# ✅ Checkpoint: Speaking and Travel Phrases

By Better Wise



## Quiz

1. According to the lesson, what is the smallest useful self-introduction?
   - A memorized paragraph about your whole life story
   - Three chunks: your name, your place of origin, and one extra detail
   - Your name only, followed by silence
   - A full sentence you translate word by word in your head
2. You answer a question from a new acquaintance. What does the ask-back rule tell you to do next?
   - Repeat your answer more slowly
   - Stop talking so the other person can leave
   - Switch to a different language to test yourself
   - Ask the same question back to keep the conversation going
3. Which of these is rung three of the four-rung practice ladder?
   - Speak to the same person with the script face down and five keyword cards
   - Record a 30-second introduction and listen once
   - Narrate your morning out loud to yourself
   - Speak to one person for two minutes with the script visible
4. You freeze halfway through a sentence while speaking. What should you do according to the lesson?
   - Use a repair phrase such as "Let me try again" and continue
   - Go silent and wait for the other person to change the topic
   - Switch to writing everything down for the rest of the day
   - Apologize for your bad English and stop the conversation
5. On a bus, which phrase gets the driver to warn you before your stop?
   - How much is it?
   - Where do I catch the bus?
   - Does this go to the main station?
   - Could you tell me when to get off?
6. At hotel check-in, which two questions does the lesson say you should ask on arrival?
   - Is breakfast included? What time is checkout?
   - Could we have the bill? Can I pay by card?
   - Where is the embassy? Do you speak English?
   - What's in this dish? Does this contain nuts?
7. You are at a restaurant and cannot pronounce the dish name. The lesson's highest-value beginner phrase is: "I'll have this one, ____." (one word)
8. Role-play a three-line emergency request: someone has been taken ill in a hotel lobby. Say your three lines aloud, then evaluate yourself against the rubric.


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## Contents

Part of [🎯 Foreign Languages and Cross-Cultural Skills](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills.md)

- **🧠 Memory and Input: Learn Faster**
  - [🔁 Spaced Repetition Foundations: Build Your Deck and Review Schedule](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/spaced-repetition-deck-and-schedule.md)
  - [🎧 Active Listening and Shadowing Drills](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/active-listening-and-shadowing-drills.md) (sign-in required)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Memory and Input Methods](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/checkpoint-memory-and-input-methods.md) (sign-in required)
- **🗣️ Speaking From Day One and Travel Survival**
  - [💬 Speaking From Day One: Starter Phrases and Low-Pressure Practice](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/speaking-from-day-one-starter-phrases.md)
  - [✈️ Survival Phrases for Travel: Transport, Hotels, Food, and Emergencies](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/travel-survival-phrases-transport-hotels-food.md)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Speaking and Travel Phrases](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/checkpoint-speaking-and-travel-phrases.md) — this lesson
- **🌍 Cross-Cultural Communication at Work**
  - [🔍 High-Context vs Low-Context Cultures](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/high-context-vs-low-context-cultures.md)
  - [🤝 Etiquette and Politeness Across Cultures](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/etiquette-and-politeness-across-cultures.md)
  - [🧩 Working in International Teams: Meetings, Feedback, and Written Tone](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/international-teams-meetings-feedback-tone.md) (premium content)
  - [✅ Checkpoint: Cross-Cultural Communication](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/checkpoint-cross-cultural-communication.md) (premium content)
- [Course cheatsheet](https://everwise.study/courses/foreign-languages-and-cross-cultural-skills/cheatsheet.md) (premium content)