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Asking again when you are stuck
The real reason conversations end — two weeks
영어로 대화하다 막히는 순간은 반드시 옵니다. 원어민끼리도 옵니다. 다른 점은 하나입니다 — 원어민은 그 자리에서 되묻고 대화를 이어 가고, 우리는 웃으며 넘깁니다. 넘긴 순간 대화는 끝납니다. 이 강좌는 새 어휘도 문법도 거의 주지 않습니다. 주는 것은 막힌 자리에서 쓸 스무 마디입니다. 1주차는 상대의 말이 안 들릴 때, 2주차는 내 말이 안 나올 때입니다.
- Lessons
- 14
- Days
- 14
- Minutes
- 171
- Quiz items
- 85
- To pass
- 80%
These lessons are explained in Korean. The quiz and the vocabulary are in the language you are learning, but the explanations have not been translated into yours yet.
Curriculum
Each lesson opens when the one before it is passed at 80%.
Week 1 · When you did not catch it
- 1Why the conversation diesNot because you missed it — because you let it goLearn that asking again is normal, and take the first three phrases.
- Asking for a repeatAt the right temperatureAsk someone to repeat at a level that fits the person and the setting.
- Pointing at the gapDo not ask for the whole thing againName the missing piece with a question word so the repair is short.
- Bonus chapter 1Opens after lesson 3
- Did I get that right?You heard it — but did you get it?Play back what you heard in your own words and have it confirmed.
- Slower, and spell itSpeed and spellingAsk for a slower pace, and take spellings and numbers one character at a time.
- Asking what it meansRight there, without stoppingAsk the meaning of a word or acronym without derailing the conversation.
- Bonus chapter 2Opens after lesson 6
- Repairing a conversationWeek 1 reviewChain the repair moves through one conversation and stay in it to the end.
Week 2 · When the word will not come
- Getting the word from themThe fastest route when it will not comeAsk the other person for the word you are missing, right there.
- Going around the wordThe meaning gets there anywayDescribe a missing word by its use, shape or nearest match.
- Bonus chapter 3Opens after lesson 9
- Buying timeNever let the silence hit three secondsMake sound while you think, so the floor stays yours.
- Correcting yourselfWhen you hear your own mistakeRepair your own sentence mid-flow and get back to the point.
- When they did not get youYou can see it on their faceRead the signal and say the same thing a different way.
- Bonus chapter 4Opens after lesson 12
- Asking politelyPut the question inside a sentenceTurn direct questions into indirect ones and get the word order right.
- Staying in for ten minutesWeek 2 reviewChain every repair move and keep a difficult conversation alive.
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