In this lesson, your students will:

• • Brainstorm and sort phrases people use when they don’t understand something.
  • Read and analyze a marketing team dialogue packed with natural clarification expressions.
  • Check comprehension through multiple tasks — matching, sorting, and vocabulary review.
  • Do a gap-fill activity to test recall of target phrases.
  • Correct common learner mistakes in the target expressions.
  • Transform sentences using target phrases to express the same ideas naturally.
  • Play a Taboo-style speaking game: explain simple processes while partners ask clarification questions.
  • Test retention by completing a table with all the lesson expressions.
  • Continue in Part 2 with a new dialogue introducing idioms*.*
  • Do listening tasks — filling in missing idioms and expressions while identifying meaning and tone.
  • Practice word stress with verbs like gravitate, simplify, elaborate.
  • Complete dialogues using new clarification phrases.
  • Use speaking cards and agree/disagree prompts to apply idioms in discussion.

This lesson includes 23 exercises that develop students’ ability to ask for clarification, check understanding, and respond when confused in professional and everyday contexts, using natural conversational phrases and idioms.