hiding the table.

Learner: Retrieves the best repair.

Evidence: Choice without copying.

17–22

Teacher: Models one four-turn exchange, then removes it.

Learner: Builds two short exchanges.

Evidence: Request → check → confirm.

22–26

Teacher: Changes place, time or object detail.

Learner: Uses keywords only.

Evidence: Independent preparation.

26–30

Teacher: Scores, gives one correction and changes the detail.

Learner: Completes an improved retry.

Evidence: VR/FP after retry.

Feedback rule: Let the exchange finish. Praise one successful strategy, correct one high-value phrase or key sound, then require a complete retry with a new detail.

Stage 1

Notice the communication problem

3 min

Your task: Look at the cover. What can you do when you do not hear one important word?

ask againask for slower speechcheck one wordshow understanding

Teacher Help · Stage 1

Accept a gesture or one-word answer, then elicit one phrase the learner already knows. Keep the situation safe and ordinary; do not imitate or mock an accent.

Stage 2

Organise the repair phrases

5 min

Your task: Match each phrase to its job: request, check or confirm. Cover the first column and retrieve the phrase.

Phrase	Job	When to use it
Sorry?	Request	You missed a short message.
Could you say that again?	Request	You need the message again.
One more time, please.	Request	You need one more repetition.
Please speak more slowly.	Request	The message is too fast.
Do you mean ___?	Check	You have one possible meaning.
Is that ___?	Check	You want to check one detail.
I’m not sure.	Check	You need more help.
Yes, that’s right.	Confirm	The checked detail is correct.
I understand.	Confirm	The message is now clear.
Thank you.	Close	The repair is complete.

Teacher Help · Stage 2

Teach phrases as complete chunks. Contrast request/check/confirm and ask the learner to select one polite phrase for each job. Do not demand grammatical analysis.

Stage 3

Hear useful repair chunks

4 min

Your task: Listen without reading. Say whether each phrase requests help, checks meaning or confirms understanding.

Joanna · American English · Neural

Request help

Speed:

Check after listening

Sorry? · Could you say that again? · One more time, please. · Please speak more slowly.

Olivia · Australian English · Neural

Check and confirm

Speed:

Check after listening

Do you mean Friday? · Is that room thirteen? · Yes, that’s right. · I understand. Thank you.

Teacher Help · Stage 3

Use one full play for function and one for exact wording. Then replay selected phrases only. Check that rising intonation in a question sounds like a genuine check, not a challenge.

Stage 4

Choose the best repair

5 min

Your task: Hide Stage 2. Say one suitable phrase for each situation.

1 You did not hear the sentence.

2 The speaker is too fast.

3 You think the day is Friday.

4 You want to check room thirteen.

5 The speaker confirms your answer.

6 The message is now clear.

Check after all six attempts

Possible answers: 1 Could you say that again? · 2 Please speak more slowly. · 3 Do you mean Friday? · 4 Is that room thirteen? · 5 Yes, that’s right. · 6 I understand. Thank you.

Teacher Help · Stage 4

Accept more than one suitable phrase. Prompt with the job—request, check or confirm—before showing wording. Note one phrase for the final retry.

Stage 5

Build a four-turn repair

5 min

Your task: Choose one frame from each column and complete the unclear detail.

1 · Request

Could you say that again?

Please speak more slowly.

2 · Check

Do you mean ______?

Is that ______?

3 · Confirm and close

I understand.

Thank you.

Teacher Help · Stage 5

Model one exchange about a different detail, then remove it. The learner needs a request, a specific check and a clear close—not a memorised paragraph.

Stage 6

Prepare without a full script

4 min

Your task: Write keywords only. Prepare one exchange for each unclear detail.

Place

Possible detail:

room / café / station

Time

Possible detail:

day / clock time

Object

Possible detail:

book / bag / ticket

Remember: request → check the detail → confirm → close.

Teacher Help · Stage 6

Use a natural voice and make only one detail unclear. Do not pretend the learner failed if the message was actually clear. Change the detail for the independent attempt.

Stage 7 · Final Practice · 4 min

Repair one misunderstanding and retry

Learner:

Listen to one short message with one unclear place, time or object.
Request repetition or slower speech.
Check the important detail with a complete question.
Show understanding and close politely.
Receive one focused correction.
Repeat the complete exchange with a new detail and less support.

Success target: 3/4 with no zero after the improved retry.

VR · Vocabulary Range

0 · Not yet Cannot select an appropriate repair phrase.

1 · With support Uses two suitable repair phrases with a prompt or visible bank.

2 · Independent Uses at least three suitable repair phrases without reading a complete model.

FP · Final Performance

0 · Not yet The misunderstanding remains unresolved.

1 · With support Resolves the key detail after one prompt or teacher model.

2 · Independent Requests help, checks the detail, shows understanding and closes the exchange clearly.

Teacher Help · Final Practice

Score the first independent exchange before feedback. Give one task-success point and one phrase or pronunciation correction. Change the detail and record the improved VR/FP result after the complete retry.

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