Asking for Clarification

Functional English

Int
All ages
Grades 9–12

Students review language and useful expressions for clarifying and asking for clarification. They play a modified game of broken telephone and perform a skit. They also review how to use tag questions. Assessment tasks and tools are available at the end of this lesson.

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Focus

life skills
speaking
listening
real-world task
conversation
clarifying
interrupting
formality
interactive

Vocabulary

clarifying
clarification
clarity
rephrase
let me be clear
on the same page
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane