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Chapter 12
Speaking with Someone
Who Has Difficulty
Understanding You
When talking to someone who is having a hard time understanding
you, speak slowly, more slowly than you speak in your native lan-
guage. You can also ask the person to repeat what you said to make
sure he or she did understand.
Phrases to Use When Someone Has Trouble
Understanding You
Sometimes my accent is difficult to understand. Please let me
know that you understood what I said.
Please repeat what you heard me say, so that I know I have
been clear.
Yes, that is m as in Mary, a as in apple . . .
Thank you for your patience.
I might have spoken too quickly; let me repeat what I said.
Please tell me if I’m not being clear.
Perhaps I can rephrase that.
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