How do you remember a new word: picture it, say it aloud, write it down, or listen for the sound?
Quiet think first: pick one way that works for you. Earlier this stage you met false friends and practised checking your guesses. Today we ask a harder question: does that same way work for every kind of word?
Some words look like cousins of words you already know. Others are just sounds you have to hear and hold. Two kinds of word. Two different jobs for your brain.
These technology words look like cousins across languages. Look at the spelling, take a careful guess, then check. Notice which pairs you could work out from the letters, and which ones tricked you.
Now the other kind. Short clips play. You cannot reason from the letters because you cannot see them. Listen, choose the language, and notice what your ear holds onto: rhythm, a sound that repeats, a word you half-know.
Open your copy. Write two short sentences using the starters on the board.
Pick a trick from the list if you like: picture it, say it aloud, write it, listen for the beat. Do not write a vague goal like "I will try harder." Name the kind of word and the way that fits it, in your own words.
Imagine two people in a glass booth, listening to one language and saying it in another. They work in pairs and swap the headphones every half hour, because even their brains get too tired to keep going one way. That is a real language job.
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