To students: What do you do when you can't remember a word you want to say in conversation?
3 answers from our tutors
- Neil DearhamCertified ESL English teacher
I think tpr is a good way of figuring the word out. Any kind of gesture will assist.
- Emilie
I try to describe the thing in other ways or I just look at the translator in my phone if it's necessary.
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Start testI always say, help me out , what's the word, this is its meaning and let the person help me recall the word I want to use in conversation