One Language Labs journey
Use one connected route: retrieve and rehearse here, then use the classic SIOC English Lab for grammar maps, situation vocabulary, sentence banks, dialogues and spoken examples.
🇬🇧 Repair & Classroom
High-frequency lines to stay in the conversation when you get lost — and to function on day one in class.
Use: Copy onto 2–3 paper cards. Practise out loud before your first lesson. Keep the printout in your notebook.
Repair phrases
When you don’t understand.
I didn’t understand.
Clarification
Could you repeat that, please?
Repeat
Could you speak a bit more slowly?
Speed
What does … mean?
Meaning
How do you say … in English?
Translation
Could you write that word down?
Spelling
Just a moment, please.
Pause
Sorry, I didn’t catch that.
Hearing
Classroom phrases
Materials, pages, partners, questions.
I don’t have the handout / book.
Materials
Which page are we on?
Page
Could you repeat the instructions?
Task
Can I work with…?
Partner
I have a question.
Question
I’ve finished.
Done
Could you check this, please?
Feedback
How do you pronounce this word?
Pronunciation
Card examples (Leitner)
Write these on paper cards. Look at the front, say the back out loud, then check. Wrong → Box 1. Right → next box.
Front (cue)You didn’t understand what the teacher said.
Back (say out loud)I didn’t understand.
Front (cue)Ask them to say it again.
Back (say out loud)Could you repeat that, please?
Front (cue)They’re speaking too fast.
Back (say out loud)Could you speak a bit more slowly?
Front (cue)You need the meaning of a word.
Back (say out loud)What does … mean?
Front (cue)You want the English for a word you know in your language.
Back (say out loud)How do you say … in English?
Front (cue)You need it written down.
Back (say out loud)Could you write that word down?
Front (cue)You need a second to think.
Back (say out loud)Just a moment, please.
Front (cue)You didn’t hear the question.
Back (say out loud)Sorry, I didn’t catch that.
Front (cue)You don’t have the handout.
Back (say out loud)I don’t have the handout.
Front (cue)You don’t know which page.
Back (say out loud)Which page are we on?
Tip: Keep cues in your language (or situations). Always produce the full target phrase — not a single word.