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How, not What

Word-by-word translation can suggest What. Use How.
✕ What do you say this …? Avoid word-by-word translation.
⭕
How do you say this in English?
Ask for the English name.
✕ What do you spell it? Use How for spelling too.
⭕
How do you spell it?
Ask for the spelling.
What → the name 　／ How → the way
ONE POINT — EVERY LESSON, ALL MONTH I'm so so. ▶ I'm good. If a child answers so so, ask again until they say I'm good.
IGK Kids CLIL — Week 21 / 5

How do you say this in English?

How do you say this in English?
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Point at it. The pointing finger is part of the sentence.
1The teacher holds something up and says it. Everyone copies — with the finger.
2Now they ask YOU. Hold up 5–6 things, one after another. Each child asks, you answer.
Never build it from the Japanese. Put it in as one chunk.
IGK Kids CLIL — Week 22 / 5

How do you spell it?

The teacher answers. Write down the spelling.
How do you spell it?
How do you spell it?　▶ P — E — N — C — I — L
1A child asks. You answer letter by letter.
2They write it down. Then they read it back to you.
Ask first, then write.
IGK Kids CLIL — Week 23 / 5

When you don't understand — say so in English

I don't understand.
The meaning did not arrive.
One more time, please.
Ask to hear it again.
Slowly, please.
Ask the speaker to slow down.
⭕ Not understanding is fine.　✕ Saying nothing is not.
I don't understand. = the meaning did not arrive. I don't know. = you do not know the answer. Use each in its own situation.
IGK Kids CLIL — Week 24 / 5

Say it — in one second

Read the Japanese. Say the English. Tap to check.
Say the English in about one second. Tap after speaking.
The meaning did not arrive. I don't understand.Tap to reveal
Point to an object. Ask for its English name. How do you say this in English?Tap to reveal
Ask to hear it again. One more time, please.Tap to reveal
Ask how to write the word. How do you spell it?Tap to reveal
You have a question. I have a question.Tap to reveal
Your work is complete. I'm finished.Tap to reveal
One word is ✕. The whole sentence, in about one second, is ⭕.
IGK Kids CLIL — Week 25 / 5