All learning paths Learn See Try Make Explain a scheme in their words What this lesson is about Put the official wording into the words the person in front of you already uses.
A woman who reads a little asks whether she can get help under a housing scheme. How do you explain it?
A Read the portal page out to her, slowly and clearly. B Use the words the person already uses, not simpler English. C Say it again in the simplest English you can manage.
Check my recall Why this matters A scheme page is written for an office. The person in front of you has to repeat it at a window and answer a question about it. They can only do that in their own words.
Explain one government scheme to one person in the words they already use.
A scheme page is written for an office. The person in front of you has to repeat it at a window and answer a question about it. They can only do that in their own words.
Use the words the person already uses, not simpler English. Explain in one order: can you apply, what is needed, what happens, how long. Say which parts you are sure of and which you will go and check. Task A woman who reads a little asks whether she can get help under a housing scheme.
Weak approach Reads the portal page out loud in its own words, then says she should apply and see what happens.
Stronger approach Says it in her Hindi, in one order. Who can apply, which papers, what happens after, how long it takes. Marks two lines he will check on the portal before she goes.
Why the stronger approach works Reading the page aloud moves the words and not the meaning. The strong version gives her four answers in a fixed order. It is also honest about the two it has not checked.
Try a changed situation A mother calls you about a scholarship for her son and you cannot show her anything on a screen. How should the explanation run?
Make something yourself Explain one scheme on half a page in the language your area speaks. Keep the four answers in order, and mark every line you had to go and check.
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