A word or phrase that tells you to replace an earlier detail.
A correction cue changes the record you build while listening. The speaker may correct a number, a colour, a time, or an entire request. Do not erase everything automatically. Identify which field the new words replace. In the market example, the product stays the same while the weight changes. The tomato price does not change just because the quantity does.
No, mejor un kilo. — No, better make it a kilo.
A common confusion
The last number spoken is not always the current number. In saldrá de la vía cinco, no de la tres, the final number is the rejected platform. Follow the negative and the contrast, not a rule about keeping the most recent word. A simple crossed-out entry helps preserve the history without confusing it with the current instruction.
Use it in a listening note
Use two marks in your notebook: a line through the old detail and a box around the new one. Replay the small phrase around the change. You do not need a complete transcript to update one field accurately.
Practise this term
- At a Spanish market: amounts, prices, and the final order
- A Spanish train announcement: keep the new platform
- Identify a person in Spanish after a description is corrected
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Jibber Jabber. “Correction cue.” Spanish Fieldnotes. Updated 9 November 2026. https://spanishcomprehensibleinput.com/glossary/correction-cue/