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Living in another language

You understand more than you can say back.

You follow it. Then they stop, and wait, and the words have to arrive now.

The situation

A landlord, a parents’ evening, a call from the town hall. You get the gist; what you need is a reply that sounds like you meant it, in the two seconds before the pause becomes awkward.

How the session is set up

No files needed — one instruction for the session is enough.

The New session dialog: German in, English out, and an instruction to summarise and propose a reply.The New session dialog: German in, English out, and an instruction to summarise and propose a reply.

Session instruction

Summarise the last meaningful part of what was said, then propose a short, natural reply in English. Keep the tone friendly and confident.

During the call

The jhint window: a German sentence about a deposit, summarised in English with a natural reply to say back.The jhint window: a German sentence about a deposit, summarised in English with a natural reply to say back.

The meaning of what you just heard, and something you can actually say back.


Every part of this is described in Start a session and The conversation window.