User login
Activities and strategies to develop a student's ability to ask for clarification/help/repetition 
Description:
These activities provide a structured way to encourage a student to be able to ask for clarification, help or for information to be repeated. Student who have speech, language and communication needs can find it hard to know when to ask for help and how to do it.
Strategies:
- Talk to your student about not understanding or getting stuck. Model to them the words they could use and what they could do to get the adults attention.
- Talk through the different options they have for letting somebody know they need help - these options might differ in different situations.
- It may be useful to introduce some visual cue cards that the student could give to an adult if they are unable to think of the words to say. Click here for examples.
- Use some of the activities below to help your student practice using these skills in structured situations.
- Praise your student when you see them asking for clarification/help.
!! Support Commtap's free resources !!
It costs money to run a free website: our server costs alone are £400 per month. Last year we had 40,000 visitors to the site from whom we received only £40 in donations. We are not currently receiving any other income. At this rate, we will run out of money in the next few months and the site will be forced to close.
Please make a minimum donation of £5 to keep the site going. Thank you
| Early years skill: | not specified |
| Early years typical range: | not specified |
| P-scales/Curriculum skill: | English Speaking |
| P-scales/Curriculum level: | L3 |
| TAP skill: | Expressive Language |
| TAP level: | TAP84 |
| Pre/Nat. Curriculum Area: | not specified |
| Pre/Nat. Curiculum Standard: | not specified |
| Section: | Primary (5-11yrs) info; Secondary (11-16yrs) info |
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Barrier games - 2 identical black and white pictures. - Pens/pencils - A barrier (e.g. a large book) | 1. Play a barrier game:
2. Give a confusing instruction so that the others need to ask for clarification. For example, ask them to colour something that is not on the sheet, to use a colour that is not available. 3. Watch their reaction - if the student lets you know that the instruction is impossible, praise them for this. If the student does not say anything, ask them if there is a problem and talk about hte words that they could use to let you know. | |
| Alien game - Picture of an alien - Some everyday objects |
Google ads on this page are provided by Google Adsense - and their presence does not imply any endorsement by Commtap. Report a problem with an ad on this page. Log in (for free) to avoid seeing Google ads.