The directions that the person functioning within ACL 3.2 is able to understand have a characteristic pattern of showing them the object, demonstrating the motion and the effect, and handing the object to the person, who imitates the demonstration.
Universal gestures that can be given as directions include offering an object to a person and holding out your hand in request for an object. The effective cue to stop the motion is to hold out your hand to take the object. Demonstrations of the effect of actions to be imitated are also a means of giving directions that are not language based.
Verbal directions use simple, concrete words that are related to the objects being moved. Nouns and verbs are used to say what they are doing such as "Wash your hands" and "Polishing the silver." The silver, by the way, can be stainless steel and the polish can be hand lotion because those objects are safer and the person is unable to tell the difference. When children pretend, they may not know the difference either.
Customs set expectations for verbal directions, but words are like background music to the demonstration. The spoken words do not need to be in the same language spoken by the person. I do not recommend translators when doing activities because they have a tendency to talk too much. Too much background noise is distracting and may reduce the quality of attention that they focus on doing the activity.