What is it?
Check your understanding before leaving.
Why would I need this?
This practice helps you make your own next step clearer and easier to discuss.
Show me.
- Ask for one step at a time if needed.
- Write the instruction in your own words.
- Repeat it back and ask whether you understood.
- Record anything the speaker could not answer.
Try it.
Practice saying: I heard that my next step is __. Is that right?
Watch out for this.
A note is not a confirmed instruction until you have checked it.
Explain this another way
Try the exercise aloud, on paper, or with someone you choose.
Show me an example
HAB practice example: Lee asks whether the office needs an original or a copy instead of guessing.
What does that word mean?
Open the full glossaryYou did it.
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