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Updated 13 June 2022
Teaching checking/ clarifying article
How to teach checking/ clarifying – LINK UPDATED
Lists of checking/ clarifying phrases
222 checking/ clarifying phrases (A to Z, at the end of this article)
Photocopiable checking/ clarifying classroom materials
Checking/ clarifying in IELTS Speaking Part One (in this e-book) – NEW
Zoom vocabulary checking/ clarifying practice and presentation
Explaining meetings vocabulary checking/ clarifying practice (in this e-book)
Classroom language for Zoom lessons New version (with checking/ clarifying of Zoom vocab)
British and American household vocabulary quiz checking/ clarifying practice
Checking/ Clarifying telephoning roleplays (in this e-book)
Dictating errors correcting each other practice (in this e-book)
Rephrasing and checking/ clarifying practice (in this e-book)
Use the checking/ clarifying questions dictating challenge (in this e-book)
Taking difficult messages roleplays (in this e-book)
Words and numbers to dictate, explain and rephrase (in this e-book)
Dictating longer and longer checking/ clarifying games (including small and large numbers)
Meeting people and indirect checking/ clarifying questions practice
Checking/ Clarifying error correction
Needs analysis and clarifying language (great for getting this vital classroom language in from the first lesson)
Telephoning dictating and checking/ clarifying (including useful phrases and checking/ clarifying roleplays on the last page)
Clarifying language and numbers review
Checking/ clarifying roleplays and card game
Brainstorming checking/ clarifying phrases by key word
Checking/ Clarifying politeness competition
Checking/ Clarifying and marketing vocabulary (with marketing collocations and correction of typical checking understanding phrases)
Clarifying the meaning of questions (designed for IELTS but useful for many)
Checking your understanding and their understanding phrases games
Academic English clarifying phrases practice (with a huge list of phrases, useable for all kinds of classes if you skip or adapt the first page)
Classroom questions auxiliary verbs
Test each other on headlines vocabulary (practice of classroom questions)
Ranking current affairs topics pairwork (for clarifying phrases)
Technical and medical a and u pairwork (with phrases for correcting people)
Checking English, Australian and NZ names (ditto, plus some useful cultural knowledge)
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