One Language Labs journey
Use one connected route: retrieve and rehearse here, then use the classic SIOC Spanish 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.
No entendí.
I didn’t understand.
¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Can you repeat, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio?
Can you speak more slowly?
¿Qué significa…?
What does … mean?
¿Cómo se dice … en español?
How do you say … in Spanish?
¿Puede escribir esa palabra?
Can you write that word?
Un momento, por favor.
One moment, please.
Perdón, no oí.
Sorry, I didn’t hear.
Classroom phrases
Materials, pages, partners, questions.
No tengo la hoja / el libro.
I don’t have the handout / book.
¿En qué página estamos?
Which page are we on?
¿Puede repetir las instrucciones?
Can you repeat the instructions?
¿Puedo trabajar con…?
Can I work with…?
Tengo una pregunta.
I have a question.
Ya terminé.
I’ve finished.
¿Puede corregir, por favor?
Can you check, please?
¿Cómo se pronuncia esta palabra?
How do you pronounce this word?
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)No entendí.
Front (cue)Ask them to say it again.
Back (say out loud)¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Front (cue)They’re speaking too fast.
Back (say out loud)¿Puede hablar más despacio?
Front (cue)You need the meaning of a word.
Back (say out loud)¿Qué significa…?
Front (cue)You want the Spanish for “receipt”.
Back (say out loud)¿Cómo se dice “receipt” en español?
Front (cue)You need it written down.
Back (say out loud)¿Puede escribir esa palabra?
Front (cue)You need a second to think.
Back (say out loud)Un momento, por favor.
Front (cue)You didn’t hear the question.
Back (say out loud)Perdón, no oí.
Front (cue)You don’t have the handout.
Back (say out loud)No tengo la hoja.
Front (cue)You don’t know which page.
Back (say out loud)¿En qué página estamos?
Tip: Keep cues in your language (or situations). Always produce the full target phrase — not a single word.