Repetition of what the student just said, sometimes to indicate an error or fill silences, is called?

• A. Connected speech
• B. Echo
• C. False friend
• D. Metalanguage

Answer: (B)

Repeating what the student just said serves as an echo, a quick repair or feedback move in conversation. By echoing the exact phrase, the speaker signals that they’re listening and keeps the floor, while also highlighting that something may need to be corrected or clarified. It often prompts the student to rethink or restate more accurately, and it can fill a silence while you check understanding.

This differs from connected speech, which is about how sounds blend in fluent speech; from false friend, which are words that look the same in two languages but mean different things; and from metalanguage, which is language about language itself.