One of my students stopped by this morning to ask me a question about her English grade. I was right in the middle of something and my homeroom students were coming in, so I recommended she speak to me when she came to our class later in the day.
"Ask me in English," I told her.
She looked confused and repeated her question.
"I promise I will answer you when you ask me in English," I said.
She repeated her question again.
I raised my eyebrows and looked at her. "What did I just tell you?"
"You said to ask you in English," she answered, "but I am asking in English."
It took me a minute, but then I started to laugh. "I mean English the class, not English the language!"
"Oh..." she said. "Well that makes more sense!"
"Ask me in English," I told her.
She looked confused and repeated her question.
"I promise I will answer you when you ask me in English," I said.
She repeated her question again.
I raised my eyebrows and looked at her. "What did I just tell you?"
"You said to ask you in English," she answered, "but I am asking in English."
It took me a minute, but then I started to laugh. "I mean English the class, not English the language!"
"Oh..." she said. "Well that makes more sense!"
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